Port of Tornio

Port in Tornio, Finland

65°45′11″N 24°09′25″E / 65.753°N 24.157°E / 65.753; 24.157UN/LOCODEFI ROY[1]DetailsOperated byOutokumpu Shipping[2]Type of harbourcoastal breakwaterDraft depthmax. 9.0 metres (29.5 ft) depth[3]StatisticsAnnual cargo tonnagec. 3.0 m tons (int'l) (2018)[4]

The Port of Tornio (Finnish: Tornion satama, Swedish: Torneå hamn), also known as the Port of Röyttä,[5] is a cargo port located in the city of Tornio, Finland, at the end of the Bothnian Bay and close to Finland's border with Sweden. It is near the Port of Kemi, with which it shares part of the shipping lane.[3]

The port is operated by Outokumpu Shipping, and its main user is the adjacent Outokumpu steelworks.[2]

The annual international cargo throughput of the Port of Tornio was c. 3.0 million tons in 2018, fairly evenly split between exports and imports, making it the tenth biggest port in Finland by tonnage.[4]

The port has a maximum depth of 9.0 metres (29.5 ft).[3]

References

  1. ^ "UN/LOCODE - Finland". United Nations. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Satamaoperaattori Rauanheimo haluaa tulla Tornion lisäksi Kemiin" (in Finnish). Lapin Kansa. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Tornio fairway card" (PDF). Vayla.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Traficom International Maritime Statistics 2019" (PDF). Traficom.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Transport and Communications Agency. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Tornio". ItamerenSatamat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 October 2020.
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