Facts

  • Largest RoRo port in Scandinavia and the shortest route to the continent
  • One of five Swedish core ports
  • Approx. 10% of Swedish imports and exports pass Trelleborg’s quays
  • Second in Sweden in terms of cargo volumes in ton
  • The Baltic Sea’s largest railway port
  • The largest rail ferries in the world operate Port of Trelleborg
Owner 100% of the shares owned by Trelleborg Municipality since 2005
Type of port RoRo
Port area
  • Land surface  1,150,000 m²
  • Quay length 5,400 m
  • 13 berths including 8 ferry berths for regular traffic including 7 with double RoRo ramps and 2 directly rail-linked
  • 2 quays for general cargo
  • 1 oil quay
  • 2 lay-up quays
  • 2 intermodal terminals
  • Logistics centre of 30,000 m² with direct rail access to the warehouse
  • Solar park of 2,200 m² with an annual production of 500,000 kWh 
  • Two new 120 m high wind turbines that will produce about 15 million kWh per year
Water depth in the port basin 6,8-8,5 m in RH2000 (Swedish National Height System). Vessels up to 240 m long can call at the port.
Railway traffic Intermodal traffic is handled by two container trucks, called reach stackers, with a lifting capacity of 45 tons each.
Average number of employees 135 persons (2024) The management of the Port of Trelleborg is in three terminals; ferry terminal, intermodal terminal and logistics center. Approximately 90 people, divided into four teams, work around the clock. The ferry service to the three customers also includes provisioning and waste disposal.
Corporate identity nr./VAT-nr 556008-2413 / SE556008241301
Arrivals and departures each day About 28 (2024)
Customers (14 vessels)
Ferry destinations (4)
  • Stena Line – Rostock (2 vessels)
  • TT-Line – Travemünde, Rostock, Swinoujscie, Klaipeda (9 vessels)
  • Unity Line – Swinoujscie (3 vessels)
Partner ports
  • Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft mbH
  • Rostock Port
  • Mukran Port, Sassnitz
  • Szczecin & Swinoujscie Seaports Authority
  • Port of Klaipeda
Opening hours Around the clock; 7 days a week, 24 hours in the day
Security Since 1 July 2004, the port is certified according to the ISPS code (International Ship and Port Facilities Security Code). This is handled by a separate department, TPC (Trelleborg Port Control) which is staffed around the clock. Port of Trelleborg is responsible for perimeter security, identity control and other security and monitoring in accordance with the provisions of the ISPS Code, customs regulation, port regulations, etc.