In the Northern Harbour in Malmö CMP, the City of Malmö and the EU are jointly building a new transport and logistics hub. The first sod was turned in spring 2009 when CMP initiated the construction of three freight and ferry terminals as part of an investment costing around SEK 900 million. The Northern Harbour will open in spring 2011 and enable CMP to handle five times more freight than currently. The Northern Harbour is one of the largest infrastructure projects ever in Malmö.
In 2009 the project was dominated by work on preparing the ground. 850,000 tonnes of crushed stone and 400,000 tonnes of moraine have been used to form terraces, which will provide a foundation for the new terminals and ensure that they are able to withstand the pressures placed on them in the port area. During the building of the port 500,000 cubic metres of sediment will be dredged to increase the water depth at the terminals. In 2009 CMP also started work on new quays, ramps, and staff and gate buildings in the area. CMP is exploiting about 450,000 square metres of space in the Northern Harbour, of which about two thirds will be tarmacked and serve as terminal and storage areas for containers and lorries.
Tomorrow’s port
In 2011 CMP will transfer its container operations to the Northern Harbour, where a new terminal is being built. Our RoRo business will also move to a new ferry terminal in the Northern Harbour. Next to the ferry slip a combi terminal is being built, where goods can be transferred from lorries to trains or ships.
This terminal will connect rail traffic to the Northern Harbour and the new track installations will enable loading and unloading of goods from entire train sets.
The improved location for CMP’s new terminals is expected to result in significant time savings. The mooring time per ship, for instance, can be cut by an average of 20 minutes compared with today. The ability to bring together and combine different modes of transport will be increasingly important competitive asset in tomorrow’s port terminals. In the industry we say that the terminals need to be “trimodal”, meaning that goods can be transferred between ships, trains and lorries as effectively as possible. Another factor is that the transfer of goods transports from roads to rail and sea is a key element in the EU’s vision for an efficient and sustainable long-term transport system. CMP’s expansion in Malmö’s Northern Harbour meets both the demands for trimodality and sustainable long-term solutions.
The construction works is financially supported through the European Commission TEN-T programme.