Resumen de Capacities of main finnish ports for alternative routing

Alexander Kämärä, Johanna Yliskylä-Peuralahti, Ulla Tapaninen

• Security of supply involves all the activities that are undertaken to secure a nations� functioning and the welfare of its citizens in case of major disturbances and emergency situations. Sea ports are the most crucial point in the Finnish supply chains. Approximately 80% of the country�s foreign trade traffic is ship borne. The purpose of this study is to describe the capacities of Finland�s main ports and to provide an overview of the stevedoring companies� operations models in case of a disruption situation in the ports. The study revealed that only a small part of stevedoring companies� volumes is suitable for alternative routing. This is due to the companies� dependency on the infrastructure of a particular port. On the other hand, tendency is towards bigger ports, which are able to handle many different cargo types and provide more flexible environment for the port operators.