A new shipping service between the Far East and Europe has added a call at Gothnburg, Sweden to its route. This is the second weekly service linking Gothenburg with Asia, and will provide links to the China – at the ports of Ningbo and Shangai – as well as Singapore, Jeddah, Tangier, Bremerhaven and Rotterdam. [...]

The General Conditions of the Nordic Association of Freight Forwarders are generally used within the Nordic countries (ie, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland) to regulate the rights and obligations of parties to a freight contract. The current edition of this standard agreement took effect on June 1 1998.  The conditions are widely used throughout the [...]

A major tyre supplier will be the first company to set up its operations in the new Tankgatan logistics area adjacent to the port of Gothenburg in Sweden. Companies linked to logistics and port operations are in the process of establishing business operations at Tankgatan and the tyre and wheel supplier is a market leader, importing around [...]

According to the Chairman of Gothenburg ports, that is the stated aim of port situated on the West Coast of Sweden and new investment will help it to achieve that aim. In October  APMT Ports acquired the Skandia Container Terminal, the largest container terminal in Scandinavia which has a 25-year concession agreement with the Port [...]

The Port of Gothenburg in Sweden received an environmental award in London last month.  The Sustainable Shipping Award for Environmental Protection, was given for the port’s environmental and climate initiatives. Together with shipping companies and environmental organisations, the port has developed a program in which vessels which contribute to cleaner seas and air are rewarded. [...]