Port of Larvik

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Located at the south-east coast of Norway, only 130 kms from Oslo, the Port of Larvik (PoL) is an important junction between road and sea transport. PoL is owned by the Larvik Municipality, and has 17 employees. Larvik harbour district includes the sea area within the base line from Sandefjord in the east to Telemark county in the west, as well as adjoining areas on land. The company had a turnover of NOK 40.8 Million in 2007.

The number of calls in 2007 was 1,112. Overall cargo throughput reached 1.64 mill. tons, an increase of 14% since 2006. About 50% of all cargo was handled via container and ferry services. The Port of Larvik is primarily an international port with over 95% of its cargo turnover relating to international traffic. Container turnover increased by 27% in 2007 to a total amount of 51,000 TEUs. The traffic through the port can be divided into four main segments: container traffic, ferry traffic, stone export and other general cargo traffic.

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