The Port of Kilpilahti (also known by its

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name, Sköldvik) is a liquid cargo port in the city of

Porvoo Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...

, on the Gulf of Finland shore some east-by-northeast of

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. The port grew up around the

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oil refinery built there in the mid-1960s, and even today it still mostly handles crude and refined oil and

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products. Adjacent to the port is the largest

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and petrochemical cluster in the

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, covering an area of and hosting some 40 companies including Neste,

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and

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. With total annual international cargo throughput of 22.4 million tons in 2018, Kilpilahti is the biggest port in Finland by cargo tonnage. Of the total, approximately ⅔ is made up of imports.

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Kilpilahti Water transport in Finland Buildings and structures in Porvoo {{Port-stub