Danish Ports

Scale up - new application round

What's good for the port's customers is good for the port! MARCOD and Scale-up Denmark have a new application round for maritime companies on April 14, 2019. New Maritime Gazelle companies will be hatched - see if you can join. More than 30 companies have already participated in the programs. Do you have activities within the maritime industry? [...]

Pilotage: DanPilot publishes new mooring guide

DanPilot has prepared a small mooring guide that can be found online by anyone who can benefit from it. It also includes 12 recommendations for Danish ports and terminals. The focus of this guide is to increase safety in general for all mooring tasks when arriving, changing and departing from port/terminal, DanPilot informs Danish Ports. The guide 'Pre planning [...]

Danish Ports calls for greater focus on blue highways from the government

The smoke has cleared following the presentation of the government's and DF's major infrastructure plan last week, and after studying the agreement in detail, the industry organization Danish Ports also offers constructive criticism of the agreement. The direction is the right one, but it could have been better, says CEO Tine Kirk Pedersen: "First and foremost, we want [...]

Record turnover for the third year in a row at Kolding Port

Once again, the Port of Kolding has managed to beat its own turnover record. Despite the great result, the bottom line is still in the red. This is because the decision to close the port is already having consequences. 2018 was an eventful year for Kolding Port. Around 500 cargo ships and 1,255,000 tons of goods gave Kolding [...]

49,300 m2 generic warehouse and logistics properties to be built in Taulov Dry Port

The demand for available warehouse and logistics facilities is increasing, and the vacancy rate for warehouse properties is historically low. Taulov Dry Port is now expanding its capacity of attractive and flexible storage solutions with a newly built warehouse and logistics building totaling 49,300 m2 at a height of 10.5 meters. The building is one of the largest in Denmark within warehousing and logistics. [...]

American company establishes large sustainable shipyard in Frederikshavn

The American company Modern American Recycling Services, M.A.R.S., has decided to establish its first European metal recycling yard in Frederikshavn. The 280,000 square meter yard will be the world's first shipyard built from scratch to dismantle scrapped ships and oil rigs so that the metal can be recycled. In the modern shipyard, M.A.R.S. will have a [...]

Cruise guests and crew spent 35 million in Skagen in 2018

Cruise guests and crew generated a turnover of DKK 35.1 million in Skagen in 2018, according to a new analysis. Cruise guests in Skagen spent an average of DKK 508 each on tours, shopping, food and drink, and transportation. Of the 508 kroner, guests spent an average of 146 kroner on tours, while 362 kroner was spent on shopping and [...]

Two Japanese Komatsu machines at the Port of Aarhus pave the way for one million tons of soy for protein feed

Two Japanese Komatsu excavators at the harbor in Aarhus can rightly be proud of their digging arm. They play an important role in Danish pig breeding and thus in exports worth many millions of kroner. The two PC240LC-11s are in the best sense in the service of the good Danish meatballs. Together, they pave the way for one million tons of ground [...]

Invitation to conference: What value does Danish fisheries create today and in the future - in the shadow of Brexit?

Fisheries Conference Friday, March 29, 2019: What value does Danish fisheries create today and in the future - in the shadow of Brexit? Danish Ports and the Danish Fishermen's Association invite you to a fisheries conference on Friday, March 29 at Hotel Fjordgården, Vester Kær 28 in Ringkøbing. We will be visited by Minister of Fisheries Eva Kjer Hansen, who will talk about the political plans [...]

Cruise and cargo lifts Port of Skagen to record revenue in 2018

The Port of Skagen's turnover last year reached DKK 50 million, which is a new record. The bottom line was left with 10 million kroner. Cruises broke all previous records for both the number of ships and passengers with 44 calls and 63,500 guests. "Cruises have had a significant positive effect on the annual accounts. The activities in this area have reached [...]