SWECO hired to help built eastern Sweden's largest port

SWECO hired to help built eastern Sweden's largest port 

Plans to expand the port of Stockholm-Nynäshamn at Norvikudden have now entered
a new phase. SWECO has been chosen for preconstruction planning of the port on
behalf of Ports of Stockholm.

The new port will cover an area of 60 hectares. Its nine berths with a total
length of 1,800 meters, capacity for 500,000 TEUs of container goods and ro-ro
capacity for 300,000 vehicles per year, make this Sweden's largest port
investment in many decades. 

“This is an unusually exciting and challenging project. The breadth SWECO can
offer, ranging from specialised civil engineering and structural design
consultants to landscape architects, enables us to take on large-scale
multidisciplinary undertakings like that in Norvik,” says Eva Nygren, Managing
Director of SWECO Sweden.

The new port will be built in stages and is planned for completion in 2020,
although it is hoped that the port can be opened for traffic already in 2011.

”The harbour expansion is vital for the supply of goods and ongoing growth in
the Stockholm-Mälardalen region. It feels very secure to be working with SWECO
at this early and formative stage,” says Christel Wiman, President of Ports of
Stockholm. 

SWECO's services will include civil engineering design, structural design,
landscape architecture and building design. The contract is worth more than SEK
4 million.

SWECO has previously carried out a technical feasibility study, prepared a
preliminary layout for the port and was responsible for preparing the
environmental impact assessment (EIA) as a basis for the environmental court's
decision on the project. SWECO has longstanding experiencing of working in other
Swedish port projects.



For additional information contact:
Gregor Rolski, Team Manager for ports and structural engineering, SWECO, +46
(0)734-12 60 71, gregor.rolski@sweco.se
Per Vallander, Assignment Manager, SWECO, +46 (0)734-12 61 19,
per.vallander@sweco.se
Per Holmlund, PR Officer at Ports of Stockholm, +46 (0)8-670 27 08


SWECO is the Nordic region's leading provider of consulting services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
SWECO has around 5,300 employees in ten countries and recorded annual sales of
around SEK 4.6 billion in 2007. The company has projects currently underway in
some 75 countries worldwide. The SWECO share is quoted on the Stockholm Stock
Exchange. SWECO is a member of OMX Nordic Exchange in Stockholm.

SWECO may be required to disclose the information provided herein pursuant to
the Securities Markets Act.