Port of Luleå

The port of Luleå, one of the five largest ports of Sweden, has an annual turnover of about 8.5 million metric tons of goods. The port consists of five divisions; three public quays and two industrial quays. The public quays are Victoria Harbour, for dry goods, Uddebo, for liquid products and Svartön, berthing place for cruise ships and the state-owned icebreakers. The industrial quays are Cementa’s installation for unloading of cement and LKAB’s ore shipping quay at Sandskär, Malmhamnen.

Facts

· Year-round traffic: Yes
· Annual turnover: approx. 8.5 million metric tons
· Number of calls: approx. 600
· Number of quays: 5
· Total quay length 1,700 meters
· Depth: 12.1 metres
· Ramps and RoRo-berths: 1
· Crane capacity: 35-40 metric tons*
· Ship loader for iron ore: 1
· Outdoor storage area: 150,000 m2 whereof 70,000 m2 asphalted
· Indoor storage for general cargo/bulk = 4 warehouses/tents totalling 16,000 m2
· Railroad tracks: 2

*Joint lifting gives higher lifting capacity

Port of Luleå