24 Aug 2018 / Gothenburg, Sweden
During the first six months of this year, container volumes at the Port of Gothenburg rose by 19%, from 318,000 to 378,000 TEUs. The number of cars and intra-European ro-ro* units shipped increased by 10% and 4% respectively, whilst the energy segment fell by 3%. The figures are taken from the Port of Gothenburg’s recently published mid-year volume report…
…During the first six months of the year, 378,000 TEUs (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units) were shipped, up 19% on the corresponding period in 2017. The figure for the previous year was historically weak due to the labour dispute that at the time had a significant impact on customers’ willingness to use the port.
The number of new cars handled at the port has increased year on year since 2013, and the positive trend looks set to continue with volumes up 10% for the first six months of 2018. Some 152,000 cars were shipped – the highest number in 10 years…
…Intra-European ro-ro traffic to and from the Port of Gothenburg comprises mainly forest products and input goods for the engineering industry. With 593,000 ro-ro units handled, 2017 saw an all-time high for this segment. The signs are that 2018 could be yet another record-breaking year with 305,000 units reported for the first six months, a rise of 4%.
Energy products continue to pass through the Port of Gothenburg at a high rate even if there has been a slight drop compared with the first half of 2017, which was the best period ever for the energy sector. A total of 11.7 million tonnes of energy products were handled during the first six months of this year, down 3% on the record-breaking first-half figure for 2017…
(For information about operations in Sweden, contact GAC Sweden at [email protected])
Source: Extract from Port of Gothenburg (www.portofgothenburg.com) news release dated 22 August 2018
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