Gothenburg is the second largest city in Sweden and the fifth largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat, on the West coast of Sweden, the city has a population of 550,000 in the urban area and a total of 950,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area.
In general the network was supposed to be a platform for solution oriented discussions and processes for important questions regarding freight issues in Gothenburg, as well as a tool to facilitate communication between the different stakeholders.