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WI armest greetings!Stina Mattilapublication of its kind to tell you all government that they will partlyyou need to know – and more – about our port.finance the dredging of the port fairway from 13 m to 14 m in order to better accommodate larger ships. Kokkola’s MPs have been lobbying hard for approval to carry out this work and have been holding regular meetings with transport ministers and those responsible for urban planning to discuss raising the €45 million, to be shared between the state and City of Kokkola. The division of costs will be specified in the next stage of the project. We are confident that dredging the fairway will improve our port’s overall efficiency and give our country a good return for their investment.We are living in exciting times. Business is booming in Kokkola. The city has become one of Finland’s fastest-growing commercial and investment centres. It is also where the Nordic region’s most important metal and inorganic chemical industries are concentrated and is the world’s largest supplier of cobalt chemicals and powders for use in batteries, ceramics and metallurgy. The port has become an important transport hub for many of these industries who import and export their products to all parts of Europe, Asia and the Americas.I hope this book will help you to learn a great deal about our port, the companies who operate there, the people who work in it, and the kind of products, goods and services passing through its harbours.The port is now a vital gateway for goods travelling both to and from Russia and China thanks to a combination of sea traffic which grows every year and rail freight services which run directly into the port, making Kokkola a vital link in international supply chains.Happy reading!Stina MattilaOur port makes an important contribution to the City of Kokkola’s community and development of the economic expansion of the region. It is a profitable port and those profits are put to a good use for our citizens, in education, care of the sick and elderly, sports, the arts and leisure. We Finns appreciate what we have and our port stands5HANDBOOK & DIRECTORY PORT OF KOKKOLAFOREWORDLiving in exciting timesam delighted to welcome you to proudly at the centre of our this new edition of the Port of community.Kokkola Handbook, the only It has been confirmed by ourMayor of the City of Kokkola