Contacts
Contacts to the Swedish Icebreaking management and local representatives
The Swedish Icebreaking Management OPC
The Swedish Icebreaking Management is the central hub of all state icebreaking in Sweden and office is located in Norrköping. The icebreaking management monitors the traffic, ice and weather conditions daily during the winter season and decides on restrictions, exempts and the geographic areas for the icebreakers.
Telephone: +46 (0)771-632525 during office hours, 08:00-16:30 CET.
For urgent operative matters outside office hours, on-call duty is reached via the same number.
E-mail: opc@sjofartsverket.se
The Ice Info service
Within the Swedish Maritime Administration it is the Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre, JRCC, that his responsible for the ICE Information service.
The service includes:
- Receive notification of passage (ATP) from vessels, as well as provide the first information about the ice situation, the location of the icebreakers and dirways.
- Receive arrival notification.
- Receive departure notification, and in connection with departure give the latest information to the ships
- ICE Info forwards the information to those concerned, through the joint system IBNet.
- ICE Info provides the vessels with dirways and contact information.
- If necessary, ICE Info provides contacts between icebreakers and ships.
Ice Info can be reached via phone +46 (0)10-492 76 00 or e-mail ice.info@sjofartsverket.se
Local contacts
The task of the local contacts are to:
- Act as a contact person between local interests and the icebreaker management.
- Report events that may affect the winter navigation.
- Inform about ongoing and expected traffic.
- Spread information from the icebreaker management to local actors.
- Assist when the icebreaker call to port for provisions, bunkering or crew changes, etc.
Ports |
Local contact |
| Luleå | Emma Hellström Bay of Bothnia pilotage area LULEÅ Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 60 57 E-mail: emma.hellstrom@sjofartsverket.se Cell: +46 (0)727 - 24 60 57 |
| Piteå | Clas-Robert Johansson Piteå Hamn AB PITEÅ Phone: +46 (0)911 - 23 21 32 E-mail: clas.johansson@piteahamn.se |
| Skellefteå | Emma Sundelin Skelleftehamn SKELLEFTEÅ Mobil: +46 (0)70 - 630 96 64 E-post: emma.sundelin@skelleftea.se |
| Umeå | Markus Franzén Kvarken Ports Umeå hamn UMEÅ Phone: +46 (0)90 - 16 32 90 Cell: +46 (0)70 - 387 00 29 E-mail: markus.franzen@kvarkenports.com |
| Örnsköldsvik | Mikael Strindin Örnsköldsvik Hamn och Logistik AB ÖRNSKÖLDSVIK Mobil: +46 (0)76 - 247 34 31 (work) Mobil: +46 (0)70 - 299 34 21 (home) E-post: mikael.strindin@ovikshamn.se |
| Kramfors | Anders Nilsson Gävle pilotage area Sea of Bothnia Sundsvalls lotsstation Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 47 79 Cell: +46 (0)721 - 42 11 49 E-mail: anders.nilsson@sjofartsverket.se |
| Sundsvall | Mats Lundberg Sundsvalls Hamn AB SUNDSVALL Cell: +46 (0)703 - 19 35 40 E-mail: mats.lundberg@sundsvallshamn.se |
| Iggesund | Kenneth Larsson Iggesunds bruk IGGESUND Phone: +46 (0)650 - 284 88 Cell: +46 (0)702 - 03 67 61 E-mail: kenneth.larsson@holmen.com |
| Söderhamn Gävle |
Dag Tedenby Gävle pilotage area GÄVLE Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 47 71 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 19 14 36 E-mail: dag.tedenby@sjofartsverket.se |
| Stockholm | Per Stenhammar Stockholms pilotage area STOCKHOLM Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 48 02 Cell: +46 (0)709 - 71 83 01 E-mail: per.stenhammar@sjofartsverket.se |
| Södertälje Mälaren |
Susann Tolppola Södertälje pilotage area SÖDERTÄLJE Tel:010 - 478 48 02 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 21 28 78 E-mail: susann.tolppola@sjofartsverket.se |
| Oxelösund Norrköping |
Jimmy Rosander Bråviken lotsområde OXELÖSUND Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 48 25 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 19 12 97 E-mail: jimmy.rosander@sjofartsverket.se |
| Västervik Simrishamn inklusive Öland och Gotland |
Tobias Chroneer Kalmar pilotage area KALMAR Phone: +46 (0)10 478 51 55 Cell: +46 (0) 702 98 88 63 E-mail: tobias.chroneer@sjofartsverket.se |
| Ystad Helsingborg |
Anders Alestam Malmö pilotage area MALMÖ Phone: +46 (0)10 - 478 47 83 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 34 85 50 E-mail: anders.alestam@sjofartsverket.se |
| Halmstad | Jens Madsen Hallands Hamnar Halmstad AB HALMSTAD Phone: +46 (0)35 - 15 53 00 Cell: +46 (0)708 - 50 56 35 E-mail: jens.madsen@portofhalland.se |
| Falkenberg | Fredrik Swenson Edvin Svenson Skeppsmäkleri AB FALKENBERG Phone: +46 (0)346 - 71 54 42 Cell: +46 (0)705 - 92 96 54 E-mail: fredrik@edvin-svenson.se |
| Varberg | Johan Börjesson Hallands Hamnar Varberg AB VARBERG Phone: +46 (0)340 - 880 00 Cell: +46 (0)706 - 57 00 47 E-mail: johan.borjesson@portofhalland.se |
| Göteborg | Erik Waller Port of Gothenburg GÖTEBORG Phone: +46 (0)31 - 368 75 12 Cell: +46(0)722 - 55 76 83 E-mail: erik.valler@portgot.se |
| Marstrand Strömstad |
Daniel Runesson Marstrand/Lysekil pilotage area Phone: +46 (0)010-478 53 60 Cell: +46 (0)701-44 59 96 E-mail: daniel.runesson@sjofartsverket.se |
| Vänern | Susanna Olsson Trollhättan Canal TROLLHÄTTAN Phone: +46(0)10 - 478 55 70 Cell: +46(0)708 - 47 22 63 E-mail: susanna.olsson@sjofartsverket.se |
| Göta Älv, Trollhätte Kanal | Robert Sörling Trollhätte kanal TROLLHÄTTAN Mobil: +46(0)702 - 00 81 83 E-post: robert.sorling@sjofartsverket.se |
| Göta Älv/Marieholm | Annika Hjelmsten Isbrytarledningen NORRKÖPING Tel: +46(0)10 - 47 85 308 Mobil: +46(0)702 - 12 01 57 E-post: annika.hjelmsten@sjofartsverket.se |
Last updated 2022-12-07