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“Better logistics will make companies in Skaraborg more competitive and help create jobs”
“Better logistics will make companiesin Skaraborg more competitive
and help create jobs”
Environmental considerations and the need for fast,
efficient transport links were key factors behind
the creation of Skaraborg Logistic Center and its
combined transport terminal in Falköping, Sweden.
Together, they form the link between businesses in
Skaraborg and the outside world.
The combined transport terminal handle goods,
timber and container traffic. Operated by companies
in the private sector, the terminal will provide an interface
between different modes of transport. This initiative
will also foster the setting-up of many secondary
logistics businesses, such as related service industries,
storage, handling and terminal services and the
provision of training services. The second stage of the
initiative will bring further development and expansion
of Skaraborg Logistic Center. A new combined
transport and timber terminal is to be built, with full
potential for ongoing expansion. The vision is ultimately
to serve as a “Dryport”/”Railport” for the seaport
in Gothenburg. As its name suggests, a Dryport is an
inland facility offering the same functions and same
level of security as a seaport terminal.
This second stage will also open up new space
provision for service industries such as container
repair and storage, and a range of terminal storage
and handling services based alongside the combined
transport terminal.
This will mean even more investment opportunities
in the logistics field, further enhancing the Skaraborg
Logistic Center concept.
• WorkondevelopingSkaraborgLogisticCenterhas extendedoveraten-yearperiodandhasbeenfunded inpartbytheEuropeanUnion.
• Ithasbeenabroad-basedproject,involvingRegion VästraGötaland,theSwedishNationalRailAdministra- tionandtheNationalRoadAdministration,thePort ofGothenburg,ChalmersUniversityandtheSchoolof
Economics,BusinessandLawinGothenburg,plusa numberofcompaniesinSkaraborg.
• ThecompaniesdirectlyinvolvedinoperatingSkaraborg LogisticCenteranditscombinedtransportterminal (spring2010)includeStoraEnso/Sydved(timber handling)andISSTraffiCareAB(Intermodalterminal).
more facts about skaraborg logistic center:
Our link with the world
www.skaraborglogisticcenter.se
Falköpings kommun
Leif Bigsten,
Manager, Strategic Development
+ 46 515-88 51 14
+ 46 70-593 03 63
Göteborgs Hamn
Stig-Göran Thorén, General Manager
Business Area Rail
+ 46 31-731 22 80
+ 46 70-779 35 00
Stora Enso Skog AB
Håkan Alexandersson
+ 46 1046-77 197
+ 46 70-595 19 93
Sydved AB
Gert Adolfson
+ 46 36-301 783
+ 46 70-245 51 81
ISS TraffiCare AB
Johan Lindström
+ 46 20-155 155
+ 46 734-36 51 64
Tågfrakt Produktion Sverige AB
Peter Ström
+ 46 515-199 50
+ 46 70-814 52 15
