The shipping platform

Location: Malmo is located on the southern tip of Sweden at the entrance to the Baltic Sea, approx 14nm ESE of Copenhagen. General overview: Malmo has merged with the port of Copenhagen to create Copenhagen Malmo Port (CMP). Exports: General cargo, grain and grain products, macadam, scrap, cement and containers. Imports: Chemicals, oil products, general cargo, fertilisers, fruit, grain, coal, petcoke, steel products, raw sugar and cars. Traffic figures: Combined total for Copenhagen and Malmo: Approx 8,000 vessels, 15,000,000t of cargo, 153,000TEU and 829,000 passengers handled annually. Load line zone: Summer Zone for ships over 100m in length and Winter Zone for ships of 100m or less in length. Winter Nov 1 to Mar 31, Summer Apr 1 to Oct 31. Max size: LOA 260m, beam 45m, draught 12.5m. Largest vessel handled: "Siboelf", LOA 260m, draught 12.5m, 74,868DWT loaded, fuel oil.