Visby
With over 100 calls by cruising vessels each year makes Visby one of the most popular destinations in Baltic sea. Around 50% of the calls are made by anchor and 50% enter the harbour and land at a quay. Read more on: www.visbyport.com.
Other business is conducted such as shipping of grains and timber, petrolium products, pulp wood, gravel and wood chips. Visits to Visby are paid also by state owned ships such as marine and science vessels.
Domestic passenger and Ro-Ro traffic is carried out by modern high speed ferries.
Storugns
From Storungs, millions of tons of limestone are exported and used mainly in steel and sugar factories in Europe. Quick lime is mainly exported to Finland and Denmark.
Now the port is the largest in stone export on Gotland. Stor ugn means "big oven" in Swedish.
Today, here is Nordkalks factory and Storugns port.
Read more on: www.kalkproduktion.se and www.nordkalk.com.
Klintehamn
In Klintehamn all imports of artificial fertilizer to Gotland are made, which means 15 000-20 000 ton a year. Import of sugar pellets, soy, rapeseed flour and grain to Lantmännens feeding factory is important business. Read more on: http://www.lantmannen.com.
Import and export of timber and wood products is large business in Klintehamn.
Slite
The company Cementa is in charge of a large part of this harbour. Cement is exported (over one million ton per annum) to US and Nigeria on bulk cargo ships with 27 000-55 000 tons loading capacity. In Slite there is import of coal, gypsum, sand, iron sulphate, rubber and oils. Read more on: www.cementa.se.
In the state owned part of Slite harbour, mainly grains are exported. Periodically there is passenger traffic to the Baltic countries. One Ro-Ro berth is available.
Kappelshamn
Kappelshamn was a main point for the development of stone industry. From the beginning of the 1600s to the end of the 19th century limestone ovens were built for local consumption as well as for industrial use.
During this time there were four export lime stone ovens along the shore at Kappelshamn bay. The four ovens exported more limestone then anywhere else on Gotland.
In 1986 the shipping lists tells us that limestone and quick lime was exported to Wismar, Copenhagen, Danzig, Bornholm, Lübeck, Stockholm and Hudiksvall. Read More on: www.kappelshamn.se.
Straa
Limestone is shipped from this port, which is situated in Faroesund in the north part of Gotland.
