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ALL WEATHER TERMINALScontinue working efficiently on open quays in high winds, extreme cold, rain or blizzards. Kokkola normally experiences icy waters between January and April. The port’s northerly location also means a high probability of rainfall throughout the year, but the AWT allows Kokkola to operate at peak efficiency every day of the year as a highly effective hub, handling ingots and slabs, containers, packaged sawn timber, palletised goods, large bags containing chemicals, paper reels and pallets, pulp and project shipments.Kokkola’s AWT handles shipments of locally produced zinc ingots which, due to their porous nature, need to remain dry while being transported from their point of manufacture to customers across the world.The AWT’s overhead gantry crane carries up to 50 tons on the hook at speeds of up to 100 m per minute in all directions. The crane was modified in 2011 at a cost of €400,000 allowing it to alter the position of the driver’s cabin allowing the operator to have more visual scope. lKokkola’s northerly location means a high probability of rainfall throughout the year, but the AWT allows the port to operate at peak efficiency every day of the year as a highly effective hub.HANDBOOK & DIRECTORY PORT OF KOKKOLA 37