More timber moving by rail

Hutchison Ports Stockholm has announced a new service with a direct connection between Rotterdam and its terminal at Norvik will commence this November.

Holmen Skog will be the first forestry company in Sweden to use Golden Bullet 2, touted by rail company Green Cargo AB as the most efficient roundwood timber wagon on the market. The rail freight company has set up a dedicated organisation for the shipper to ensure flexibility, reliability and frequency as demanded.

The web portal being developed by Wabtec and the Port of Los Angeles, and its business model to commercialise data exchange, has found its first customer in Europe.

Can ports on Sweden’s east coast challenge Gothenburg’s leading gateway role?

Earlier this year, Hutchison Ports Sweden AB took delivery of the first ZPMC straddle carriers in the Western Hemisphere, for use at its new Norvik
container terminal (CTN) concession from Ports of Stockholm AB.

Gothenburg City Council, which owns the Port of Gothenburg, will provide SEK1.255B (€120M), with matching support from the Swedish Transport Administration as part of the national infrastructure plan, to deepen the fairway to Skandia container terminal from 13.5m to 17.5m maximum.