Bottenvikens Stuveri AB, through its subsidiaries, acquired the company Luleå Shipping AB and the machinery contracting operations at Munksunds Sågverk at the beginning of the year. Both operations have developed well and contributed to the good group result in 2012.
In the parent company, Piteå and Skellefteådistrict had project loads in the form of handling wind turbines during the year. In Kalix-district, major dredging work has been carried out. This has meant that the port has been closed for a large part of the year, but a significant part of KalixThe district's goods have instead been unloaded from the Piteå district.
We handled 3,8 million tonnes of bulk cargo and paper/pulp and 1,0 million cubic metres of pulpwood/chips and sawn timber during the financial year. This is a 5% decrease in shipping quantities. Despite this, the Group's profit improved by approximately 30% as a result of new acquisitions and the handling of project cargo.
The shipping quantities in 2012 are distributed as follows:
|
Goods groups |
Outcome 2010 |
Outcome 2011 |
Budget 2012 |
|
Bulk cargo (Kton) |
2 880 |
3100 |
3 073 |
|
Paper & pulp (Kton) |
612 |
596 |
626 |
|
Pulpwood & wood chips (Kkbm) |
464 |
513 |
598 |
|
Sawn timber (Kkbm) |
503 |
471 |
500 |
|
Other tonnage (Kton) |
301 |
301 |
206 |