Logistics in the Barents Region – as a logistical HUB Film https://vimeo.com/415474084?ref=fb-share&1&fbclid=IwAR1jaeqPHWDrOJVD7UfPJlDU2Xqtut1cEc9m0Od4TkSrIVvNMCPSlpayTJ8 The humble beginning

• First Iron-ore shipment from Narvik in January 1903.

• The mining industry has been the backbone for Narvik’s existence.

• From day one the Port of Narvik has been an intermodal port connecting rail and sea transport. 118 years ago

On March 6th 1903 the Managing Director of the Norwegian State Railway stated: ”...the railway’s wide reach should give our northern region a push with respect to the importance of mercantile and industrial expansion...” Port of Narvik - The gateway to the Atlantic Emissions A wide and deep gateway to the Atlantic

Rail- & container Narvik terminal Kaunis Iron LKAB

Deep-water quay New cruise pier RO-RO ramp

Terminal North Under planning Current rail traffic through Narvik – Iron Ore

A VALUE OF NOK 22 BILLIONS IS CROSSING THE BORDER BY RAIL – AND THE PORT OF NARVIK

PRESENT VOLUMES (2020): • LKAB: 20 MILLION TONS • KAUNIS IRON: 2 MILLION TONS (INCREASING TO 5 MILLION TONS)

NOK 44 BILLIONS

NOK 22 BILLIONS

NOK 12 BILLIONS

2 SHIPS LOADING 356 000 T

FIGURE: IRON-ORE PRICE LEVEL OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS Current rail traffic through Narvik – Containers 80 000 NUMBER OF CONTAINER UNITS BY RAIL TO/FROM THE NARVIK TERMINAL

70 000 ✓ APPROXIMATELY 70.000 TEU IN 2019 ✓ TOTAL COMMODITY VALUE: NOK 25 BILLIONS (*) ✓ 100 HEAVY TRUCKS EVERY DAY IN/OUT OF THE TERMINAL 60 000 ✓ GROWTH SINCE 1994 ✓ TOTAL (ALL COMMODITIES) : + 760 % ✓ FISH PRODUCTS: + 1350 % 50 000

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10 000 SOURCE: TRANSPORTUTVIKLING AS 2019 0 Current rail traffic through Narvik – Seafood Note: • Danmark & Poland – processing and further distribution to Europe and partly Asia. • The Netherlands – Norwegian fish is distributed to Asia and Africa. This is where is high accumulation of container traffic from Europe to Asia. • China processes fish for whole Asia and partly for Europe and USA. Important key factors

✓ Railway accounts for 1% of ’s railway network, but it carries more than 60% of goods on rail measured in tonnage.

✓ Approx. 50% of all fish transported by train in Norway starts in Narvik.

✓ Volume 2020: Roughly 200 000 tons of seafood and 22 million tons of iron ore.

✓ Value of goods transported on the Ofoten Railway: * Container traffic NOK 25 mrd. i 2019. * Iron ore NOK 22 mrd. i 2020. Important key factors

✓ Capacity on the Ofoten Railway 2019: * 26 trains daily each way, free capacity 6 to 8 trains either direction (depending on time of day).

✓ Increase in traffic: * Kaunis Iron increases from 2 till 3 trains per day * New Malmø-/ARE Seafood train - 1 train per week * Arctic Train with 2 daily departures (passenger/charter train).

✓ The Port of Narvik and Nurminen Logistics Oy (Finland) are working together to extend the container transport of goods by rail between Asia and Helsinki to/from Narvik. Potential north - south

Rail and sea transport are by far the greenest forms of transport and considering the volumes of fish that are leaving our region by road – there is a huge potential for moving goods from road to rail and sea. NUMBER OF SEAFOOD CONTAINERS BY ROAD CROSSING E10 AT BJØRNFJELL

✓ 13.300 TRUCKS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS ✓ APPROXIMATELY 133.000 TONS OUT OF NORWAY ✓ MARKET VALUE (1. HAND) 2019: CA. NOK 8 BILLIONS (CORRESPONDING TO EUR 810 MILL.) ✓ POTENTIAL FOR RAIL FREIGHT ?

SOURCE: TRANSPORTUTVIKLING AS 2019 Potential east - west How do we succeed in our region?

• Follow up the Joint Barents Transport Plan

• Close cooperation between the railway administrations (NO,SE,FI,RU)

• Work together as a region

• Shortsea shipping routes

• Focus on sustainability

• Equal regulatory framework for all modes of transport. Energy HUB Narvik

The Port of Narvik is currently taking part in several sustainability prosjects looking at identifying the energy solutions for the future.

• Shore power • Energy HUB • Renewable energy/Hydrogen • Buildings • Terminals • Energy storage • Teco 2030 • New boat for the harbour • Smart City So what is the future of infrastructure in Arctic Europe?

If we are to succeed in fulfilling the Ofoten Railway – Norway’s requirements expected in accordance with the «Suez Canal». Paris Accord and the UN’s Sustainability Goals – and at the same time develop and grow the Barents Region’s industries - across borders - we need to develop seamless The Swedish Iron-ore company LKAB has over the transport corridors from coast to coast – last 115 years utilised this unique stretch of railway to transport iron-ore from the mines in Kiruna, , making sure Nordkalotten as a region can to the Port of Narvik. utilise existing hubs such as Narvik and In later years import of consumer goods and export of fish using container transport on trains have grown Haparanda/Torneå. significantly. narvikhavn.no

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