Green transition & Sustainability

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 [...]

Green power for port cranes and cars

Cranes that run 95 percent of the time on electricity and fleets of vehicles that are continuously switching to green power are the new reality for ports The green transition is well underway in Danish ports, and the electrification of ports is an important part of the green transition. A report to be published in a few days shows that ports are on the right track. Danish [...]

Together for the green ports of the future

Danish ports are in systematic dialogue with customers about green behavior and sustainability, according to a new report Collaboration is the way forward. For the green transition, for Danish exports, for the marine environment. Danish ports have known this for a long time, because they thrive on collaboration - with shipowners and port companies, among others. But collaboration in the ports is about much more [...]

Nice proposal on cruising

The trade association Danish Ports praises the government for today's proposal "Closer - Green Cities and a Capital in Development", which continues to work on improving air quality in Denmark. "I am very, very pleased that the government recognizes the value of cruise tourism for Denmark and at the same time shows sustainable ways [...]

New facilities and green port development to equip Port of Hirtshals for the future

To support the continued development of the Port of Hirtshals and meet future customer demand, work is now underway to upgrade the Port of Hirtshals to version 2.0. "It will be a game changer!" That's how Gary Walker, CEO of one of the major European rowing companies CLdN, succinctly put it when the Port of Hirtshals first [...]

New electric crane in use at the Port of Grenaa: "The timing is perfect"

The Port of Grenaa has seriously started to put green power in the tanks of the port's machinery. The latest example of this is the port's new DKK 25 million investment - a mobile LHM 550 Liebherr crane, which has been put directly into use on a wind turbine project. Since the crane arrived at the Port of Grenaa at the end of March, it has [...]

Good with green pool for Danish ferries

"It's good news just before the Great Prayer Day holiday that the government and the supporting parties have agreed on a pool of DKK 200 million to convert municipal ferries to more green operations". That's according to Tine Kirk, Director of the trade organization Danish Ports, commenting on today's political agreement on the green conversion of Denmark's 66 municipal [...]

New collaboration: Production of green hydrogen at the Port of Aabenraa

Linde Gas A/S and the Port of Aabenraa have just entered into a new collaboration with the ambition to produce sustainable hydrogen and a whole range of environmentally friendly, hydrogen-based products at the Port of Aabenraa. The parties are now offering "attractive production conditions" to companies that want to become part of the project. Over the next few years, the Port of Aabenraa and Linde Gas will [...]