The document discusses the rail shuttle system of the Port of Gothenburg, Scandinavia's largest port. It offers 26 daily rail shuttles linking the port to important consumption and production centers in Scandinavia. The RailPort Scandinavia system integrates these shuttles to provide a coherent rail network, improving reliability, flexibility and cost effectiveness for customers. The port aims to further develop efficient rail logistics to generate competitive, environmentally sustainable transport solutions.

1. MaY 2010
Rail seRvices

2. Welcome to scandinavia’s largest port, your logistics centre for northern europe with the
region’s widest range of port services . on the following pages you will find more detailed
information on our extensive rail shuttle system, the award winning RailPoRt concept
– developed to generate cost effective, sustainable transport solutions with the Port of
Gothenburg as the hub .
contents
our liner services Map – Direct traffic . . . . . . . 3 sct transport / tågfrakt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
our Rail shuttle system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Midcargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
RailPoRt scandinavia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 eRs Railways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Daily shuttles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 swedish traffic operated by cargonet . . . . . . . 15
Port of Gothenburg Rail shuttle system . . . . . . . . 7 norweigan traffic operated by cargonet . . . . . 14
intercontainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rail volume development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Green cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 customer adapted Rail systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
vänerexpressen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Rail shuttles reduce environmental impact . . . . . 18
Mälarpendeln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 logistics and warehousing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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3. ouR lineR seRvices MaP – DiRect tRaffic
Photo: nasa
NORTH AMERICA MIDDLE EAST EUROPE Ghent, Belgium
Halifax, canada aqaba, saudi arabia Kemi, finland felixstowe, Great Britain
tacoma, usa Jeddah, saudi arabia oulo, finland tilbury, Great Britain
Portsmouth, usa Kuwait, Kuwait Rauma, finland southampton, Great Britain
charleston, usa Dammam, saudi arabia Helsinki, finland immingham, Great Britain
Brunswick, usa Doha, Qatar Kotka, finland teesport, Great Britain
Galveston, usa abu Dhabi, united arab saint Petersburg, Russia newcastle, Great Britain
Port Hueneme, usa emirates Gävle, sweden liverpool, Great Britain
Dubai, united arab emirates Klaipeida, lithuania le Havre, france
CENTRAL AMERICA Port sultan Quaboos, oman Gdansk, Poland Bilbao, spain
Manzanillo, Mexico salalah, oman Helsingborg, sweden Gijon, spain
almirante, Panama copenhagen, Denmark leixoes, Portugal
Puerto limon, costa Rica FAR EAST fredrikstad, norway lisbon, Portugal
Mundra, india oslo, norway valencia, spain
AUSTRALIA nhava sheva, india Drammen, norway Barcelona, spain
freemantle, australia colombo, sri lanka Brevik, norway Gioia tauro, italy
Melbourne, australia singapore, singapore fredrikshamn, Denmark Malta, Malta
Port Kembla, australia tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia aarhus, Denmark thessaloniki, Greece
Brisbane, australia Hong Kong, china fredericia, Denmark Piraeus, Greece
Yantian, china Kiel, Germany avcilar, turkey
AFRICA Kaohsiung, china travemünde, Germany ambarli, turkey
Reunion, Reunion ningbo, china Hamburg, Germany istanbul, turkey
Durban, south africa shanghai, china Bremerhaven, Germany Gebze, turkey
east london, south africa shimizu, Japan amsterdam, netherlands izmit Korfex, turkey
tanger Med, Marocco Kobe, Japan Rotterdam, netherlands Gemlik, turkey
nagoya, Japan antwerp, Belgium izmir, turkey
Yokohama, Japan Zeebrügge, Belgium Mersin, turkey
for exact information on type of traffic, visit http://map .portgot .se, where the latest updated information on our liner services
can also be found . the Port of Gothenburg also has traffic with transhipment to destinations all over the world . for information on
destinations with transhipment, visit www .portgot .se, choose services/liner traffic services and open the document “transhipment
Destinations” .
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4. seRvices at tHe PoRt of GotHenBuRG
the Port of Gothenburg has an ideal position, with only 1½ hours our ambition is to develop constantly in order to streamline
from open sea to quay . 70% of nordic industry and population logistics between sea and land still further . naturally we also
can be found within a radius of six hours . 65% of the container offer scandinavia’s widest range of port services:
traffic in sweden is handled by us . We are the only nordic port RO/RO – 100 departures a week .
with transoceanic direct calls from the far east, central america CONTAINER – scandinavia’s largest container terminal with
and north america . in cooperation with you and other customers, about 900 000 teus .
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5. Container/ Short-sea routes
Automotives
Dedicated Customers services and CFS
Electrified Port Railway Line
RAILWAY – 26 daily rail shuttles and 70 trains per day .
CARS – one of scandinavia’s largest car ports, 200 000 new cars per year .
OIL – scandinavia’s main port for refining, storing and transhipping, 22 million tons of oil per year .
PASSENGERS – over 1 .5 million passengers per year in international traffic .
LOGISTICS – cfs (container freight station), scandinavian Distripoint .
STORAGE – safe, efficient storage of empty and loaded load carriers .
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6. ouR Rail sHuttle sYsteM
the Port of Gothenburg has the best conditions in sweden for rail customer adapted whole train systems contribute further both to
traffic and a highly efficient ”on-dock rail terminal” for rapid improved service and reduced environmental impact . all to
transhipping . sweden’s most important consumption and produc- generate competitive, environmentally sound transport solutions
tion centres are served every day by more than 70 trains . 26 daily to and from scandinavia’s largest port, the natural goods hub in
rail shuttles link the most interesting junctions in scandinavia to the northern europe .
port – and more are on the way . in addition to rail shuttles,
RailPoRt scanDinavia
RailPoRt scandinavia is a coherent, integrated rail shuttle system flexibility and simpler customs clearance and other administration .
that links the Port of Gothenburg with a large number of important Reliability and cost effectiveness improve . RailPoRt quite simply
consumption and production centres via RailPoRt terminals generates even smarter transport solutions with the Port of
(full service terminals with frequent rail connections to the Port of Gothenburg as the hub . owing to its position, Gothenburg has
Gothenburg) all round scandinavia . the port takes care of won the ”sweden’s best logistics location” award nine years in
transhipping, goods handling takes place on the spot . With succession . in addition, the Port of Gothenburg was awarded the
RailPoRt scandinavia you not only have access to scandinavia’s future transport award and the Pegasus Prize in 2009 for the
widest range of routes . You have shorter lead times, greater RailPoRt concept .
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7. DailY sHuttles
our 26 daily rail shuttles go back and forth to sweden’s
most densely populated areas . they also serve the areas
where production and jobs are to be found in sweden .
Population (consumption) Production
GOTHENBURG GOTHENBURG
Population per km2 (2008-12-31) Day-time population per km2 (2007)
500–>1000 500–>1000
100–500 100–500
10–100 10–100
0–10 0–10
Daily train besides the Port of
Gothenburg Rail Shuttle System
Port of Gothenburg Rail Shuttle
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8. Narvik
Kiruna
Bodö Fauske
The Swedish rail network
Haparanda
Port of Gothenburg Rail Shuttle
Luleå
Daily trains besides the Port of
Gothenburg Rail Shuttle System
Mo i Rana
Mosjöen Vännäs
Umeå
Trondheim
Sundsvall
Åndalsnäs
SWEDEN
Insjön Gävle
24
NORWAY 13 4
Borlänge 5 Avesta
Bergen 19 Västerås
Oslo Hällefors 20 7 Köping
18 26 Stockholm/Årsta
Eskilstuna 2
Drammen 12 Karlstad 23 Stockholm/Södertälje
15 16 21 1
Rolfsøy Åmål 17 Örebro
3
25 Norrköping
Stavanger
Uddevalla 9 14 Falköping
Kristiansand 11 10 Nässjö
8
GOTHENBURG
Vaggeryd
Helsingborg
6 22 Åhus
DENMARK Malmö
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9. PoRt of GotHenBuRG Rail sHuttle sYsteM
our rail shuttle system is based on well-developed cooperation tion on our current shuttle routes and the operators we cooperate
between the Port of Gothenburg, the RailPoRt terminals, several with . the Port of Gothenburg has company specific rail solutions,
rail operators, goods owners and the national Rail administra- but the purpose of the shuttles is to attract unitised flows from
tion . this cooperation means that we can link together the logistics cargo intense regions by offering a standardised solution for the
of sea and land efficiently and environmentally soundly . Below inland transit .
and on the following pages you will find more detailed informa-
Terminals Operator
1. stockholm/södertälje intercontainer (scandinavia aB)
2. eskilstuna intercontainer (scandinavia aB)
3. norrköping intercontainer (scandinavia aB)
4. Gävle intercontainer (scandinavia aB)
5. Borlänge intercontainer (scandinavia aB)
6. Helsingborg intercontainer (scandinavia aB)
7. västerås intercontainer (scandinavia aB)
8. vaggeryd intercontainer (scandinavia aB)
9. uddevalla Green cargo aB
10. nässjö Green cargo aB
11. Gothenburg Green cargo aB
12. Drammen Green cargo aB
13. insjön Green cargo aB
14. falköping Green cargo aB
15. Rolfsöy Green cargo aB
16. Karlstad vänerexpressen aB
17. Åmål vänerexpressen aB
18. västerås Mälarpendeln aB
19. avesta Mälarpendeln aB
20. Hällefors Mälarpendeln aB
21. Örebro sct transport aB / tågfrakt aB
22. Åhus Midcargo aB
23. södertälje eRs Railways
24. Gävle eRs Railways
25. norrköping eRs Railways
26. stockholm/Årsta cargonet
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10. Rail sHuttle oPeRatoRs
1. Stockholm/Södertälje 5. Borlänge
5 times/week in each direction 2 times/week in each direction
terminal: Port of södertälje Borlänge intermodal terminal
transit time: 7 h transit time: 10 h
2. Eskilstuna 6. Helsingborg
14 times/week in each 5 times/week in each direction
direction terminal: Port of Helsingborg
eskilstuna intermodal terminal transit time: 4 h
transit time: 5 h
7. Västerås
3. Norrköping 5 times/week in each direction
5 times/week in each direction terminal: Port of västerås
terminal: Port of norrköping transit time: 5 h
transit time: 7 h
8. Vaggeryd
4. Gävle 5 times/week in each direction
5 times/week in each direction vaggeryd intermodal terminal
terminal: Port of Gävle transit time: 5 h
transit time: 11 h
SWEDEN
Gävle
4
Borlänge 5
Västerås
7
NORWAY Eskilstuna 2 1 Stockholm
3 Norrköping
8 Vaggeryd
GOTHENBURG
Helsingborg 6
DENMARK
inteRcontaineR
(scanDinavia) aB
Contact Sales, Marketing & Operation
intercontainer (scandinavia) aB
Peter Gustavsson
Phone +46 31 774 15 10
fax +46 31 774 01 15
gustavsson@icfonline .com
www.icfonline.com
the time schedules are indicative and subject to change . Please contact the operator for rates and latest development .
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11. 9. Uddevalla 16. Karlstad
5 times/week in each direction 7 times/week in each direction
uddevalla intermodal terminal terminal: Port of Karlstad
transit time: 2 h transit time: 5 h
10. Nässjö 17. Åmål
10 times/week in each direction Kiruna 5 times/week in each direction
nässjö intermodal terminal Åmål intermodal terminal
transit time: 4 h transit time: 4 h
11. Gothenburg Local
(Green cargo cfs terminal)
6 times/week in each direction Haparanda
Green cargo cfs terminal
Luleå
12. Drammen
5 times/week in each direction
Green cargo cfs terminal
13. Insjön
(Green cargo cfs terminal)
Vännäs
5 times/week in each direction
Green cargo cfs terminal Umeå
14. Falköping
5 times/week each direction
transit time: 2 h
15. Rolfsøy Sundsvall
5 times/week SWEDEN
transit time: 4 h
SWEDEN
in addition to the Green cargo rail Sandarne
shuttles, there are also daily trains to
Insjön
and from the terminals showed in the 13 Gävle
map, marked with .
Borlänge
Västerås
Drammen 12 Köping Stockholms
Karlstad Hallsberg frihamn NORWAY 16 Karlstad
Rolfsøy 15
Norrköping
Åmål 17
Uddevalla
NORWAY 9
14 Falköping
Göteborg Local
11 10
GOTHENBURG Nässjö GOTHENBURG
Älmhult
Helsingborg
DENMARK DENMARK
Port of Malmö
GReen caRGo väneRexPRessen
Contact Sales, Marketing & Operation Contact Sales, Marketing & Operation
Green cargo aB vänerexpressen aB
Martin Hallmar Gunnar Gärdin, President
Phone +46 73 07 30 456 Phone +46 54 18 07 90
fax +46 8 791 7221 fax +46 54 18 05 64
martin .hallmar@greencargo .com gunnar .gardin@vanerexpressen .com
www.greencargo.com www.vanerexpressen.com
the time schedules are indicative and subject to change . Please contact the operator for rates and latest development .
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12. Rail sHuttle oPeRatoRs
18. Västerås 21. Örebro
5 times/week in each direction 6 times/week in each direction
terminal: Port of västerås Örebro intermodal terminal
transit time: 5 h transit time: 5 h
19. Avesta
3 times/week in each direction
avesta intermodal terminal
transit time: 7 h
20. Hällefors
3 times/week in each direction
Hällefors intermodal terminal
transit time: 6 h
SWEDEN
SWEDEN
Avesta
19
Hällefors 20
18 Västerås Örebro
NORWAY NORWAY
21
GOTHENBURG GOTHENBURG
DENMARK
DENMARK
MälaRPenDeln sct tRansPoRt / tÅGfRaKt
Contact Sales & Marketing Contact Sales & Marketing
Mälarpendeln aB sct transport aB
Gunnar Gärdin, President svante altås
Phone +46 54 18 07 90 Phone +46 73 32 56 705
fax +46 54 18 05 64 s .altas@scttransport .se
gunnar .gardin@malarpendeln .com
Contact Operation Contact Operation
tågfrakt aB
anki Bergström, office Peter ström
Phone +46 21 13 71 90 Phone +46 515 199 50, +46 708 14 52 15
fax +46 21 13 71 73 peter .strom@tagfrakt .se
anki .bergstrom@malarpendeln .com
www.scttransport.se
www.malarpendeln.com www.tagfrakt.se
the time schedules are indicative and subject to change . Please contact the operator for rates and latest development .
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13. 22. Åhus 23. Södertälje
1 time/week in each direction 3 times/week in each direction
Åhus intermodal terminal Port of södertälje
transit time: 6 h transit time: 7 h
24. Gävle
3 times/week in each direction
Port of Gävle
transit time: 11 h
25. Norrköping
5 times/week in each direction
terminal: Port of norrköping
transit time: 7 h
SWEDEN SWEDEN
24 Gävle
NORWAY NORWAY 23 Södertälje
25 Norrköping
GOTHENBURG GOTHENBURG
22 Åhus
DENMARK DENMARK
MiDcaRGo eRs RailWaYs
Contact Sales, Marketing & Operation Contact Sales, Marketing & Operation
Peter furenberg Johan engdahl
Phone +46 703 17 25 24 Phone +46 31 773 71 57, +46 706 19 54 12
fax +46 380 120 90 j .engdahl@ersrail .com
peter .furenberg@midcargo .se
www.midcargo.se www.ersrail.com
the time schedules are indicative and subject to change . Please contact the operator for rates and latest development .
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14. Rail sHuttle oPeRatoRs
sWeDisH tRaffic noRWeGian tRaffic
26. Stockholm/ Årsta Transit times:
7 times/week in each direction oslo 6h
stockholm intermodal terminal Kristiansand 25 h Narvik
transit time: 7 h stavanger 33 h
Bergen 24 h
in addition to the Port of Åndalsnäs 31 h
Gothenburg rail shuttle system, trondheim 22 h
there are also daily trains to Mosjöen 31 h Bodö Fauske
and from the terminals showed Mo i Rana 33 h
in the map, marked with . fauske 34 h
Bodö 35 h
Overnight service Luleå narvik 52 h
sundsvall, Gävle, Malmö For northbound traffic:
Departure from Port of
Two days transit time Gothenburg: evening
umeå, luleå For southbound traffic: Mo i Rana
arrival to Port of
Gothenburg: afternoon Mosjöen
Umeå
Trondheim
Sundsvall
SWEDEN Åndalsnäs
SWEDEN
Gävle
Bergen
Oslo
26 Stockholm/Årsta
NORWAY NORWAY
Stavanger
Kristiansand
GOTHENBURG GOTHENBURG
DENMARK DENMARK
Malmö
caRGonet aB caRGonet aB
Contact Sales, Marketing & Operation Contact Sales, Marketing & Operation Sweden
Jörgen eyram Jörgen eyram
Phone +46 31 10 48 81 Phone +46 31 10 48 81
fax +46 31 10 48 89 fax +46 31 10 48 89
jorgen .eyram@cargonet .se jorgen .eyram@cargonet .se
Contact Sales, Marketing & Operation Norway
Dag skuland
Phone +47 23 15 48 20
fax +47 23 15 47 57
dag .skuland@cargonet .no
www.cargonet.se
www.cargonet.se www.cargonet.no
the time schedules are indicative and subject to change . Please contact the operator for rates and latest development .
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15. Rail voluMe DeveloPMent
the railway is for our customers an increasingly important link in
the transport chain . since 2002 alone, rail transports to and from
the Port of Gothenburg have increased from 6 to 26 daily
shuttles . about half of the container transports now go to and
from the port by rail .
Rail volumes TEU Port of Gothenburg
366 350
342 000
322 210
279 978
224 334
189 453
170 007
143 767
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Note: Total TEU Volume Port of Gothenburg 818 000, 2009
Daily service to companies and industries all round scandinavia .
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16. custoMeR aDaPteD Rail sYsteMs
customer adapted whole train systems leaving from the Port cars or consumables – there are many good examples and
of Gothenburg are an important cog in our vision of efficient, each solution is entirely tailored to our customers’ needs .
sustainable transports before and after . steel, paper, oil,
CARS Daily trains connect the Port of Gothenburg through overnight services to all major cities in sweden, norway and Denmark .
PAPER Dedicated system trains between six of stora enso’s
paper mills and the Port of Gothenburg .
STEEL system trains to and from the Port of Gothenburg and BANANAS Rail distribution system to densely populated areas in
outokumpu stainless in avesta with specially developed sweden and norway .
load carriers for intermodal transport .
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17. Rail sHuttles ReDuce enviRonMental iMPact
Moving goods from lorries to trains has significant environmental a passenger car that runs fully 10,000 times around the globe
benefits . each year, our daily rail shuttles save 51,000 tons of (or about a thousandth of sweden’s total emissions) .
carbon dioxide emissions . that would equal the emissions from
Environmental impact factor Difference between train and lorry*
fuel, diesel 21,000 cubic meters
carbon dioxide (co2) 51,000 tons**
nitric oxide (nox) 450 tons
Hydrocarbons (Hc) 18 tons
Particles/dust (PM) 10 tons
* calculations made by sebastian Bäckström, WsP analys & strategi . the estimate is based on
emission data for swedish intermodal goods trains presented in the report: environmental
estimates for intermodal transport chains – Detailed Methods of calculation and Relevant
standard values, WsP report no . 2009:6 . in 2009, 215,500 container units were transported
by rail to and from the Port of Gothenburg . all figures 2009 .
** corresponds to emissions from a passenger car that runs fully 10,000 times around the globe .
Reduces sweden’s total emissions with about a thousandth .
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18. PoRt of GotHenBuRG Rail seRvice centRe
Port of Gothenburg Rail service centre is responsible for rail by increasing capacity . this means that we can extend our
handling in the Port of Gothenburg . the rail shuttles that currently catchment area and thereby the service to our customers . further-
serve the most important junctions in scandinavia have been more, we reduce unnecessary and environmentally harmful
established in cooperation with several rail operators . the goal is transports to and from the port, an important part of the Port of
to grow by two shuttles per year and to develop the existing ones Gothenburg’s environment policy .
Contacts Sales, Marketing & Operation Hours of operation
at Port Authority 24/7
General Manager, Business Area Rail
Equipment
stig-Göran thorén
Rail mounted gantry cranes, straddle carriers and
Phone +46 31 731 22 80
contchamps .
Manager, Operations
Cargo
carl Johan andersson
containers, trailers, tank containers, swap bodies .
Phone +46 31 731 21 48
Internet
Contacts at Operator Skandia CT AB the latest edition is always available at www.portgot.se,
Production office click on services, then Rail . click on Read more about our
lars-olov Johansson, Danijel skrtic Rail services to open the document .
christin löf-Jörlid
Phone +46 31 731 26 14
e-mail firstname .surname@portgot .se
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19. loGistics anD WaReHousinG
the Port of Gothenburg can offer attractive logistics operations close to the Port, The largest current operators are:
both through our property company scandinavian Distripoint and through our • Maersk logistics
large network of property owners . • nYK logistics
the Port of Gothenburg supports the establishment of business operations • agility
through our knowledge of the industry, proximity to municipal decision makers and • schenker aB
access to attractive financial solutions . • DHl
• Green cargo Road and logistics
• Posten cargo center
• Dan cargo
• Dsv transport
Contact Port of Gothenburg • Kuehne & nagel
Business Development Manager, sales Department • Geodis / Wilson
claes sundmark • frigoscandia
Business area cargo • coldsped
Phone +46 31 731 21 62 • DHl exel freight Management
claes .sundmark@portgot .se
• aa international
www.portgot.se • Panalpina
• Östman transport center
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20. Port of Gothenburg, se-403 38 Gothenburg, sweden . Phone +46 31-731 20 00, fax +46 31-731 22 51 . www .portgot .se