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 11 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 16,5-17.5 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.