More containers went through the Swedish seaport, too, a 2.7% year-on-year uptick to a total of 137,155 TEUs.

Overall, Helsingborg took care of 4.41mt over this year's first half (+5.2% yoy), including 2.99mt of wheeled (ro-ro) cargo (+7.1% yoy), 1.07mt of containerised freight (+2.3% yoy), 160kt of liquid bulk (-5.3% yoy), 92kt of dry bulk (+12.2% yoy), 76kt of forest products (+40.7% yoy), and 18kt of break-bulk (-59.1% yoy).

At the same time, the port's passenger ferry traffic advanced by 77.8% yoy to altogether 2,157,323 travellers, plus 342,608 their cars (+61.9% yoy).