The growth noted by the Swedish seaport was driven by goods classified as other dry bulk, which totalled nearly 1.88 million tonnes over 2025's first half (+14% year-on-year).

Trade labelled as 'other' (break-bulk) also rose - to 60 thousand tonnes (no handling in H1 2024).

Oxelösund also took care of 398kt of ores & steel products (-13.9% yoy), 93kt of wheeled (ro-ro) cargo (-13.1% yoy), 39kt of forest products (-20.4% yoy), 25kt of containerised freight (-52.8% yoy), and 9.0kt of liquid bulk (+50% yoy).

The port's container traffic totted up to 2,177 TEUs (-51.2% yoy), while ro-ro to 2,675 cargo units (-20.8% yoy).

Source: Swedish Confederation of Transport Enterprises