Sweden has an excellent transport infrastructure for shipping as the Swedish government has habitually recognised its critical value to mercantile advantage and prioritised its modernisation and advancement.The rail roads in Sweden have 13,000 kilometres of track, of which roughly 33% are privately owned. The rail network includes a fast section between Arlanda airport and the city centre of Stockholm, making rail freight transport fast and efficientThere are a number of major ports and harbours that incorporate state of the art terminals and offer container handling resources . These include Gaevle, Göteborg, Malmo, Sundsvall, Helsingborg, Halmstad, Kalmar and Stockholm. The Swedish merchant marine, with 165 modern ships, is also valued as an economic precursor by the government and the Swedish international shipping industry as a whole benefits from the considerable government backing of its freight companies and infrastructure.The internal air business in Sweden was deregulated in 1991 and since then a number of Swedish air carriers have been competing to serve the international freight markets by carrying air freight. These air carriers include Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), Transwede and Malmo Aviation.SAS is, actually, jointly owned by Sweden, Denmark and Norway, with Sweden controlling almost 50%. Of this investment, the Swedish government owns fifty %. SAS is committed to air transport liberalisation and has instigated several strategic partnerships to drive forward its 'open skies' policy. The liberalisation of the air transport market creates a further improvement to the freight services industry.There are also 164,000 kms of paved roads in Sweden, of which 1500 kms are motorways, and 2000 kilometres of navigable waterways. The nimble-witted freight company makes a complete analysis of the assorted routes and options available for freight shipping and ensures that the customer is the primary winner.The 10 ml bridge and tunnel across the straits of Oresund from Malmo in Sweden to Copenhagen in Denmark is regarded as one of the most notable transport infrastructure expansions in Europe recently.Indeed, nowhere is Sweden's commitment to its freight transport infrastructure more obvious than in its road transport strategy. In 2006, the Transport Research Arena conference was staged in Göteborg to allow participants to see some developments that are esteemed as the world's most advanced road transport developments and will have a powerful imprint on the international freight market, transforming the knowledge available to the transport company.These fasten on the use of advanced information and communications technology to underpin intelligent road vehicle and road transport processes, with the aim of improving logistics. Of benefit both to the freight transport industry and the area of passenger transportation. The new technology will result in shorter journey transit times and also mean a more efficient use of fuel. These will not only give Sweden a competitive edge in the short term, they are also likely to become a basis for transport systems throughout the world, promising a new era of productivity and cost savings in international freight.Sweden is also working on effectually using information and communication technology to improve the cost structure of its rail network for freight transport. In Sweden, as in many other countries, rail transport has lost part of of the freight transport business to road haulage in recent years and this is an area where Swedish railway companies are looking to build revenues. It is therefore likely that Sweden will also become a leader in what are known as 'intelligent trains'.All these improvements will come together to see a picture of continuing innovation and progress in the transport infrastructure in Sweden, ensuring that the freight services industry in the country stays at the forefront.
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Sweden has an excellent transport infrastructure for freight forwarding as the Swedish government has regularly recognised its critical relevance to economic prosperity and prioritised its modernisation and development.
Stephen Willis is Managing Director of RW Freight Services a UK based freight transport company, established in 1971 and operating worldwide freight forwarding services including specialist freight services to and from Sweden
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