Industry hoping NATO membership will boost freight transport
- Industry representatives hope Sweden’s future Nato membership will lead to infrastructure investments boosting freight transport in Norrland.
- Forestry group SCA currently transports some of its timber by truck, and the company’s head of logistics Magnus Svensson says demands from Nato for improved transport links, specifically from the Norwegian border, will lead to investment in railway infrastructure.
- ”The tracks have had delayed maintenance for perhaps 30, 40, 50 years,” he tells Swedish Radio News.
Radio Sweden
For more on the Sweden’s infrastructure challenges, listen to Radio Sweden’s full report.
Related stories from around the North:
Canada: Northern airlines in Ottawa to talk wildfires, climate change and infrastructure, CBC News
Norway: Thawing permafrost melts ground under homes and around Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, The Independent Barents Observer
Russia: Putin in Arkhangelsk: Arctic industry and infrastructure on agenda, The Independent Barents Observer
Sweden: Russian spy ships surveying Nordic energy infrastructure, Radio Sweden
United States: U.S. Navy to build airport infrastructure in North Norway to meet upped Russian submarine presence, The Independent Barents Observer
