/ Short route to market

The Kristiansand region's location in the far south of Norway offers many advantages, in addition to sun and archipelago. The proximity to the European market and customers provides significant economic benefits for all those engaged in international trade. Local and regional businesses benefit from the Port of Kristiansand's many ship calls and connections abroad, as well as the ferry companies Color Line and Fjordline's good ferry connections to and from Denmark. Kristiansand Airport's international routes also contribute to making the road out into the world short.

Kristiansand is Southern Norway's hub for road, rail, sea transport and aviation. The infrastructure around the city is being developed to serve a growing population and the region's growing business community.
The distance to the big cities to the east and west is getting shorter and shorter, thanks to ongoing highway development.

People, raw materials and products thus have short travel distances and many alternative modes of travel. In addition, the Kristiansand region is a driving force for reducing climate emissions from transportation. Kristiansand municipality has a well-developed public transport service, and is well adapted for cycling. In 2018, Kristiansand was named Norway's best cycling city.

Environmentally friendly port
With its strategic location, the Port of Kristiansand is one of the country's busiest export ports. Annually, the port handles over 1,000,000 tons of goods worth NOK 25 billion.
Several established freight forwarders operate here for shipping and logistics of goods to/from all over the world. This ensures efficient logistics for the business community. The Port of Kristiansand has several areas with associated quays and terminals. Ferry, cruise, and container port are today located in the center of Kristiansand. At Port Section North, at Kongsgård-Vige just east of Kristiansand city center, are the areas for general cargo, bulk and Offshore Supply Port.

The Port of Kristiansand was the first to build a shore power system to reduce emissions from ships at berth. The large transfer capacity means that it can safely call itself Europe's greenest port.

The ferry terminal is designed to handle two ferries simultaneously. Freight transport by ferry currently amounts to about 380,000 tons in 980 annual calls. This represents 25 percent of the country's total freight transport by ferry. In addition, around 1.2 million passengers are transported each year. Cargo from the container terminal amounted to 470 694 tons in 2019, divided into 232 calls. Thanks to efficient operations and a good directional balance between incoming and outgoing goods, Kristiansand can with a clear conscience market itself as one of the country's most affordable ports. Port prices in Kristiansand are 30 percent below the average for Norwegian ports.

Railways
Sørlandsbanen connects Western Norway and Eastern Norway, with a railroad from Stavanger to Drammen/Oslo with a hub in Kristiansand. The freight terminal at Langemyr is located along Rv. 9, a short drive away from the industrial area of the battery factory. Langemyr is Southern Norway's 24-hour transportation hub for rail freight and handles around 14,000 containers annually. The terminal currently has a capacity of 48,000 containers annually. It handles goods going by rail, or as containerized goods via the port of Kristiansand. The terminal, which is owned by Bane Nor and operated by Cargo Net, aims to become emission-free, and that all goods to and from trains are transported by electric and/or hydrogen-powered vehicles.

The ongoing Nordic Jutland link project in Denmark and plans for a new railway track to the port of Kristiansand will eventually open up a new corridor for sustainable transport of goods by rail between the region and the continent via Hirtshals.

Airplanes
Kristiansand has an international airport with direct routes to several hubs at home and abroad. The direct routes to Copenhagen, Amsterdam and London make it easy to travel the world. The airport is located 15 km from Kristiansand city center, and has efficient logistics for both passengers and freight. The distance to the industrial area is 28 km.

Road
In Kristiansand, the two main highways E18 and E39 meet. The ongoing development of a four-lane highway eastwards towards Oslo and westwards towards Stavanger binds Southern Norway together into one living and working region. At the same time, travel time to our neighboring cities in the east and west is reduced. 19 kilometers of new four-lane highway between Kristiansand and Mandal will open in the autumn of 2022 and will halve the travel time between the cities.

The road from the industrial area to the highway network will be short. Kristiansand has adopted a municipal sub-plan for the Outer Ring Road, which will be a new E18/E39 highway route around the city center. The outer ring road will touch the railway terminal at Langemyr with a junction to Rv.9 up to Energiparken. This will provide an even better traffic flow in Kristiansand city, and to and from E18/E39.