Port of Kilpilahti | |
Pushpin Map: | 1 |
Country: | Finland |
Native Name: | Finnish: Kilpilahden satama / Finnish: Sköldvikin satama – Swedish: Sköldvik hamn |
Location: | Porvoo |
Coordinates: | 60.3094°N 25.5506°W |
Locode: | FI SKV[1] |
Opened: | 1965 |
Type: | coastal natural |
Wharfs: | 8 |
Draft Depth: | max. depth[2] |
Cargotonnage: | 22.4m tons (int'l) (2018) |
The Port of Kilpilahti (also known[3] by its Swedish name, Sköldvik) is a liquid cargo port in the city of Porvoo, on the Gulf of Finland shore some east-by-northeast of Helsinki.
The port grew up around the Neste oil refinery built there in the mid-1960s,[4] and even today it still mostly handles crude and refined oil and petrochemical products. Adjacent to the port is the largest oil refinery and petrochemical cluster in the Nordic region,[5] covering an area of and hosting some 40 companies including Neste, Borealis AG and Veolia.[6]
With total annual international cargo throughput of 22.4 million tons in 2018, Kilpilahti is the biggest port in Finland by cargo tonnage.[7] Of the total, approximately ⅔ is made up of imports.