The Swedish coastline is sprinkled with seaports. While some of them have specialised themselves in serving particular industries, the Port of Karlshamn approaches the market with a universal offer, taking care of sea-road-rail cargo flows going to and from different parts of Scandinavia.
The business of shipping goods over the sea is still considered as a rather conservative industry, not inclined to reinvent itself unless some big, disruptive change comes knocking on its door, say digitalisation most recently.
Digitalization of the maritime industry has been topping the "hot topics" list for a few years now and the interest in who, what, and when will digitally disrupt seaborne trade has been only gaining traction.
The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) released its latest annual report for the 2017-2018 agenda, with fiscal and environmental issues taking centre stage.