New forestry terminal at the port of Gothenburg
Paper, pulp and other forest industry products are moved by rail from mills throughout Sweden – and alsoa shipped from Finnish mills – to the port of Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast for onward transport by sea to export markets worldwide. In certain case southbound goods need to be reloaded into containers.The potential for reloading will increase in Gothenburg with the investment by the logistics company RPG, Roger Peterson Group, in a new logistics terminal, specializing in the forest industry products. The terminal will be located beside the port at Arendal in Gothenurg. RPG has developed the project in close collaboration with Swedish construction company NCC, which will build the property, and the Gothenburg Port Authority, which sold the land to RPG.The new forestry terminal will result in increased volumes for the port of Gothenburg. Within a yea,r the terminal will be able to handle 1.5 million tons of paper and other forestry products, equivalent to 110,000 containers (20-foot TEU). RPG is aiming for full capacity utilization within just a few years.