Press releases

Press release Danske Havne - Government's growth proposal supports ports and jobs at the waterfront

Danish Ports - about the government's growth proposal that supports ports and jobs on the waterfront The government's latest growth proposal contains a number of initiatives that benefit commercial ports and the entire Blue Denmark. For example, the proposals for the restructuring of taxes and expansion of the tonnage tax scheme to include mobile drilling rigs. "We hope that the government with its [...]

Press release - More passengers fewer cargo volumes at ports

Q4 freight turnover figures at major ports - Press release Danish Ports More passengers and less freight in the ports. Statistics Denmark's just published Q4 figures show that the major Danish ports handled 19 million tons of cargo - a decrease of 3 percent compared to Q4 2013, while passenger numbers increased by 1 percent to [...].

Press release: Danish ports create DKK 58 billion in annual value added according to new OECD report

Press release: Danish ports create DKK 58 billion in annual value added according to new OECD report The OECD has spent five years analyzing some of the world's largest port cities to find a formula for coexistence that leads to economic growth - not despite, but because of well-integrated strategic cooperation between city and port. Applying the OECD's findings [...]

Press release: Danish Ports meets new transport commissioner

Danish Ports meet with the new EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc on January 19, 2015 The newly appointed EU Commissioner for Transport, Slovenian Violeta Bulc, has chosen European ports and their conditions for development as her first focus area. Therefore, the Commissioner has invited 20 selected representatives of various ports in Europe to a meeting on Monday, January 19, 2015. [...]

Press release - Waste reception in ports is not new

New project will look at waste schemes in ports - but we already have them Danish ports have for years had reception facilities and schemes where ships can freely deliver their waste. This also applies to plastic waste. In addition, there are a number of ports that receive the recovered waste. This is done at no cost to the ships. The state, on the other hand, takes care [...]

Press release - Freight turnover in Danish ports may show signs of more Christmas gifts

Freight turnover in Danish ports may show signs of more Christmas presents. Q3 figures for major ports have just been published by Statistics Denmark. He's making a list, Checking it twice, Gonna find out who's naughty or nice. Santa Claus is coming to town! Whether Danes get many or few Christmas presents depends on whether we've been naughty or [...]

Press release - Danish Ports on the government's agenda for the new parliamentary year

Press release - Danish Ports welcomes the government's agenda "We drive growth. All with one goal in mind: to create more jobs." said the Prime Minister at the opening speech of the Danish Parliament today. "Danish Ports welcomes the government's agenda. If the conditions for the port's customers are improved, as the Prime Minister proposed with lower taxes on energy and access to [...]

Ports have turned things around after a slightly weak Q1

New Q2 figures from Statistics Denmark confirm that there are again signs of growth in the major Danish ports. Press release "Danish Ports are pleased that there is an increase in cargo throughput at the major ports in Denmark. An increase in cargo throughput from Q1 to Q2 of almost 6 percent at the port is a [...]

Press release. West Coast Ports Annual Meeting 2014

Denmark's west coast ports need political will Denmark's west coast ports need political will to transform and future-proof the ports as fishing ports and attractive business areas At the West Coast Port Group's Annual Meeting on September 11, 2014 in Thyborøn, the message from the ports' owners and directors was that political will is needed to future-proof the ports' role and essential [...]

Press release: DI has published its annual survey of the municipalities' business climate. The CEO of Danish Ports has the following comment on the survey:

The port can send the municipality up DI's business barometer The DNA of Danish ports is that they are logistics and business centers located in the city center. Accessibility is therefore a competitive parameter. A parameter that is also reflected in DI's business barometer, where port municipalities are well placed, but not at the top. On the other hand, municipalities along highways and on the Jutland moors [...]