| RISE IN FREIGHT VOLUMES Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Rise in freight volumes |
| Tuesday, February 14, 2017, Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Freight volumes at the Port of Gothenburg rose by almost three million tonnes in 2016 – up from 38.2 million tonnes in 2015 to 40.9 million tonnes last year. Car exports-imports and energy products enjoyed a particularly successful year with rises of 15% and 12% respectively. Container volumes were down 3%.
The freight figures for 2016 have just been released. Last year, the volume of freight handled at the Port of Gothenburg rose by 7% …. …The port is the largest automotive export point in Sweden… …In 2016, 246,000 cars passed through the port – up 15% on the year before and the highest figure recorded since the financial crisis of 2008… … Some 798,000 containers (teu) were handled at the Port of Gothenburg in 2016, a year-on-year fall of 3%…. …Ro-ro freight* increased during the year. A total of 538,000 ro-ro units were shipped, up 2% on 2015. Gothenburg has the largest open access energy port in the Nordic region and handles half of Sweden’s crude oil imports. The Energy Port produces petrol, diesel, asphalt and a range of other products. The proportion of renewables is growing. A total of 23.7 million tonnes of oil and energy products were handled in 2016, up 12% on the year before and a new record high for the Port of Gothenburg…. …The number of passengers passing through the Port of Gothenburg was down 2% on 2016 at 1,708,000. There was also a fall in the number of calls by cruise ships – from 50 in 2015 to 34 last year. The trend now appears to have been reversed with 43 ships scheduled to call during the 2017 season. (For information about operations in Sweden contact GAC Sweden at sweden@gac.com) Source: Extract from the Port of Gothenburg (www.portofgothenburg.com) newsletter dated 13 February 2017 |
