SCANDINAVIA\\\


Nordic logistics comp[any Greencarrier


Freight Services


has bought the road logistics business operations in the Baltics and CEE countries from


Finnish Railways’


(VR) subsidiary Transpoint International. Greencarrier Freight Services chief executive Mikael Forsberg said the move would make his company one of the largest operators in the region. Transpoint’s road traffi c


business operations in the Baltics and CEE will become fully owned by Greencarrier Freight Services with about 40 people working in Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania transferring to the new


employer. The


transaction does


not concern the Finnish parent company Transpoint International, owned by VR Group and its two Russian subsidiaries. Forsberg


said: “Transpoint


International is a top player in


Finland-to-Baltics on-road


freight with a very long history and a diversifi ed client base. For us, this is an important and natural development on our journey to provide long term and sustainable solutions to the market and to our customers. Together with the transferring operations of Transpoint International in the Baltics and central and eastern Europe, we


Freight volume stays stable in Gothenburg


Freight volume at the Port of Gothenburg


has remained


stable, despite the Covid-19 pandemic. Container volumes remain


unchanged while


other segments are regaining lost ground following the downturn earlier in the year. Figures for the year to


September show a 9% fall in container volumes in the third quarter. Although Swedish industry managed to maintain momentum during the spring, the Covid-19 reaction finally filtered through during the summer months, with a subsequent impact on the number of containers passing


through the port. However: “The outlook has


been brighter since September and that will definitely be the case in the months ahead. Despite obvious concern about a possible second wave of the pandemic and the reverberations, higher volumes are forecast, the market is beginning to shape up, and we expect to close the year in the black,” said Gothenburg Port Authority chief executive, Elvir Dzanic. The port authority added


that figures published by the industry organisation Ports of Sweden show that Gothenburg


will become one of the largest operators in the region.” It would create a much stronger team and provide a wider off ering of sustainable transportation, he added. VR Transpoint’s senior vice


president Martti Koskinen said: “The market has undergone lots of changes over the years, and we have let go of international road traffi c operations in Europe. Good progress has been made in the company and the people have done an excellent job. The operations are not, however, at the core of VR Transpoint’s strategy. The business will continue to develop under the ownership of Greencarrier Freight Services.”


has increased its share of the Swedish market by 2% this year. Gothenburg is the largest port in the Nordic region with 30% of Swedish foreign trade and half of all container traffic. It also has regular rail shuttles throughout Sweden and to Norway. Ro ro units handled through


to September were down 11% on the same period in 2019, but,


the third-quarter figure


(-6%) is a tentative sign that the negative curve is levelling off. New vehicle handling fell


by 19% during the first nine months. The fall in the wake of Covid-19 was mainly during the second quarter with handling volumes down by almost half. Despite the recovery during the third quarter, year-on-year figures reveal a decline of 8%.


Leman celebrates 120 years in business


The Leman Group celebrates its 120th birthday on Friday 16 October, 120 years aſt er Paul Lehmann deposited 25 krone from his private account, acquired a telephone and rented premises in Copenhagen. Today, Leman Group has about


700 employees in Denmark, US, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Greenland and has recently embarked on a strategy to double its revenue to DKK 5 billion within the next three or six years.


During the Group’s 120


years, there have only been six managing directors in the director’s chair, most recently Thomas Krøyer, who took up the position as Group chief executive in 2014. He explained: “The fi rst major acquisition I was involved in, was when we bought DanCargo almost six years ago. Since then, we have doubled the Group and modernized the company on many parameters, and I do hope and believe that we


will succeed in developing and expanding even more over the next few years.” The anniversary year has been a challenging one for Leman, however, with the Corona pandemic and a subsequent hacker attack. “But it has also proven that


we have a strong foundation and skilled employees, who can promptly and innovatively adapt the business to the new conditions,” Krøyer declares.


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Issue 8 2020 - Freight Business Journal


EU funds Swedish-Finnish green shipping scheme


Ports of Stockholm’s port of Kapellskär and the port of Naantali in Finland have gained EU funding for a green shipping scheme to reduce air pollutant emissions. The project will cover investment in facilities such as ‘cold ironing’ (the provision of onshore power for vessels at the quayside) allowing vessels to shut down their engines and instead use electricity from the local power grid. The project to provide onshore power connections has also been


awarded funding from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. An auto-mooring capability will


be installed to make operations at the quayside safer, more effi cient and more competitive, as loading and unloading times will be reduced. Port of Kapellskär has been


designated a comprehensive port within the EU Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) and the EU grant is part of the Motorways of the Sea initiative to switch freight


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from road to shipping. Port of Kapellskär deputy


chairman, Bino Drummond, said: “The development is strategically signifi cant for sustainable shipping. More goods arriving by sea, using routes such as Naantali to Kapellskär, ensures long-term sustainable development and growth of the entire Stockholm region.” The project will start during


November 2020 and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023.


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