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Port of Gothenburg offers inland storage for imports

Gothenburg Port Authority has produced a solution within the port’s Railport system to a sudden shift in demand for Swedish imported goods in the wake of the Coronavirus, which has led to a need for an interim storage of goods that have already been ordered and are on their way to Sweden, mainly in containers.

A number of Railport terminals with direct rail links to the Port of Gothenburg are now ready to step in as interim storage points for containers and trailers, bringing the goods closer to their final destination.

Things move quickly in the face of a pandemic – the rate of change and unpredictability are creating disruptions and imbalances in the transport system that require speedy solutions, according to the Swedish port. Long lead times, mainly for transoceanic goods, combined with rapid changes as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, have led to problems forecasting just-in-time flows for imported goods.

Deliveries that are surplus to requirements give rise to a temporary imbalance in supply and demand and the goods need to be put into storage – preferably close to their final destination for rapid delivery to the retail point once a balance has been re-established.

Thanks to collaboration between the Port of Gothenburg and a number of inland terminals linked to the Port of Gothenburg Railport system, interim storage space has been secured throughout Sweden close to large import warehouse clusters. Imported goods can be transported directly to these locations from the Port of Gothenburg using the Railport Scandinavia rail system. Logent Ports and Terminals also has temporary storage space at the port.

“We have had an incredible response, with both the inland terminals and Logent reporting that they have the capacity to receive containerised goods and trailers for temporary storage,” commented Claes Sundmark, vice president, sales & marketing at the Gothenburg Port Authority.

Space for external storage is offered at the following terminals:

  • Logent Ports and Terminals (Gothenburg)
  • Falköping
  • Hallsberg
  • Eskilstuna
  • Karlstad
  • Insjön
  • Vaggeryd
  • Nässjö





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