1.
Shipping – conditions &
characteristics for Sweden
Planners meeting 24-25 August 2015
Central Baltic case
Eva Rosenhall
eva.rosenhall@havochvatten.se

2.
Current use
• Swedish foreign trade – 90 per cent measured by volume, 180 million
tonnes per year
• In recent decades – the number of vessels has fallen, but substantial
increase of vessel size and goods volumes in Swedish ports
• Gothenburg is the only port of call for transoceanic container lines
• Major flows of goods handled by ports near the major population centres
(southern and western Sweden and the Stockholm area)
• Swedish basic industry relies greatly on port operations – ports are
located close to industry (for example in the north)
• Ice – direct routes change in the winter, vessels take the most accessible
route (sometimes traffic restrictions)
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3.
Current use
• 30 million passengers per year by ferry to and from Sweden's
neighbours
• A large number of international ferry links – to all neighbouring
countries
• Three agencies responsible for different parts of the shipping sector
• Refuge harbours – currently a consultation procedure
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Highlighted national
interests for shipping
• Direct shipping routes
connected to each other
and to an international
network (routes
established by the IMO
and HELCOM as well as
by RAIS analyses of
actual vessel
movements)

5.
Future perspectives
• The shipping of goods overseas is expected to double by 2050
• the export of iron ore is increasing dramatically (increased mining in the north)
• the import of round timber and wood from eastern Europe is increasing
• transportation of refined industrial products is increasing (leads to an increased
level of combined transport on land and sea)
• By 2050, sea transport entering Swedish ports is estimated to increase by
a total of 137 per cent (tonne kilometres)
• The west coast is likely to retain its dominant position
• Vessels calling at Swedish ports are longer, wider and have a deeper hull
– increases the safety requirements of the channels
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