Gothenburg stems the tide
Swedish Port of Gothenburg processed 433,000 teu during H1/2022, 5% more than in H1/2021. The port currently accounts for 52% of Sweden’s container market, compared with 48% at the beginning of last year.
All in all, container transport activities by rail to and from the port have increased by 10% compared to the same period last year.
The port’s intra-European ro-ro traffic – which takes freight by road to and from UK, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Norway and the Central European hubs at Gent and Zeebrugge in Belgium – increased by 3% in H1/2022, as 295,000 ro-ro units were loaded or unloaded, while the flow of energy products grew by 10% compared to the H1/2021.
While freight volumes at the biggest port in the Nordic region continue to grow, many analysts believe that Sweden is heading into a recession and the Swedish government is expecting a slowdown in global growth. (sh)