The Port of Gothenburg has inaugurated its brand new 144,000-square-metre port terminal.
The investment, amounting to approximately €60 million ($66.4 million), has been under construction for the past six years and was made to meet the increased transportation needs of Swedish industry.
Named “Arendal 2”, the terminal is also part of the port’s strategy to concentrate its terminal operations in the outer port area, further from the city centre, and with direct connections to the port’s road and rail infrastructure as well as the local growing industrial cluster.
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“This terminal began planning as early as the 1990s and then we talked about future-proofing,” said Göran Eriksson, CEO of the Port of Gothenburg.
“Now that future is here, and this terminal is needed to meet the transportation needs of Swedish industry today, which are also expected to continue growing over time.”
“It’s still a long way off, but the construction of this terminal has certainly taken Stena Line’s relocation into account. Stena Line will use parts of the new terminal area, while other adjacent terminal areas can also be made available in the relocation process.”
In the construction of Arendal 2, 180,000 cubic metres of contaminated materials from dredging in the Göta River have been encapsulated. These materials have been contained, stabilised, and solidified to form the foundation of the terminal area, which has then been asphalted.
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Large parts of Arendal 2 are already in use by the terminal operator Gothenburg Roro Terminal, which previously had its operations divided between two different adjacent areas.
With Arendal 2, the terminal operator is slated to gain a larger contiguous terminal area with a more accessible hinterland to the important berths 712 and 713.
“Overall, Arendal 2 is a solution where the involved actors get even better conditions to conduct their respective operations while the Port of Gothenburg as a whole is further optimised and becomes more competitive,” concluded Göran Eriksson.
Earlier this May, the Port of Gothenburg launched its new “Digital Port Call” platform for the digitalisation of vessel arrival process.
