Port of Hamburg, Port of Kiel and SCHRAMM Ports & Logistics host a “German-Swedish Port Event in Stockholm”
Sweden fills fourth place in the Top Ten of the Port of Hamburg trading partners and is a strong economy. With 11.8 percent growth to 334,000 TEU in 2018, the kingdom made a positive showing among Baltic container traffic services. Sweden actually ranks second among trading partners in Europe. With the advance based on loaded boxes, the process of catching up is already in its second year, Port of Hamburg said in its release.
Hamburg is linked with Sweden by eleven liner services that operate weekly as a rule. Along with Stockholm, these serve the ports of Ahus, Gävle, Gothenburg, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Malmö, Norrköping, Pitea and Södertalje. Both feeder vessels and others operated by overseas shipowners are involved. Slot capacities are between 500 and 1,600 TEU. Containers on both intra-continental short-sea routes and intercontinental transhipment are transported. Along with Hamburg, the North German ports of Kiel and Brunsbüttel also profit from Sweden’s economic strength. Nine weekly sailings link the Port of Kiel with those of Gothenburg, Malmö, Sundsvall, Umeå and Iggesund. Since March 2017, SCHRAMM Ports & Logistics Sweden, a subsidiary of Brunsbüttel Ports, has held a majority stake in Swedish port operator and logistics provider Söderhamns Stuveri & Hamn AB - SSHAB. In the Söderhamn region, SSHAB is the operator or logistics provider at a total of six port terminals.
Aiming to boost existing links, Port of Hamburg Marketing joined the Port of Kiel and SCHRAMM Ports & Logistics in hosting a “German-Swedish Port Event in Stockholm” on 28 March 2019. Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth, German Ambassador to Sweden, also participated. A total of 80 guests from transport and industrial companies, shippers, shipping companies and trade associations attended the event, which was being held for the first time.
