Port of Gothenburg: 560k TEUs handled in I-IX 2018 (+20.2% yoy)

Out of this number, rail-bound container traffic also rose in the reported period, by 7.2% year-on-year up to 283k TEUs.

The finished vehicle logistics sector is on the rise, too, having increased over the first nine months of 2018 by 4% yoy to 209k new cars.

The turnover of liquids also advanced, by 2.9% yoy to 17.7mt.

While the Swedish port continues to gain back the container volumes it lost due to the so-called port conflict, its ro-ro traffic flattened throughout this year (+0.2% yoy to altogether 439k units).

On the other hand, passenger traffic, ferry and cruise, noted a drop by 4.2% yoy down to 1,356k guests.