The Swedish battery producer will establish - on the territory of the Pomeranian Investment Centre, near the Port of Gdańsk - what it says will be Europe's largest energy storage factory.
The company will now conduct a comprehensive viability assessment in order to have a design ready by mid-2022, so as to contract a shipyard which, in turn, would deliver the vessel in 2025.
With SEK460m (approx. €45.5m) put on the table for years 2021-2024, the Sundsvall-based timber, pulp, and paper manufacturer will set up a new container terminal, plus other cargo handling areas.
According to the new 20-year-long agreement, the Swedish ferry company will continue to sail to and from Noord Natie Ventspils Terminals' (NNVT) facility in the Port of Ventspils.
Cargo operations across the 7 km-long electrified rail stretch, which directly connects the Port of Norrköping to Sweden's Southern Trunk Line, was officially inaugurated on 1 February.
The Port of Gothenburg, Stena Line, the Volvo Group, and Scania have teamed up to speed up the transition to fossil-free fuels in the transport sector.
