General Information

The Port of Kaskinen is located on the western coast of Finland, in the Gulf of Bothnia, approximately 100 kilometres south of the City of Vasa. It is one of the most important Finnish exporting ports for sawn timber and pulp, and it is also specialised in handling chemical industry products and different dry bulk cargo. The port handled 1,1 million tons of goods in 2018. It had around 330-450 cargo ship calls per year and registered a growth of 21% in cargo flow, with the numbers continuing to grow in 2019.

The diversity, flexibility and clear-cut infrastructure of the port create excellent conditions for quick, safe and cost-efficient handling of material flows. Even large single batches move smoothly between different modes of transportation, storage facilities and vessels. The most important nearby customers of the Port are the Metsä Board chemi-thermomechanical pulp mill in Kaskinen, Oy Lunawood Ltd thermowood factory and Aureskoski Ltd wood refining factory.

The port is connected to the railway and has a double track 1100 m rail in the port. It is also equipped in 9 berths, around 1,1km in length, two RoRo ramps and warehouse facilities of over 70.000 m2.