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Sustainable design: A kilo of worn fishing net becomes a designer chair

Every year, our fishing ports in West Jutland sell several hundred tons of plastic waste (typically fishing nets) to the company Plastix in Lemvig. Here it is sorted and recycled into, for example, chairs and tables. Fyens Stiftstidende visited Plastix in Lemvig and came up with a good story. You can read it here! [...]

Danish company builds one of the world's largest pyrolysis plants at the Port of Nyborg

Every year, one million end-of-life tires are burned across the EU countries instead of being recycled. However, Danish company Elysium Nordic wants to change that by building one of the world's largest tire recycling pyrolysis plants at the Port of Nyborg. The plant will be one of the first to be able to [...]

ADP's CEO resigns

Adm. For the past 3 ½ years, CEO Nils Skeby has led a renewal and successful development of the port company Associated Danish Ports A/S, which owns the ports of Fredericia, Middelfart and Nyborg. The development has included changing ADP's core business so that the company no longer depends to the same extent on income from the oil industry [...]

Danish Ports: There is no ban on open scrubbers in Denmark

Danish Ports has recently received several inquiries asking whether there is a ban on open scrubbers in Danish ports. As far as we have been able to find out, the background to the inquiries is a list from the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which shows that several Danish ports have a ban on open scrubbers. But [...]

Marine Traffic - Join the world's largest ship tracking and maritime intelligence system

Greece-based Marine Traffic has experienced great success and growth in recent years. Ever-improving satellite technology and big data have made Marine Traffic's database even better. The goal is to become a focal point for the world's maritime industry, using real-time data to collaborate for a more transparent and robust shipping ecosystem that contributes to a greener [...].

New proposal for a ship reporting system: 'Single Window' in the EU

The EU wants to harmonize and simplify the reporting platform for ships in the EU, including port calls. In relation to the negotiations in the Commission, Danish Ports has pointed out that it is important that the platform is not administratively burdensome, that it should not be developed in the EU but by independent technology developers, and that it is possible for authorities and ports [...]

Brexit: The Port of Skagen is holding its breath - but is ready to adapt

Denmark had a very good year for fishing in 2018, but if the gloomy outlook of a hard Brexit holds true, it could have quite negative consequences for the Port of Skagen, Denmark's leading fishing port. In total, Denmark could lose over a billion euros and hundreds of jobs if politicians fail to reach an agreement, according to a [...]

Common ground in the work for a strengthened maritime cluster

The various industries under the common name Blue Denmark are now joining forces in an effort to equip companies and shipping companies to play a central role in future business promotion and innovation efforts. The collaboration centers on the creation of a maritime cluster collaboration for all current regional and national initiatives, which will aim to put special focus on [...]

Danish Ports warns: Hard Brexit could be costly for fishing ports

The stakes are high for Danish fishing ports when politicians from the UK and the EU try to reach a so-called soft Brexit so that important trade can continue between the parties. If no agreement is reached, it could cost billions in revenue and hundreds of Danish jobs, Danske Havne warns. Danish fishermen bring in around 40 percent [...]

Harmonization of tax rules for ports in the EU to comply with national rules for payment of corporate tax

In light of Italy and Spain's port taxation, the European Commission has decided to change their port taxation systems. The Commission officially informed both countries about the Commission's concerns regarding their port taxation systems. The concern is that Italian and Spanish ports do not pay corporate tax like other companies in the countries. As the port tax regimes [...]