A new freight line has been opened up between St Petersburg and the Port of Gothenburg. The Singapore headquartered shipping line X-Press Container Line has commenced operating a loop from Russia to Scandinavia, down to the continent and back to Russia.
The Port of Göteborg has been granted an environmental permit by the local authorities for the transit handling and storage of Russian crude oil in an underground cavern close to the port and the crude oil jettys. Operations are expected to commence at the end of next year.
The volume of goods transported by rail to and from the Port of Göteborg has increased steadily in recent years. The port has now gone one step further in its rail investment by launching RailPort Scandinavia. The aim is to link the shuttle locations more closely to the port. First in line is Vaggeryd, a small town in southern Sweden.
If all the vessels in the world shut down their engines when moored and instead used a shoreside electric power supply – also known as 'cold ironing' – emissions from shipping would fall substantially. The Port of Göteborg is one of the world leaders when it comes to shoreside electric power connection. The Port will now draft part of an international climate declaration.
42,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide. That was the quantity of emissions saved last year by goods arriving at the Port of Göteborg by rail instead of by road. The volume of goods carried by rail to the Port of Göteborg has risen sharply in recent years.
