Föreningen Norden is an assiciation unrelated to party-political and religion, that focuses on increasing cooperation within the Nordic region. At the HM. the king's initiative, the centenary was celebrated in the region of Svinesund. The program began in Strömstad with a visit aboard MS Veslø. Several seminars, themed marine environment and sustainable transports, were held on cross-border cooperation in the joint Swedish-Norwegian Sea. The public also got a chance to meet the king here, before the tour went on their way on to Uddevalla.

HM The King, together with Föreningen Norden was recieved in Uddevalla, by representatives from Uddevalla municipality and Port of Uddevalla at the port's premises. HM. The King had shown particular interest in the port operations in Uddevalla. A seminar was therefore held about the port's upcoming development and expansion by City manager Peter Larsson, complete with details about the logistics changes this will entail from a sustainability perspective.

PPI was organized for the 23rd consecutive year, this time arranged by one of Europe's largest ports in handling these types of goods, Port of Tarragona in Spain. Over 550 participants, consisting of approximately equal parts of ports / terminals, transporters and producers, from all over the world met up here from 16h to 18th of September. Port of Uddevalla was represented by our Marketing Manager Jacob Engholm

The seminars focused mainly on trends in economics, politics and the environment and the industry as a whole was also troughly discussed. One thing that was very obvious this year is that all of us will be affected by the stricter environmental requirements and the increased digitalisation that is happening now and that will continue to develop in the future.

Jacob came back to Uddevalla with interesting potential volumes and great meetings with customers and logistics partners. He had also had the opportunity to go on an inspiring tour of Port of Tarragona and of course also gotten the chance to catch up on the latest gossip about the industry.

For two years in a row, have solved this issue by loading these tower parts on to smaller vessels for inland freight by sea. M/V Wilson Ghent and M/V Hendrik S has this year made a total of 13 trips from Uddevalla, up the Göta River to their final station at Port of Kristinehamn. This is an excellent example of how we can use our inland waterways to transport goods. The transhipment has also proven to been favorable for Kristinehamn, in an article on Vänerhamn's website they themselves tell us about the importance this has had for them.

It will soon be time for the next round of wind turbines shipment to come our way here in Uddevalla, as we await the next shipment in October.

Powering the vessel with LNG means a significant reduction of carbon dioxide emissions compared to traditional vessels. LNG is also a colorless, odorless and non-toxic liquefied gas.

M/T Ramanda goes under Swedish-flag and is owned by the family company Rederi AB Älvtank. She was delivered to her home port of Donsö in 2018. Älvtank is also the owner of  one of the sister vessel; M/T Ramelia, who was delivered to them just a few weeks ago.

By supplementing our high visibility clothing with a new t-shirt for all staff working in the port, we have made an investment in improving safety. Our t-shirts also helps to better clarify that the person you meet is one of our employees and makes the working environment for our staff much more comfortable during the summer months.