Reception facilities for ship waste
Ports of Stockholm has an obligation to receive liquid and solid waste from ships. Here you can find information about the reception facilities for waste in all ports.
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The fixed reception stations are available 24 hours a day for customers. Questions and error reports are taken care of by the Port and Traffic Control.
Merchant ships must notify in advance which waste they want to leave. Fees for regular waste delivery can be found in the price list and some other information can be found in Ports of Stockholm's Port Regulations and Ordinance. The form and links can be found here
Ship waste normally handled at Port of Stockholm
- Map of reception facilities for toilet waste at Port of Stockholm (pdf)
- Map of reception facilities for solid waste at Port of Stockholm (pdf)
Type of ship waste |
Type of receiving device |
| Oily bilge water, sludge/oily engine room waste, contaminated ballast water, oily flush water from tank cleaning etc. | Suction truck |
| Harmful liquid substances, NLS | Tank/suction truck |
| Toilet waste | Fixed facility |
| Solid waste: | |
| - Plastic | Container |
| - Food waste | Waste receptacle |
| - Household-like waste | Container |
| - Cooking oil | Tank, can |
| - Ash from combustion | Container, steel barrel |
| - Operational waste | Container |
| Electronic waste | Can |
| Scrubber waste | Suction truck |
| Passively fished up waste | Container |
Ship waste normally handled at Port of Kapellskär
Type of ship waste |
Type of receiving device |
| Sludge/oily bilge water | Suction truck |
| Oil residues | Box/barrel |
| Chemical residues | Chemical carton/box |
| Toilet waste | Fixed facility |
| Solid waste: | |
| - Plastic | Waste receptacle |
| - Household-like waste | Container |
| - Cooking oil | Barrel, can |
| - Operational waste | Container |
Ship waste normally handled at Port of Nynäshamn
Type of ship waste |
Type of receiving device |
| Sludge/oily bilge water | Suction truck |
| Oil residues | Barrel |
| Chemical residues | Box |
| Toilet waste | Suction truck |
| Solid waste: | |
| - Plastic | Waste receptacle |
| - Food waste | Waste receptacle |
| - Household-like waste | Waste receptacle |
| - Cooking oil | Barrel |
| - Operational waste | Waste receptacle, container |
Ship waste normally handled at Stockholm Norvik Port
- Map of reception facilities - RoRo terminal at Stockholm Norvik Port (pdf)
- Map of reception facilities - container terminal at Stockholm Norvik Port (pdf)
Type of ship waste |
Type of receiving device |
| Sludge/oily bilge water | Suction truck |
| Oil residues | Barrel |
| Chemical residues | Barrel, box |
| Toilet waste | Suction truck |
| Solid waste: | |
| - Plastic | Waste receptacle |
| - Food waste | Waste receptacle |
| - Household-like waste | Waste receptacle |
| - Cooking oil | Barrel |
| - Operational waste | Waste receptacle, container |