Oslo harbor
| Oslo harbor | |||
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| operator | Oslo Havn KF | ||
| opening | 1735 | ||
| Port type | seaport | ||
| Goods handled | Container etc. | ||
| website | Official website | ||
| Geographic information | |||
| place | Oslo | ||
| province | Oslo | ||
| Country | Norway | ||
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| Coordinates | 59 ° 54 '6 " N , 10 ° 44' 47" E | ||
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The port of Oslo ( Norwegian : Oslo Havn ) is one of the large seaports in Norway and is an important ferry port on the North Sea . It is centrally located in Norway's capital Oslo . The port is operated by Oslo Havn KF .
geography
The port of Oslo is at the end of the 100 km long Oslofjord . Half of Norway's population live less than a three-hour drive from the port. The port is close to the main transport routes (rail and road) in Norway.
history
The port was founded according to a Royal Decree ( Kongelig forordning ) of September 16, 1735, at the same time the establishment of a port commission and the establishment of a port operating company was decided. The Osloer Hafengesellschaft, which today still operates as a municipal company under the name Oslo Havn KF , is one of the oldest companies still in existence in Norway. The port commission was also required to monitor the entire port facilities in the customs and port district. The first work of the Port Commission consisted mainly of checking the depths, dredging and setting up the jetties and docks. The port later became an important export transshipment point for wood, but could only be used when the Oslofjord was free of ice. Later, the port was expanded significantly, parallel to the expansion and development of the Norwegian capital Oslo, especially for freight and many shipping lines to foreign ports. Passenger traffic in the port of Oslo was started about 140 years ago by the Danish Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab A / S ( Danish ; The United Steamship Company ). About 100 years ago, Den norske Amerikalinje A / S (NAL) ( Norwegian America Line ) started operations in the port of Oslo. Later several more overseas lines of the shipping companies Wilh. Wilhelmsen , as well as other North Sea and Mediterranean lines of the shipping company Fred. Olsen Express (Norwegian shipping company, founded in 1848 by Friedrich Christian Olsen). In the 1960s and 1970s, other ferry lines to the port of Oslo were put into operation, such as B. the Stena Line to Frederikshavn and the Color Line , formerly Years Line , to Kiel .
business
The Oslo Havn KF is a public company that is owed to the City Council of Oslo account and managed by the Ministry of Transport and the environment. Private companies are employed to operate the terminals. The loading cranes are an exception. They are all operated by the port.
Transshipment and ferry operations
The port of Oslo has both container terminals, terminals for bulk cargo and ferry terminals. A third of the ferry passengers come from Germany and Denmark. With around 1.5 million tons of goods handled, it was in fifth place in 2013 behind Stavanger (1.6 million t), Grenland (2.7 million t), Karmsund (3.1 million t) and Bergen ( 13.9 million t)
Terminals
From west to east.
- Hjortnes - International Ferries
- Filipstad - multipurpose terminal
- Akershusstranda - cruise terminal
- Vippetangen - cruise terminal
- Revierkaia - International ferries
- Sørenga - multipurpose terminal
- Grønlia - iron and steel scrap
- Kongshavn - transshipment terminal
- Sjursøya - container terminal , bulk cargo
- Kneppeskjær - general cargo, vehicle handling
- Ormsund - container terminal
