On the route between Copenhagen and Saint Petersburg, in the middle of the south Baltic Sea, right between Sweden and Poland, is the island of Bornholm with a modern port; ready to serve customers within the breakbulk and project cargo business
Port of Roenne can be dated back to the 13th century and has always been the main port of the island of Bornholm. Shipment of goods to and from the island as well as the sale of fresh supplies for passing ships have been recurring through times, though many types of industries have characterized the activities at the port.
Today annually approx. 1.5 million tons of goods are shipped through the port; and with more than 1.7 million ferry passengers, routes to four destinations in Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Poland and +50 cruise ships each year Port of Roenne is the gateway to Bornholm.
The right infrastructure
The port has a mission to serve the Bornholm society, and this is only possible with the right infrastructure. Therefore, it was decided in 2016 that Port of Roenne needed to be renewed and expanded to create a modern infrastructure, which is as future-proof as can be.
Now, in 2019, the first part of the modernization of the port is finished with a new basin with 11 m depth, two 300 m multipurpose-quays and 150,000 m2 heavy-duty storage area. This is added to the existing port with 2500m quay split into five basins with depths ranging from 7 to 9 m. The port also has one 23 m ro-ro for general cargo and a 40 m RoRo for heavy-duty as well as machines to handle most general cargo. Furthermore, the port is operated 24/7/365 and with no waiting time for berthing, loading, and unloading.
Attracting new business
The rationale behind the expansion is that the new quays and area can be used for multiple activities, both for local customers, but also to attract new business to the port. Such business is the project for Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Park, where Siemens Gamesa have chosen Port of Roenne as installation harbor. Project cargo for the 72 wind turbines in the OWF will be transferred to the port, where they will be stored before installation starts.
The project with Siemens Gamesa will not be the first time that the port handles project cargo. In 2018 Boskalis (prev. VBMS) choose Port of Roenne as their base for the Arkona OWF inter-array cable project; the port was chosen because of the geographic proximity to the wind farm as well as the flexibility and additional services available, when using Port of Roenne.
A variety of maritime skills
Being an island in the outskirts, the inhabitants on Bornholm have learned from experience that they need to think in solutions, when problems arise, and help is far away. Therefore, local companies have through times developed skills to solve even quite complex maritime problems both on- and offshore; and customers at Port of Roenne can profit from these skills. To make it easy for the customers, local businesses providing these maritime services have formed a network called OCBornholm (www.ocbornholm.com), which among other have created an app (app name: OCBornholm) with easy information about the services that the companies provides within for example Engine and Machinery, Technical Systems and Bunkering.
“At Port of Roenne we do our best to serve our customers. We believe that we have an attractive location, right in the middle of the Baltic Sea, with short distances to neighboring countries. And with new and future-proof quays, more storage area, good possibilities for maritime services and a flexible approach, we are ready to do business with more customers in the project cargo business” says Maja Felicia Bendtsen, Chief Business Officer BULK at Port of Roenne.
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