Piteå

Piteå Harbour, located 12 km southeast of Piteå, is modern with good capacity both in terms of cargo handling and warehouse space. The operations at the port mainly consist of handling forest products such as kraft liner and paper pulp, which are exported mainly to Germany, Holland and England.

Weekly shipments on a timetable ensure deliveries to the buyers of the products. Sawn wood products are also noticeable among the dominant types of goods. The buyers of the products are mainly in Southern and Central Europe and North Africa. Pulp wood and chips from mainly the Baltic countries dominate among the incoming types of goods.

The port is equipped with lifting cranes for various purposes for loading/unloading, among other things, forest products, bulk goods, container handling and project cargo.

Facts

· Year-round traffic: Yes
· Goods turnover: approx. 1,6 million tone
· Number of calls: approx. 300 pcs
· Number of berths 2 pcs
· Dry cargo quay: 660 metres
· Oil quay: 60 metres
Permitted draft: 11,2 meters (at mean water)
· Dual RoRo modes
· Crane capacity: Four jib cranes and two harbor cranes, 65 tons + 100 tons lifting capacity.*
· General cargo warehouse: 46 m000
· Timber warehouse: 13 m500
· Chemical warehouse: 1 m800
· Oil depot: 300 m000
· Gas depot: 100 m000
· Outdoor storage space: 330 m000, of which paved: 2 m200
· Railway tracks: 3

* When lifting together, a higher lifting capacity can be achieved.