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).

Halland's container traffic lost 20.8% on the Q1 2021 result, down to 11,087 TEUs.

Ro-ro traffic also contracted: by 5.6% yoy to 8,798 units.

Fewer vehicles were handled, too, a decrease of 31.5% yoy to 11,846 units.

On the other hand, more passengers were served, a 37.9% yoy rise to 10,298 ferry travellers (plus 1,394 private cars, 476% more than in Q1 2021).