Sweden Building Container Terminal South Of Stockholm
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ports / terminals
The Grangesberg Company has decided to build a container terminal at Oxelosund, south of Stockholm, where it is the dominant port user for iron ore shipments. The general cargo quay will be lengthened about 328 feet at 33-foot depth, with an 82-foot roll-on/roll-off quay and a 35-ton crane handling containers up to 40 feet. The terminal opens at the beginning of 1970.
A container terminal is to be built at Oxelosund, on the coast south of Stockholm, Sweden, according to a decision by the Grangesberg Company which is the predominant user of the port for shipments of iron ore from its mines in Central Sweden and other cargoes.
To provide space for the container terminal, the present quay for general cargo will be lengthened by about 328 feet, at a water depth of 33 feet, and a special quay 82 feet long will be built for roll-on/roll-off traffic. A 35-ton crane will handle containers of up to 40 feet. Storage facilities will cover a large area.
The terminal will come into use at the beginning of 1970.
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GeoLocation
Oxelosund, Swedencontainer terminal site
Stockholm, Swedenreference location
Company
Grangesberg Companyport's predominant user, iron ore shipper
