Vessel M/V Minchah made it's premiere call att Gothenburg on Monday. Photo: Gothenburg Port Authority.
Vessel M/V Minchah made it's premiere call att Gothenburg on Monday. Photo: Gothenburg Port Authority.

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New Northern European shipping traffic connects to The Port of Gothenburg

Shipping line UECC is commencing operations in the Port of Gothenburg. UECC will be transporting vehicles and other rolling cargo to and from the Central European freight hub Zeebrugge via the ports of Esbjerg and Drammen. The traffic reaches Gothenburg every week, starting this week.

”We are pleased to welcome UECC to the Port of Gothenburg. They will offer additional opportunities that will strengthen the Port of Gothenburg's position as Sweden's largest vehicle port. The traffic expands our line range and responds to our customer’s growing interest in vehicle- and rolling cargo transport,” said Claes Sundmark, Vice president Sales and Marketing at the Gothenburg Port Authority.

The new traffic Is launched in the light of new contracts with some major European vehicle manufacturers. The traffic complements the shipping company's existing Atlantic service, which connects Vigo, Zeebrugge, Bremerhafen, Malmoe and Drammen. Via transhipment in Zeebrugge, the traffic can be connected to other ports in Europe and the world.

UECC's vessels will call at the Port of Gothenburg's rail connected vehicle and ro-ro-terminal, and it is the terminal operator Logent Ports and terminals that will do handle loading and unloading. Via the port of Gothenburg, the entire Swedish market is then effectively reached through the well-developed railway system Railport Scandinavia.

The new loop will initially be operated by the M/V Minchah vessel, but will probably be replaced by one of the UECC's new LNG / battery hybrid vessels in production. LNG operation with battery hybrid technology in combination with a hull shape optimized for better fuel efficiency reduces carbon dioxide emissions by about 25 percent, SOx and particles by 90 percent and NOx by 85 percent compared to using only LNG, the UECC states.

About UECC:
UECC was founded in 1990 and is jointly owned by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) and Wallenius Lines. The UECC head office is located in Oslo, Norway. UECC operates a fleet of 17 pure car and truck carriers (PCTC) designed to meet the necessary flexibility and efficiency requirements of the short sea market.

For more information on UECC's traffic, contact UECC's commercial agent in Sweden (G-Solutions) via +46 31 10 73 60, or roro@gsolutions.se.

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The Port of Gothenburg is the largest port in Scandinavia. Around 30% of Swedish domestic and foreign trade passes through the Port of Gothenburg and around 50% of all container traffic. The port is a full-service port, and offers industry guaranteed, climate-smart access to the whole world. Direct services to key markets ensure highly efficient, sustainable, and reliable transport 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The focus is firmly on sustainability, innovation, and digitalisation in a concerted effort to maintain the ongoing development of climate-efficient freight transport and calls by vessels. With 25 rail shuttles offering daily departures, companies throughout Sweden and Norway have a direct, climate-neutral service to the Port of Gothenburg. The port operates energy product, vehicle, ro-ro, container, and passenger terminals and has 22,000 employees.

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