# Halden (NO HAL)

**UN/LOCODE:** NO HAL  
**Country:** Norway  
**Water Body:** Skagerrak; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Natural)  
**GPS:** 59.1167, 11.3833

Magazine paper and related forest products are what primarily move through Halden, a small Norwegian port at the mouth of the Tista where it enters the Iddefjord. The harbour exists largely to serve Norske Skog Saugbrugs — 350 employees, NOK 1.8 billion in turnover and a production capacity of 200,000 tonnes of SC magazine paper annually — but some 417 vessel calls a year move around 400,000 tonnes in total; outbound SC paper, timber and granite are balanced by inbound chemicals, fertilisers, coke and oil. Pier depths of around 4–6 metres keep it to smaller vessels, and no broad container or liner service is confirmed. Road and rail tie the port to southern Norway and nearby Sweden. For containerised consignments, Oslo, Borg (Fredrikstad) or Gothenburg are the more practical choices. Looking ahead, the port's cargo profile faces structural change: in February 2026, Norske Skog Saugbrugs sold part of its industrial site to NND, a Norwegian state decommissioning agency, for around NOK 720 million (property handover expected H2 2028), while simultaneously exploring a data centre development on the site with Green Mountain.

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