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Torbjörn Witting, CEO, Port of Kokkola“We are actively seeking new business opportunities from commercial and maritime companies across the world. We have the flexibility to provide everything a customer may need as soon as they may need it.PORT OVERVIEWin every aspect of logistics, who have created in-house innovations and have been inspired by new ideas from an extensive international partnership network. Or as port CEO, Torbjörn Witting explains: “Our ability and readiness to solve problems ensures services of the highest standards, even in the face of unexpected developments. The tonnage passing through the port is growing and we are moving on up the league tables of the most important commercial ports in northern Europe.along the country’s 1,000 km coastline where the 10 largest now handle 80% of the country’s total volume of sea transport.The region’s unemployment rate is the lowest in the countryOstrobothnia has a strong tradition of entrepreneurship and the largest number of companies per capita on Finland’s mainland. The export share of around 70% is exceptionally high.The secret of Port of Kokkola’s success in Ostrobothnia is no secret at all. It is all down to decades of experience, extensive networking and maximum utilisation of its favourable logistics location. Kokkola’s port personnel includes teams experienced“We use market research both in Finland and Russia to identify companies needing the kind of services we can provide. We approach them and try to persuade them to put their cargo through Kokkola instead of via Russia or other Baltic ports.”The port of Kokkola has become one of Finland’s most important transport hubs thanks to its strategic geographical location in Western Finland’s power house province of Central Ostrobothnia.HANDBOOK & DIRECTORY PORT OF KOKKOLA 7