Port of Gothenburg explained

Port of Gothenburg
Country:Sweden
Location:Gothenburg
Coordinates:57.7°N 11.93°W
Locode:SEGOT[1]
Arrivals:11,000 ships
Cargotonnage:39 million tons (2019)
Containervolume:762 902 TEU (2019)
Passengertraffic:1 675 341 (2019)

The municipally-owned Port of Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborgs hamn) is the largest port in the Nordic countries,[2] with over 11,000 ship visits per year from over 140 destinations worldwide. As the only Swedish port with the capacity to cope with the very largest modern, ocean-going container ships, Gothenburg handles nearly 30% of the country's foreign trade, comprising 39 million tonnes of freight per year.[3]

Geography

The port is situated on both sides of the estuary of Göta älv in Gothenburg. The north shore, Norra Älvstranden, is on Hisingen island and the south shore, Södra Älvstranden, is on the mainland. It is a combined river and coastal port and the total length of the dock is 13.1km (08.1miles).[4] [5]

Port sections

The port is divided into a number of sections or harbors.[6] [7] South shore

North shore

Capacity and cargo

In 2013 the port handled approximately 860,000 containers (TEU) and 160,000 new cars (both import and export).[8] It has 24 scheduled rail freight shuttles, serving Norway and Sweden.

The primary imports are crude oil (20 million tonnes in 2013), textiles and food. The primary exports are new vehicles (trucks, cars, buses, heavy plant), steel and paper. There are specialised terminals for containers, ro-ro, cars, passengers (1.7 million in 2013) and oil and other energy products.

The port is large and deep enough to accommodate even very large ships, such as the Maya of the Mediterranean Shipping Company that arrived at the port on 21December 2015. It was then the world's largest container ship, 396m (1,299feet) long with a draft of 16m (52feet) and a 19,224 TEU capacity.[9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNLOCODE (SE) - SWEDEN . service.unece.org . 28 April 2020.
  2. Web site: RailPort – Rail Freight Shuttles to the Port of Gothenburg. Nordic Energy Municipality – Nominated municipalities. The Nordic Council. 22 April 2013. 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140314070854/http://www.norden.org/en/nordic-council-of-ministers/council-of-ministers/nordic-council-of-ministers-for-business-energy-regional-policy-mr-ner/nordiske-energikommuner/nominated-municipalities/goeteborg-factsheet. 14 March 2014. dead.
  3. Web site: Port of Gothenburg in short. www.portofgothenburg.com. Port Of Gothenburg. 31 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160105014014/http://www.portofgothenburg.com/About-the-port/Fact-file-Port-of-Gothenburg/. 5 January 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Göteborgs hamn – Mer än bara gods. Gothenburg Port – more than just cargo. www.malmohamn.se. Malmö Hamn. 31 December 2015.
  5. Book: Bonsdorff. Leo. Göteborgs hamn genom tiderna. Port of Gothenburg through the ages. 1931. Västra Sverige. Gothenburg. 6. .
  6. Book: Nilson. Allan T.. Fredlund. Björn. Göteborgs hamn: liv, arbete, konst. Port of Gothenburg:life, work, art. 2005. Warne. Sävedalen. 91-86425-81-1. . 35.
  7. Book: Statistisk årsbok för Göteborg. Statistics for Gothenburg. 1968. Göteborgs stadskansli. Gothenburg. Göteborgs statistik, 99-0875351-7. . 118.
  8. Web site: Containerhamnar. www.goteborgshamn.se. Port of Gothenburg. 31 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151109015405/http://www.goteborgshamn.se/Om-hamnen/Volymer-och-godsfloden/Kategorier/Containerhamnar/. 9 November 2015. dead.
  9. Web site: Holmberg. Kalle. Världens största containerfartyg till Göteborg. World's largest container ship comes to Gothenburg. 3 November 2015. www.dn.se. Dagens Nyheter. 31 December 2015.

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