The Swedish west coast ports of Halmstad and Varberg took care of 630kt of general cargo (+1.8% year-on-year), 242kt of dry (-2.8% yoy) and 104kt of liquid bulk (-1.9% yoy).
The Q1 2022 unitised freight traffic saw 68,373 TEUs (+4.3% year-on-year) and 119,769 ro-ro cargo units (+9.2% yoy) passing through the Swedish seaport's quays.
Whereas containerised freight handling contracted by 9.8% year-on-year to 74.1mt, other general cargo groups advanced: wheeled (ro-ro) by 8.9% yoy to 10.9mt and break-bulk by 22% yoy to 6.4mt.