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Liquefied natural gas in Danish ports

Forthcoming rules on less sulphur in ships' fuel pave the way for using liquefied natural gas as an alternative. The Danish Ports Association gives a brief overview of LNG projects and what solutions are foreseen in ports? Political focus on greenhouse gases has a major impact on maritime investments already from 2014. From 2015, marine fuel must not contain more [...]

Secretariat now separated from KL

As of 1 January 2014, the Secretariat of the Danish Ports is directly employed by the organisation Danish Ports. This is part of the transformation of Danske Havne into a trade association. But this is not what has caused the secretariat staff serious wounds and bruises. They have been caused by the many [...]

Leader: The year 2013 in Danish ports

The year that passed in the Danish Ports Association included new statutes, greater savings and efficiency improvements for the ports in icebreaking and maritime security, and testing of the Port Act's broader possibilities for doing business for the ports, so that the ports can participate even more in transport chains and actively create growth and jobs in cooperation with private [...]

More flexible visa rules in 2014

13 years of efforts by, among others, the Danish Ports for more flexible visa rules are expected to have a positive outcome in 2014. Hopefully before the cruise season kicks off. The Ministry of Justice is putting common sense into new rules, and Danske Havne has thus averted airport standstills in ports Visas for seafarers have long been a challenge. Danish [...]