On September 17, the Swedish Transport Administration’s Director General Roberto Maiorana visited Port of Trelleborg. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the capacity increase required for continued sustainable intermodal transports in the Port of Trelleborg, where you combine the transport modes rail, sea and road.
The Port of Trelleborg has had a very strong increase in intermodal rail traffic in recent years, and the volumes continue to increase. The port’s unique logistical location, where Europe meets Scandinavia, and with the possibility of combining rail, sea and road modes of transport, is a success factor.
In order to handle an increase in the capacity of intermodal freight volumes in the future, the Port of Trelleborg needs access to a modern intermodal terminal, and the Swedish Transport Administration is now investigating the possibility of developing the freight yard.
“With a new, modern intermodal terminal, we can go from handling 40,000 units to 150,000 units until 2033. But I don’t think it will stop there, rather the number of trailers on rail that we handle today will increase sevenfold until 2040 This corresponds to nearly 300,000 trucks that we can relieve from the road network. Freight will continue to increase while there is a shortage of truck drivers, and then the railway will be the key. In addition, the roads are crowded and if we are serious about the environment, intermodal transport is the most optimal”, said Jörgen Nilsson, CEO of Port of Trelleborg, at the meeting.
The Swedish Transport Administration and Port of Trelleborg both agreed that a transfer of freight to rail from road is the strongest contribution to reaching the climate goal.
We can state that both Roberto Maiorana, Director General of the Swedish Transport Administration and Jörgen Nilsson, CEO of Port of Trelleborg, agreed upon to reach an agreement regarding the development of the intermodal terminal and the freight railway yard during 2025, with an agreement on a long-term lease agreement. The area can then be gradually taken over by the contracted party in 2026 to be fully built by 2027/2028.
At the intermodal terminal from the left: Ulf Sonesson, Landlord, Port of Trelleborg, Magnus Gustavsson, Freight transports investigator, Trafikverket, Anna Wildt-Persson, Regional Director, Trafikverket, Jonas Bramsved, Business Manager, Port of Trelleborg, Roberto Maiorana, Director General, Trafikverket, Jörgen Nilsson, CEO, Port of Trelleborg, Petronella Ljungh, Communications Manager, Port of Trelleborg.
Port of Trelleborg is Scandinavia’s largest RoRo port. Roll-on/Roll-off refers to vehicles and wheeled goods being able to be driven on and off the ship. The port is one of Sweden’s five core ports, designated as strategically important by the EU and an important part of the European transport corridors. Port of Trelleborg is also Sweden’s only port with railway ferries in regular traffic. The port handles a large part of Sweden’s imports and exports, and thus has an important importance and role for the climate change of freight transports.
The improved handling of intermodal trains and rail connections is one of the activities in the port’s EU project “Green FIT 2025”, which is co-financed by the EU.
