The former Bottenvikens Stuveri has a history of four towns merging into one company.
Piteå Stuveri Aktiebolag was founded in 1928. The company was to load and unload ships in the Piteå area. At that time it was exclusively about ship work. The work was heavy manual labour without any mechanical aids.
In 1968, the company merged with Luleå Stuveri and changed its name to Bottenvikens Stuveri AB. In 1973, operations were moved from the port in central Piteå to Haraholmen, located 15 km outside the centre of Piteå. All handling in central Piteå and the industrial harbours at Lövholmen Sawmill and SCA's paper mill in Munksund ceased. Loading and unloading of forest products has consistently been the main industry, but the business has gradually grown to also include transhipment, warehousing and transport.
Luleå Stuveri was founded in 1938. The company merged in 1968 with Stuveriet i Piteå under the joint name Bottenvikens Stuveri AB. Norrbottens Järnverk, which was extended and expanded after the Second World War, led to a major upswing in goods, mainly from the ironworks, while general cargo, paper pulp and wood products declined. In the mid-70s, the coking plant was built and, as a natural consequence, Victoria Harbour took shape. In the mid-1980s, the SSAB quay was mothballed and SSAB's entire shipping operations were moved to Victoriahamnen.
Until 1922, Skellefteå Stuveribolag was mainly the company that served shipping in the Skellefteå area. On the initiative of the Swedish Shipowners' Association, the competitor Norra Västerbottens Stuveribolag was formed. It included a number of large companies as owners. As early as 1923, Norra Västerbotten Stuveri was the dominant company, and in 1924 Skellefteå Stuveribolag ceased to exist. With the establishment of the smelter at Rönnskär, ship traffic in the Skellefteå region intensified and the flow of goods increased significantly. Before that, the large quantities consisted mainly of forest products. With the smelter, handling shifted more and more to goods to and from production, as well as shipping out finished products. The work was mostly done manually with few mechanical resources. In 1970 Bottenvikens Stuveri AB acquired all the shares in Norra Västerbottens Stuveribolag.
In Kalix, C.O Hallman Stuveri started in 1889. In 1961, Paul Hallman reorganised the company into a limited company. 1987 the company was bought by Bottenvikens Stuveri AB.
Loading and unloading of forest products has consistently been the primary handling in the harbour. In recent years, the company has expanded its operations to include warehouse handling and transhipment.