SKANDIA GATEWAY
Larger vessels require deeper harbours.
The Port of Gothenburg is the only port in Sweden that can receive the world’s largest vessels. At present they are unable to do so fully loaded. To address this problem and ensure Swedish industry is able to meet the demands of the future, extensive deepening of the fairway is required. The project, known as Skandia Gateway, is being run jointly by the Swedish Maritime Administration and the Port of Gothenburg. An application was submitted to the Land and Environment Court in December, a design-build contractor has been appointed, and we have secured funding from our owners.
The project in practice.
The area that needs to be deepened is almost five kilometres long and 13 million cubic metres of clay will need to be dredged. This will increase the maximum depth for ships from the current 13.5 metres to 17.5 metres. In addition, the turning circle outside the Container Terminal needs to be widened. Quays and terminal areas will be reinforced when the harbor basin is deepened by up to 7 m, allowing two large vessels to be handled at the same time.
From vision to reality.
As current conditions prevent certain vessels from visiting Sweden, work needs to begin as quickly as possible. Preparations began in 2019, the Gothenburg Port Authority will begin quay reinforcement work in the fourth quarter of 2023, and the Swedish Maritime Administration will begin dredging in the autumn of 2025. The project is scheduled for completion at around the turn of the year 2027/2028.
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70% of Sweden's foreign trade is shipped by sea and the Port of Gothenburg is the only Swedish port that can receive the world's largest ocean-going ship.
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70% of Sweden's foreign trade is shipped by sea and the Port of Gothenburg is the only Swedish port that can receive the world's largest ocean-going ship.
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70% of Sweden's foreign trade is shipped by sea and the Port of Gothenburg is the only Swedish port that can receive the world's largest ocean-going ship.
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70% of Sweden's foreign trade is shipped by sea and the Port of Gothenburg is the only Swedish port that can receive the world's largest ocean-going ship.
Skandia Gateway facts.
Some 70 per cent of Swedish exports take place by sea, and the Port of Gothenburg is the only port in Scandinavia that can offer direct services to other parts of the world using the largest deep-sea cargo vessels. To assure access to the world for Swedish industry in the future, the fairway needs to be deepened by four metres, and the harbour basin and quays need to be deepened and reinforced.
Jan Andersson
Projektledare Skandiaporten
+46 31 368 75 27
jan.andersson@portgot.seElin Dörrheide
Biträdande Projektledare Skandiaporten
+46 31 368 75 87
elin.dorrheide@portgot.seCecilia Lööf
Head of Marketing & Communications
+46 739 503 297
cecilia.Loof@portgot.se