Container traffic
The Port of Helsinki's container traffic is concentrated at Vuosaari Harbour.
At Vuosaari Harbour, harbour operators take care of container clearance and access passes. Terminal notifications are given directly to harbour operators.
Trailer trucks heading for the closed port area continue along Satamatie Road through the gate area and arrive on the Harbour Road In street. If the harbour operator has been provided in advance with the vehicle registration and cargo unit numbers (as per terminal notification) and the vehicle can be identified, the vehicle is guided directly to the closed port area by changing signal lights. If the vehicle is not identified at the checkpoint, it is directed to the Gatehouse, where it is given a permit and entered in the system.
In the closed port area, fixed signs are used for guidance and drivers are signed in at harbour operators' checkpoints. The operators check cargo-related matters and direct the vehicle further in the area.
Guide for Professional Drivers
Heavy truck routes
Maps
Container terminals
These terminals cater for container, truck, and trailer traffic passing through the Vuosaari Harbour. The services offered include inspection, temporary storage, and handing over of large units to the customer. The terminals also handle the loading and unloading of containers. Information technology is used for accounting, invoicing, and for reporting to shipping companies, the customs authorities, and container owners.
Vuosaari Harbour Centre has short-term storage of large units. The terminal has an outdoor area of 122 ha and a heated store of 4 ha. For storage of IMDG-class containers, there is space in the dangerous goods store outside. The Vuosaari Harbour container terminals also have coupling points for reefer containers and 342 coupling points for free containers and 48 coupling points for reefer trailers.
Finnsteve's terminal caters for container traffic borne by both feeder vessels and ferries. There is a container yard with capacity for 5000 TEU, possibility to connect 180 reefer plugs and storage for IMDG units except classes 1, 6 and 7. Container Freight Station facilities for import goods comprise stripping, storage and delivery inside a 1 hectare heated warehouse D, where even FCL units may be hauled during below zero temperatures. OOG cargoes may be stripped and delivered inside the Terminal area. CFS services for export goods include receipt to 1.8 hectare special warehouse V15, where 24 containers may be stuffed simultaneously placed on stuffing cradles by the doors. OOG goods are received on the yard, stuffed and lashed inside another 2.2 hectare warehouse V9 together with packaged timber. Information technology is used for accounting, invoicing and for reporting to shipping companies, the customs and shippers or receivers.
Steveco's Vuosaari business unit has a handling capacity of approximately 400,000 TEUs of containers and up to 150,000 trailers. Steveco' s container terminal operations include vessel loading and unloading, container yard operations, warehousing, stuffing and stripping of containers and receiving, storing and releasing of containers including temperature-controlled containers and IMDG containers.
Multi-Link Terminals Ltd operates at approximately 5,7 hectares area in Vuosaari. At container fields there are 1336 groundslots meaning 4138 TEU. MLT's main operations are vessel unloading and loading, container yard operations, receiving, storing and releasing of containers including temperature-controlled containers and IMDG containers. Reefer connection will be 87 + option for 90 more.
For port operators contact information click here.
Container depot traffic
There are three depot companies in the closed harbour area: Marine Container Yard Oy Ab, Container Depot Ltd Oy and Arctic Container Oy. The three harbour operators, FS, MLT and Steveco, also have depot areas of their own in their operation areas. The transport company or the driver makes separate arrangements for an access pass with the container depot operator.