Port of Frederikshavn

The state builds the Marseilles tunnel

A broad majority in the Danish Parliament has just decided to build a tunnel between Marselis Boulevard and the Port of Aarhus. The Marselis tunnel will be built and paid for by state funds, and the project has an estimated construction cost of DKK 2.7 billion. "This is a significant recognition that the Port of Aarhus is the port of Denmark and Denmark's international port. With the [...]

Great deal but channel deepening is still missing

"Danish ports create lots of jobs, and we want this potential to be further unlocked in future business policy agreements," says Tine Kirk, Director of the Danish Ports Association, which organizes the Danish commercial ports. Today's infrastructure agreement takes into account the ports' hinterland but not the sea routes, which is a mistake, according to the port organization. Today's major political agreement to invest the entire [...]

Danish Ports' Annual Meeting 2021

Port of Korsør gets green shore power system for seven million

Noise and harmful sulphur particles will soon be a thing of the past in Korsør harbor. A new shore power system from Soft & Teknik and Schneider Electric will supply ships and cranes with green wind turbine power. This means that the Port of Korsør will go from being a power consumer to a power producer. Danish commercial ports can be noisy and dirty. This is mainly due to ships [...]

Presentations from the annual meeting of Danish Ports

Lindø becomes Port of Odense: Denmark's largest port changes name

LINDØ port of ODENSE changes its name to Port of Odense. With the name change, the port steps into the future and faces the world with the message that the Port of Odense has both the world's most unique facilities and the willingness to invest to meet customer needs and wishes. The name change is part of the development that the port has [...]

Denmark must convert heavy transport to green energy! 

Danish ports are the ideal place to kickstart the green transition of freight transportation - including Power-to-X technology. Read our two reports, "Green Commercial Ports 2020" and "A green port strategy for Power-to-X" here! A green port strategy for Power-to-X: https://danskehavne.dk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/En-groen-havnestrategi-for-Power-to-X.pdf Green Commercial Ports 2020: https://issuu.com/rubien9/docs/danske_havne_interaktiv

Danish Ports have annual meeting today: Blue meets green at full speed

When Danish Ports holds its annual meeting today in the Common Hall at Christiansborg, it will be with Corona restrictions, hand sanitizer and a good distance. But with full speed on the green transition. Danish Ports is presenting two reports; the industry organization's first ever Sustainability Report, which shows that ports are well on their way in the green transition, and the political proposal [...]]

Right course: Blue ports are becoming more and more green

If companies in Denmark are looking for a place where they can be confident about the green transition, they can safely come to the ports. Figures from the trade organization Danish Ports' newly published report "Green Commercial Ports 2020" show that both the green ambitions and the results are great. In 2019, Danish Ports adopted a vision that Danish ports [...]

High up in high sun and high spirits in Aarhus

Party chairman Kristian Thulesen Dahl (DF) was invited by the Danish Ports Association to visit the Port of Aarhus on June 8. Here, the country's largest port showcased its container quay, where approximately 65 percent of all container cargo in Denmark is handled. The intense program included a visit to one of the port's many mobile cranes, a talk about freight routes, growth in goods and [...]