SSG No 20 - Shipgaz

PoRTS & MaRiTiME LoGiSTiCS
Sweden’S top ten portS 2006
(1,000 t)
port Cargo turnover
Göteborg 39,912
Brofjorden 18,591
Trelleborg 11,381
Malmö 9,003
Karlshamn 7,650
Helsingborg 7,563
Lulea 7,486
Oxelösund 6,481
Stockholm 5,067
Gävle 4,255
Container handLing 2006
(TEU)
Source: SIKA
port region Loaded empty
Göteborg 645,633 166,421
Malmö–Helsingborg 142,328 32,891
Hudiksvall–Gävle 44,547 30,296
Cargo handLed 2006
(1,000 t)
Source: SIKA
Commodity/Unit discharged Loaded
Liquid bulk 41,073 24,063
Dry Bulk 17,148 15,424
In Containers 4,412 6,201
In ro-ro units 22,204 24,145
Other 9,732 16,084
Total 94,569 85,918
internationaL
paSSenger traffiC 2006
(1,000 t)
Source: SIKA
Country from to
Denmark 6,908 6,859
Finland 4,783 4,776
UK 39 43
Germany 1,152 1,191
Norway 882 463
Other 1,149 1,123
Total 14,913 14,455
Total 2005 14,906 14,765
Source: SIKA
majority of the calls are by ferries. About
30 million people each year choose ferries
to travel to or from Sweden. That is
almost twice the number of passengers on
international flights. In 2006, almost half
(46 per cent) of the passengers travelled
between Sweden and Denmark. Around
eleven million passengers travelled on the
ferries between Helsingborg and Helsingör.
The domestic service between the Swedish
mainland and the island of Gotland had
1.5 million passengers.
Apart from ferries, smaller dry cargo vessels
are the most frequent callers in Swedish
ports with almost 15 per cent of the
calls.
Calls by container carriers and larger roro
vessels are on the increase, while calls
by smaller ro-ro vessels have almost been
halved in the period 1998-2006.
Last year, Swedish ports handled a total
of 180.5 million tons of cargo. 157.8 million
tons, or 87 per cent, were goods in
international trade. Total cargo volumes
have increased by 16.7 per cent since 2002.
Loaded cargo has increased by 21.4 per
cent and discharged by 12.4 per cent.
82 per cent of the international trade
cargo loaded in Swedish ports was destined
to ports in other EU member states.
More than half of the cargo volume was
liquid bulk. Sweden imported 19.3 million
tons of crude oil and 13.3 million tons of
petroleum products. The export of petroleum
products was actually larger with 17.4
million tons shipped abroad, indicating the
large refinery capacity in Sweden.
The growth trend continued during the
first half of 2007. The ports handled 93.8
million tons of cargo, up by almost five
million tons compared to the same period
last year. 13 million passengers travelled to
or from Sweden by ferry, about the same
amount as in the first half of 2006.
Some highlights
from some significant ports
The Port of Göteborg, Sweden’s and Scandinavias
largest, reports sales for SEK 1.5
billion (EUR 164 million) and a pre-tax
profit of SEK 157 million (EUR 17.1 million)
for 2006. The port company has
however been hit by a severe blow recently
because of frequent traffic interruptions,
not least after a lengthy labour conflict.
The Port of Göteborg has invested heavily,
in money and prestige, to become the hub
for Stora Enso. The forest giant has however
decided to move significant cargo volumes
away from Göteborg
“The effect for us has been that the service
has not been fulfilled, including late
loadings and sometimes half filled vessels”,
says Stig Wiklund, head of development
for Stora Enso Logistics, to SSG.
Other large operators like DFDS Tor
Line and Maersk Line have also voiced
their concern and intense negotiations are
currently carried out between port manage-
Cargo handling
development 2002–2006
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2002
ment and the unions to remedy the situation.
Cargo handling in the port of Helsingborg
increased by 42 per cent during the
first seven months of 2007 compared to
the same period last year, primarily due
to Samskips decision to make Helsingborg
the hub for its Baltic services.
Copenhagen Malmö Port (CMP) had
another prosperous year in 2006 with both
profit and turnover higher than in 2005. In
2006, the net turnover reached SEK 649
million (EUR 71 million) (SEK 602 million
in 2005). The profit before taxes landed
on SEK 93 million (EUR 10.1 million)
(SEK 79.7 million in 2005). CMP handled
16.6 million tons of cargo, up by 1.4 million
tons compared to the year before, and
with 440,000 handled new cars, CMP has
placed itself on the top 20 list of European
car handling ports.
Best example
2003
2004
2005
2006
Source: SIKA
CMP has in an international study by the
Erasmus University in Rotterdam been
identified as the best example of how a
merger between ports should be carried
out. The company expects a significant
increase by about 50 per cent to 2010.
The Port of Trelleborg continues to gain
traffic on Poland and the Swedish train
operator Green Cargo and Polish PKP has
announced that they wish to move train
services from Ystad to Trelleborg. The port
is planning for a significant expansion and
70 SCanDinaVian SHiPPinG GaZETTE • oCToBER 26, 2007