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The first of ten new Vectron locomotives has arrived in Malmö. Photo: Green Cargo

Ten new Vectron locomotives strengthen Green Cargo's international traffic

The first of ten new Vectron locomotives has been delivered to Green Cargo in Malmö. The locomotives will primarily be used to strengthen Green Cargo's international traffic in the corridor between Malmö and Maschen in Germany starting in 2024. The six current corridor locomotives will be integrated into Green Cargo's domestic network and increase the company's capacity on the Swedish market.

Olle Larsson, owner and Chairman of Fiskarhedens Trävaru AB together with Hans Unander, Chairman of the Malung-Sälen Municipal Executive Board. Photo: Fiskarhedens Trävaru AB.

Terminal in Malungsfors joins Green Cargo’s network

More freight trains and reduced truck traffic to and from Dalarna when the Malungsfors terminal becomes part of Green Cargo's network in December. Together with Fiskarhedens Trävaru AB, Green Cargo has entered into a new agreement in collaboration with the Gothenburg-based logistics company Träfraktkontoret AB for greatly expanded freight transport by rail.

Green Cargo's Board of Directors has appointed Peter Viinapuu as interim CEO of Green Cargo AB. Photo: Fredrik Herling

Peter Viinapuu interim CEO Green Cargo AB

Green Cargo's Board of Directors has appointed Peter Viinapuu as interim CEO of Green Cargo AB. Peter will take up his position on April 17 and will hold the role until Henrik Dahlin takes over as permanent CEO no later than September 16.

Henrik Dahlin will be the new CEO of Green Cargo AB. Photo: Viktor Fremling

Henrik Dahlin new CEO of Green Cargo

Henrik Dahlin will be the new CEO of Green Cargo AB. Henrik comes most recently from MTR Nordic Group where he is currently CEO. Henrik will take up his position at Green Cargo no later than 16 September.

Green Cargo’s new website meets the market’s and customers’ needs

Green Cargo’s new website meets the market’s and customers’ needs

We hope to meet the market's and customers' needs of a user-friendly website, where important parameters such as high quality of content, functions and connections are in focus. Another important aspect is that our customers can log into our customer portal – Green Cargo Connect – via the web.

CEO Ted Söderholm leaves Green Cargo

Green Cargo's CEO, Ted Söderholm, has decided to leave the company and the transport industry to take up a position as CEO of a company in another sector. Ted Söderholm will leave Green Cargo no later than April 2023. The recruitment of a new successor has begun.

Green Cargo discontinues domestic operations in Norway

The Board of Green Cargo AB has decided to discontinue the company’s Norwegian domestic operations, comprising three rail freight lines, in the first quarter of 2023. The immediate cause of this decision is that the economic conditions for conducting commercially viable operations do not exist.

Greatly increased demand for intermodal freight creates two new direct routes

Greatly increased demand for intermodal freight creates two new direct routes

With two new direct domestic routes from Trelleborg and Gothenburg, Green Cargo seizes the increasing intermodal traffic arriving at the Southern and Western Sweden ports to continue their journey by rail to the Mälarregion. These routes provide customers within the Green Cargo network with a high departure frequency, fast lead times and punctuality.

On January 1, 2022, a new unit was created within Network Management – logging logistics.

Green Cargo builds logging logistics unit

On January 1, 2022, a new unit was created within Network Management – logging logistics. The new unit has been created to better meet the needs of logging customers as well as to increase growth and strengthen profitability within the segment. The Manager of this new unit is Madelene Askeblad.

International block train routes Italy Direct and Austria Direct are now operated via Denmark instead of via the train ferry route between Trelleborg and Rostock.

Italy Direct and Austria Direct takes the bridge route via Denmark

From the turn of the year, Green Cargo changed the production method for their international block train routes Italy Direct and Austria Direct. Transports to Austria and Italy are now operated via Denmark instead of via the train ferry route between Trelleborg and Rostock.
"Through this change, we simplify our production, reduce our costs, wagon utilization and can eventually shorten transport

The wagon, “Golden Bullet 2.0,” is the result of a joint development with ExTe in Ljusdal. Holmen Skog will be the first customer to use the wagon for roundwood transportation in Sweden.

Holmen agreement leads to Sweden’s largest timber wagon

Green Cargo’s investment in the market’s largest and most efficient timber wagon has paid off in a new agreement with Holmen Skog. The wagon, “Golden Bullet 2.0,” is the result of a joint development with ExTe in Ljusdal. Holmen Skog will be the first customer to use the wagon for roundwood transportation in Sweden.

Green Cargo and SSAB renew three-year agreement

Green Cargo and SSAB renew three-year agreement

SSAB and Green Cargo extend their partnership encompassing shipments of some 700,000 tonnes of finished goods each year from SSAB’s plants in Borlänge and Oxelösund to customers in Sweden and Denmark. The logistics solution, which comprises steel coil and cut lengths of sheet steel, is conducted through Green Cargo’s wagon load network. The new three-year agreement started on January 1, 2021.

Green Cargo launches digital booking solutions for easier and fast customer communication

Green Cargo launches digital booking solutions for easier and fast customer communication

Green Cargo has invested in a range of digital services to increase the benefits of our customers. Green Cargo Connect is part of the company's digitalization journey to offer simpler and faster customer solutions. With the help of the new services, customers can easily and quickly book transports, fill in consignment notes and track their transports.

Green Cargo and ScandFibre Logistics form new logistics solution

Green Cargo and ScandFibre Logistics form new logistics solution

ScandFibre Logistics (SFL) and Green Cargo renew their partnership in the form of a comprehensive Scandinavian rail freight logistics solution. Green Cargo won SFL’s procurement due to its competitive offering in the form of a sustainable freight solution with flexible volumes and the possibility of adding more direct trains together with faster lead times.

Green Cargo and Vallviks Bruk extend agreement for roundwood transportation from Malungsfors

Green Cargo and Vallviks Bruk extend agreement for roundwood transportation from Malungsfors

The successful partnership between Green Cargo and Vallviks Bruk for shipping roundwood from Malungsfors in the municipality of Malung-Sälen to the pulp mill in Vallvik has resulted in an extension of the current agreement. The partnership began in 2018 with rail-freight services from Mora and continued in 2019 from the newly opened timber terminal in Malungsfors.

Green Cargo – the largest rail freight operator in Sweden is celebrating 20 years

Green Cargo – the largest rail freight operator in Sweden is celebrating 20 years

Green Cargo was founded two decades ago with the objective of strengthening Sweden’s competitiveness as an attractive rail freight operator. We currently have 1,800 employees who, in their professional roles, can contribute to this development, and we are continuing the creation of a sustainable and well-functioning freight transportation system.

TAC (Track Access Charges) reduction provides fast and unbureaucratic relief for railway undertakings (RUs)

TAC (Track Access Charges) reduction provides fast and unbureaucratic relief for railway undertakings (RUs)

The rail freight sector has made tremendous efforts to keep Europe’s countries running, supporting both industry and society throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Our employees were considered frontliners in the task to supply hospitals with masks, hydro-alcoholic solution, energy to heat medical buildings and maintain continuous supplies of goods like food and beverages in stores.

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Green Cargo and SSAB implement innovative solutions for steel traffic

​A technological shift is afoot for wagons and load carriers for specialized freight transport for the SSAB stretches between Luleå and Borlänge and Borlänge and Oxelösund. A total of 40 new wagons have been leased from the wagon provider Wascosa. The wagons are equipped with disc brakes that allow for quieter trains, greater flexibility of wagon usage and increased safety.

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Sustainable Logistics

Green Cargo is a sustainable logistics partner and a crucial part of Scandinavia's trade and industry. Almost 98 percent of our transports takes place using electric trains with a very low climate impact. Every 24 hours, some 400 freight trains depart, replacing around 9,000 truckloads on the road network. We serve close to 300 locations in Sweden, Norway and Denmark through our network, and with our partners we reach all of Europe. Green Cargo is owned by the Swedish State. We transport 20 million tonnes of freight, have 1,800 employees and annual sales of about SEK 4,2 billion (2023).