A Swedish port has announced plans to move its container
terminal with construction possible from 2026 and operations from 2028.
The container terminal in the Port of Helsingborg is moving
south of its current location. This new location has potential for 40 years of
development enabling long term business growth and annual container volume
growth of 2-4%.
Bart Steijaert, CEO of the Port of Helsingborg, said: “The
future Port of Helsingborg will be built, starting now. The new container
terminal’s chosen geographical location means that the process can parallel
with the operational activities kept intact. Construction can, at the earliest,
begin in 2026, and the new port is expected to be commissioned in 2028. – We
are continuing our investments for the future, literally that means that we now
are creating history with building a new port for our container operations.”
A new berth that will be 750m long will make room for three
deep-sea 225m vessels simultaneously. The planned container handling system
will consist of electric cranes, making it possible for the terminal to be
fossil-free and meet sustainability goals. The system will also be automated
and able to handle increasing container volumes.
There will also be a newbuild combined terminal, built in an
efficient and sustainable way, that will connect southern Sweden’s logistics
clusters between sea and rail.
In February 2021, the port’s change to electric passenger
cars was completed, and since 1 November the port has been using HVO (Hydrated
Vegetable Oil), that is fossil-free diesel, for the operation of tractors and
reach stackers, which has allowed the levels of CO2 to decrease drastically.