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How new is new? The extensive (mainly) timber yard at L\u00f6vholmen Intermodal Terminal is referred to as \u201cthe new\u201d but just turned one year old. The terminal, in the heart of the northern Swedish town of Pite\u00e5, may be closer to the Finnish border than it is to Stockholm, but it is at the heart of an industry synonymous with Sweden: timber production.<\/strong>
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L\u00f6vholmen Intermodal Terminal is not the first rail served facility in Pite\u00e5. It may have been conceived as a timber terminal, but the owners, Stenvalls Tr\u00e4, are energetically promoting it for mixed use. That said, the predominant industrial landscape in Pite\u00e5 is felled lumber. The owners need not have any concerns if they have to fall back on their core product line. However, diversity is their ambition.<\/p>\n

Shipping to worldwide markets<\/h2>\n

Rail is the game changer for L\u00f6vholmen Intermodal Terminal. The terminal, owned by forest product company Stenvalls Tr\u00e4, was originally established to handle its own operations. Those outputs consist of sawn and planed timber from Stenvalls’ four sawmills in the region. The prepared goods are transported by truck to the L\u00f6vholmen terminal for containerisation.<\/p>\n

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Image: \u00a9 L\u00f6vholmen Intermodal Terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From there, onward transport is by rail to the Port of Gothenburg for shipping to markets in Asia, the USA, and Southern Europe. Now, more industries in the Pite\u00e5 region are expressing interest in the terminal\u2019s facilities. The terminal\u2019s owners are actively pursuing that potential.<\/p>\n

Gothenburg in less than a day<\/h2>\n

Roger Bergman, Marketing Manager at Stenvalls Tr\u00e4, is open to approaches. \u201cWe want to be an open terminal for the entire region\u2019s industry, which we are very committed to,\u201d he said. \u2018We are in no way exclusive to Stenvalls Tr\u00e4. We have the capacity, expertise, and willingness to handle larger and more diversified volumes. And we have already seen the beginning of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Image: \u00a9 L\u00f6vholmen Intermodal Terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When operations started, there was one departure per week in each direction to and from Gothenburg Port. The frequency quickly increased to two cycles, and the terminal wants to increase the frequency even further. The rail transport to the Port of Gothenburg takes 23 hours.<\/p>\n

Potential and well networked<\/h2>\n

Stenvalls Tr\u00e4 say that L\u00f6vholmen Intermodal Terminal\u2028has 30,000 m\u00b2 of open and covered space, with an additional 20,000 m\u00b2 under construction. There are two rail tracks with a total of 1,800 meters available. That\u2019s comfortable for a 750m freight train, the maximum European standard. There is plenty of traffic in Sweden, with several contracts changing hands<\/a>, and new markets opening up.<\/p>\n

Experienced operators APM Terminals handle containers. TFK Logistics and Hector Rail operate train services. \u201cIt\u2019s a collaboration that has worked incredibly well from the start,\u201d says Kim Johansson, CEO of TFK Logistics \u201cTogether, we have a total concept that is hard to beat.\u201d L\u00f6vholmen Intermodal Terminal is part of Railport Scandinavia, which means it’s part of a network of nearly 30 inland terminals. All told, it\u2019s doing quite a grown-up job for a one-year-old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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