Swedish forest products and engineering products are just two examplesof the freight that will be transported using this new service. Swedish exports to Morocco have more than doubled in the past ten years. In 2013, the export value was SEK 2.7 billion. During the first nine months of 2014, exports rose by 49 per cent compared with the same period the previous year. Next week the shipping company Seago Line starts a new freight service between Gothenburg and Morocco.
“It is extremely encouraging that Seago Line has identified market potential in the trade between Sweden and Morocco and that it has chosen to invest in Gothenburg as a freight hub,” said Claes Sundmark, Vice President Business Area Cargo, Roro and Rail, at the Port of Gothenburg.
The ships operating on this new service will call at APM Terminals, the Port of Gothenburg container terminal, each Friday. The rotation will be St Petersburg – Gdansk – Gothenburg – Bremerhaven – Antwerp –
Casablanca – Agadir. North Africa important for Swedish forest industry
The service will call at St Petersburg and Gdansk before Gothenburg, which means that imports from Russia and Poland will be able to unload in Gothenburg. From Gothenburg to Morocco the containers will be packed with for example engineering products, timber products and paper. North Africa is an important market for the Swedish forest industry. Swedish export of sawn timber to Morocco is approximately 400 000 m3 annually.