Turku has been a centre of international trade for many centuries. And still today
. The region’s logistics services have become exceptionally diversified with hundreds of different operators.
Road connections from Turku leading all over Finland are excellent. Transports to Helsinki and on to, for example, St. Petersburg speed along the E18 motorway. The remaining stretch of the motorway which covers the entire route between Turku and Helsinki will be opened in 2008. Tampere can be reached along Highway 9, and Highway 8 goes north of Turku.
Major road transport players in the Turku region
Turku Airport accesses the Turku ring road and is only a 10 minute drive from the city-centre and 15 minutes from the ports of Turku and Naantali. Turku offers direct passenger flights to and from Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen. There are direct cargo flights to Belgium and Estonia.
Turku is a major rail intersection and the frequently travelled routes from Helsinki and Tampere meet in Turku. The city also has Finland’s only train ferry harbour which facilitates rail connections to Stockholm, Sweden and Travemünde in Germany. There is also a direct container train connection via St. Petersburg and Moscow all the way to China. And did you know that Finland is the only Western country with the same gauge track as Russia?
Rail transport operators in Turku
Turku region has two major seaports, Turku and Naantali. Together they form the leading harbour cluster for general cargo to and from Finland.
The Port of Turku has traditionally been Finland’s gateway to the West and Europe’s bridgehead to the East. The port specialises in unitised transports and offers scheduled traffic to nearly 20 destinations in Europe, the most frequent of which are ten ferry departures to Stockholm daily. The Port of Turku’s top facilities and efficient organisation make for fast turnaround times.
The Port of Naantali has grown rapidly and is a major industrial harbour. It has long been known as a specialist liquid and dry bulk loading point, and in recent years the harbour has also become an important unitised transport handler.
Some of the most important shipping companies in the Turku region
 |
Load handling and warehousing logistics |
Nearly all the biggest transport companies operating in the Turku region also provide a variety of warehousing and terminal services.
The most important players focusing on load handling or warehousing logistics in the Turku region are:
In addition to the many messenger services that function mainly on a local basis, the international express delivery companies also operate in the Turku region.
Suberb logistical location
Supply of logistics services
