Kalistani Major History

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Port Swedes Expansion complete
New KALNAPECO distribution center added to existing facilities
Port Swedes, Vrassa District
June 12, 4004


Port Swedes expansion is complete-  Petroleum storage dramatically increased

As part of an overall improvement of facilities throughout Kalistan, the Director of KALNAPECO, Gina M. Dunn made an official statement about the expansion of Port Swedes, which sits at the mouth of the Jah Delta in northern Vrassa District.  Port Swedes already had a small regional shipping port and naval services and resupply facility located there, but the expansion has included a minor deepening of the harbor to permit oil tankers commonly used by KALNAPECO to utilize the facilities, as well as a dramatic expansion of petroleum storage capabilities.  Port Swedes' facility also includes a modern runway which has, to date been underutilized.  Its continued presence has been justified by local officials as "necessary" for the light commercial and passenger traffic between Port Swedes and Senvias, or between Port Swedes and Dulnerstaad, as well as interdiction and search and rescue in the Anantanese Ocean.  Unless it can be put to some national security usage, Defense Ministry spokespeople have advocated its closure by 4035.

The expansion of Port Swedes joins the host of other recent economic developments in Kalistan, and its expansion is directly in line with the current economic developmentalist position of the Socialist Government in Kalistan which has held sway now for nearly 100 years.