{"id":262827,"date":"2025-08-06T21:49:30","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=64899"},"modified":"2025-08-06T21:49:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:49:30","slug":"rail-freight-still-underwhelming-in-swedens-newest-port-of-norvik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=262827","title":{"rendered":"Rail freight still underwhelming in Sweden\u2019s newest port of Norvik"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is a brand new port near Stockholm, in Sweden, where rail and multimodality could play a key role, but do not: the port of Norvik. Inaugurated only five years ago for container and ro-ro traffic, most of the volumes continue to be moved by road despite a solid rail connection, with interested parties blaming each other.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>The port of Norvik is the nearest one to Stockholm, located less than 60 kilometres away. For this reason and given the connection to the rail network, expectations were high for rail freight to become a prominent contributor. However, reality says otherwise and everyone seems to have a different opinion on why this is the case.<\/p>\n

Pointing fingers<\/h2>\n

For example, members of the Swedish Liberal Party, including Stockholm\u2019s mayor Jan J\u00f6nsson, criticised state-owned operator Green Cargo for not holding up its part of the deal in an article on SVD. On the other hand, representatives of the company pointed out that the port just does not handle enough volumes to make rail freight service financially viable. Moreover, the presence of ports with well-established rail freight flows located both north (G\u00e4vle) and south (Norrk\u00f6ping) of Norvik further complicates the situation.<\/p>\n