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New service between Gothenburg and Morocco

The Port of Gothenburg has acquired a new deep sea service to Japan.

During 2014 the Port of Gothenburg reported a rise in car exports and a fall in oil volumes..

The addition of 12 new four-container high reach straddle carriers will increase storage capacity at Scandinavia's largest container terminal

At the Port of Gothenburg it is possible to sniff out ships that are being less than honest when it comes to emissions. Chalmers University Technology, in collaboration with the Port of Gothenburg, has fitted a 'sniffer' at the entrance to the port. The port now hopes that this technology will prove effective. From January 1, stricter emission regulations for ships will be introduced in the Baltic Sea, North Sea and English Channel, what is known as the SECA area. The regulations mean that the sulphur content in marine fuel is not permitted to exceed 0.1 per cent.  The potential for control was thought to be limited but here at the Port of Gothenburg the technology is already in place to sniff out vessels that are cheating with marine fuel," said Edvard Molitor, Senior Manager Environment at the Port of Gothenburg. The 'sniffer' has been developed by Chalmers University Technology with support from Vinnova, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and Gothenburg Port Authority. Johan Mellqvist, Associate Professor at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology, said: "We have worked for almost 10 years to produce methods to monitor compliance with environmental regulations at sea, both ...

More and more cargo owners are taking the opportunity to exert environmental pressure on carriers to mitigate their environmental impact. This observation was made by Sara Sköld, Director at Clean Shipping Network, whose international environmental index, the Clean Shipping Index, has grown from 0 to 100 in just a few years. It is now used by many of Sweden's largest import and export companies. The Clean Shipping Index was set up in Gothenburg in 2007 by Ulf Duus and Jan Ahlbom. County Administrative Board employee Jan Ahlbom and consultant Ulf Duus had been assigned the task of compiling a report on the latest environmental technology in shipping. During the course of their examination they gradually came to the realisation that there were surprisingly few ships at the Port of Gothenburg that were environmentally adapted. Sara Sköld explained: "They discovered that the shipping companies' customers were exerting pressure on the carriers to mitigate their environmental impact. This led to the cargo owners and shipping companies joining forces to produce eco-adapted solutions. Working in collaboration with a number of major cargo owners, Ulf and Jan went on to develop what was to become the Clean Shipping Index." The Clean Shipping Index is ...

CLdN's new service has been commenced between Logent Ports & Terminals at the Port of Gothenburg and Zeebrugge in Belgium

From April to October, 73 cruise ships visited port of Gothenburg, carrying 110,000 visitors

The Port of Gothenburg will rework its port charge with effect from January 1, 2015