Anders Krantz

Port of Norrköping

The Port of Norrköping, on the Baltic Sea coast, about 130 km south of Stockholm, is one of Sweden's most important gateways for maritime traffic. Approximately half of all Swedes live in east and central Sweden, within a 200 km radius of Norrköping, and this same hinterland contains a major part of the nation's industrial and manufacturing sector. Today Norrköping is much more than a centre for sea trade. It has evolved into a full-service port, one of the best equipped in the Baltic Sea region, providing a hub for logistics and intermodal cargo handling for exporting industries as well as importing actors. In response to changing market patterns in Sweden and across the Nordic countries, the Port of Norrköping has found new status as a distribution hub for the whole Nordic region. The port company, Port of Norrköping, has been at the forefront of a major ongoing project to expand port facilities and enhance the transport infrastructure so as to take full advantage of this vital status. The Port of Norrköping has a major catchment area for basic industries in trades like paper, pulp, timber, steel, energy, agriculture and high-technological businesses.