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A brand new 144,000 square meter port terminal has been inaugurated at the Port of Gothenburg. The investment, amounting to approximately 60 million EUR, has been under construction for the past six years and was made to meet the increased transportation needs of Swedish industry…
…Named “Arendal 2”, the terminal is also part of the port's strategy to concentrate its terminal operations in the outer port area, further from the city center, and with direct connections to the port’s road and rail infrastructure as well as the local growing industrial cluster.
Parts of the new spaces will be used by Stena Line when the shipping company begins relocating its local operations from its current locations in the central parts of the city to the outer port area. The project has included preparations regarding filling, channeling, and water purification for a future ferry terminal…
…In the construction of Arendal 2, 180,000 cubic meters of contaminated materials from dredging in the Göta River have been encapsulated. These materials have been contained, stabilized, and solidified to form the foundation of the terminal area, which has then been asphalted…
…Already, large parts of Arendal 2 have begun to be used by the terminal operator Gothenburg Roro Terminal, which previously had its operations divided between two different adjacent areas. With Arendal 2, the terminal operator gets a larger contiguous terminal area with more accessible hinterland to the important berths 712 and 713…
Arendal 2 Factfile:
Approximately 144,000 square meters of terminal space.
Approximately 42 kilometers of ducting, 11 pump stations and 250 wells.
Stormwater treatment plant.
9 lighting masts.
Investment: Approximately 60 million EUR.
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Source: Extracts from Port Authority of Gothenburg (www.portofgothenburg.com) news release dated 29 August 2024