Press release -
New forestry terminal at the Port of Gothenburg
The Port of Gothenburg's standing as an export gateway for Swedish paper will be boosted even further with the announcement by the logistics company RPG of plans to build a new forestry terminal.
Paper, timber and other forestry industry products are moved by rail from paper mills and saw mills throughout Sweden to the Port of Gothenburg for onward transport by sea to export markets worldwide. In certain case southbound goods need to be reloaded into containers.
The potential for reloading will increase markedly in Gothenburg with the news that logistics company RPG, Roger Peterson Group, will be investing in a new logistics terminal specialising in the forestry industry. The terminal will be beside the port at Arendal. RPG has developed the project in close collaboration with NCC, which will build the property, and the Gothenburg Port Authority, which sold the land.
"In recent times world demand for Swedish paper has increased and RPG's new terminal means we have yet another company in the port serving the forestry industry, further reinforcing our role as a hub for Swedish paper exports," says Magnus Kårestedt, Gothenburg Port Authority chief executive.
The new forestry terminal will result in increased volumes for the Port of Gothenburg. Within a year the terminal will be able to handle 1.5 million tonnes of paper and other forestry products, equivalent to 110,000 containers (20-foot TEU). RPG is aiming for full capacity utilisation within just a few years. A large proportion will be completely new volumes for the port and will be a significant addition. In 2009, 820,000 containers were shipped through the port. In comparison, the second largest port in Sweden, Helsingborg, handled 125,000 containers during the same period.
Exports to the rest of Europe pass through the roro-terminals whilst exports to other parts of the world will pass via the Skandia Container Terminal.
"The increase in volumes is of course positive for the port and we have the necessary handling capacity, includingthevery significant volumes planned for the future," states Sven Porelius, President of Skandia Container Terminal AB.
Construction of the 20,000 m² buildingwill commence in January 2011 and is due to be completed in 2012. Double rail tracks, of which one is inside the building, means that a whole train can enter the building. Separate roads will facilitate transport by truck between the terminal and the port.
The terminal will also reload import goods from containers to trucks for onward transport into the Swedish commercial system. Steel and other types of goods will also be handled at the terminal.
For further information, please contact:
Port of Gothenburg: Cecilia Carlsson, Media Relations Officer, +46 31-731 22 45.
RPG Group: Roger Petersson, President RPG Logistics AB, +46 31 725 83 10
NCC: Manne Aronsson, Regional Manager, NCC Property Development, +46 31-771 53 46
Robert Hägg, Marketing Manager, NCC Property Development, +46 8-585 523 72
NCC press line: +45 08-585 519 00, E-mail: press@ncc.se
Fact file, RPG Group:The RPG Group is a privately owned Swedish group of companies with net revenue of approximately SEK 170 million and 75 employees. The company has its head office at the Port of Gothenburg, Skandia Harbour. The companies within the group work with logistics in every form with a focus on service to the forestry industry.www.rpg-group.com.
Fact file NCC: NCC is one of the leading construction and property development companies in the Nordic region. NCC had net revenue in 2009 of just over SEK 52 billion and has 18,000 employees. NCC Property Development develops and sells commercial properties in defined growth markets in the Nordic region and the Baltic countries.
Fact file Port of Gothenburg: The Port of Gothenburg is the largest port in the Nordic region. Its geographical location and 26 daily rail shuttles put key export companies throughout the whole of Scandinavia and the Baltic Region within easy reach. The Port of Gothenburg has a wide range of ocean routes within and outside Europe, and is the only port in Sweden with the capacity to receive the largest container vessels with direct links to other parts of the world. The Port of Gothenburg has terminals for ro-ro goods, containers, passengers, oil and vehicles.
