Danish Ports

Northern Europe's largest CO2 hub at the Port of Hirtshals moves a big step closer after DKK 109 million support from foundation

The Danish Just Transition Fund will support the ambitious plans to turn the Port of Hirtshals into Northern Europe's largest hub for storing and shipping CO2 to empty oil and gas fields in the North Sea with DKK 109 million. The consortium behind Greenport Scandinavia, which is receiving the funding, estimates that storage and shipping of several million tons of CO2 can begin as early as [...]

The port expansion in Fredericia finally adopted

At today's city council meeting, Fredericia City Council has adopted the planned expansion of the Port of Fredericia. The port expansion of 70,000 m2 will be realized by, among other things, filling the inner basin in the West Harbour for the establishment of a low-emission container terminal and the establishment of a new RO/RO terminal with shore power facilities. Together, the port expansion ensures growth opportunities, more jobs, increased efficiency and safety, and a more sustainable [...]

New initiative: Major business day in Thy to be held in Hanstholm

On June 13, Thy Erhvervsforum, in collaboration with Thisted Municipality and the Port of Hanstholm, will host a Thy Business Day for the first time. Here the focus will be on the local business community and highly topical issues. The day starts at 6:30 am in the halls of Hanstholm Fisheries Auction, where it is possible to get a unique insight into how Denmark's leading fisheries auction takes place. [...]

Nexø Port's success is the picture of fish becoming more valuable

The world population is growing. A lot more food needs to be produced. Fishermen will be important players, according to the industry organization, which is delighted with a quadrupled profit at its member port in Nexø - thanks to sprat Fewer fish, but more money. That's how simple the fishing statistics for 2022 can be summarized. In 2022, a total of approximately 620 fish were landed in Danish fishing ports [...]

No more pressure on supply chains

New figures show that after the Suez blockade and Corona lockdowns in 2020-2022, the world's supply chains are now functioning normally. From early 2020, the Corona pandemic put all kinds of obstacles in the way of moving goods around, and container ports around the world were hit by delays. At one point, dozens of ships were anchored off the California coast because [...]

Port of Næstved is good business for Næstved

The Port of Næstved Port Board has been reluctant to react to the municipality's study of the port's future, which was carried out by COWI. The reason is that the Port Board believes that the customer and market analysis is crucial for the further decision on the port's future. In December 2022, EY-Parthenon wrote in their memo that not enough research has been done to [...]

Great results from Kolding Port

Satisfaction with the year 2022 at the Port Authority At the presentation of the annual report from the Port of Kolding Port Authority 2022, the board was satisfied with the results achieved in a challenging market with shortages and bottlenecks as well as high freight prices and skyrocketing energy prices. "Yes - I have to say that we in the port board are satisfied with the results [...]

Port of Rønne holds Open Port

On Saturday, April 15, the port of Rønne will open its doors to all interested citizens when Open Port is held. Over the past few years, the port of Rønne has been expanded and future-proofed so that it can appear as a modern and up-to-date port. In recent years, many neighbors and local Bornholm residents have witnessed that [...]

Port of Skagen delivers the best annual accounts in history

A high level of activity throughout 2022 means that the accounts for 2022 will be the best ever for the Port of Skagen. Both revenue and profit have increased significantly compared to previous years as a consequence of the increased activity. Total revenue amounted to DKK 78.6 million and the profit amounted to DKK 26.8 million. Throughout the years, the Port of Skagen has [...]

Active politicians are natural on the boards of politically owned companies - also Søren Gade

The above article was published in Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten on Monday, January 30, 2023. A large port that is highly oriented towards the outside world gets a chairman of the board who, as a member of the European Parliament, has a large European political network and, as a former defense minister and officer, has unique insight into, and understanding of, the defense needs for interaction with ports. The port achieves [...]