Press releases

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 [...]

The Minister of Culture inaugurates The Blue Denmark's film and light installation at Folkemødet

Press release - Danish Ports at the People's Meeting - Minister of Culture inaugurates maritime installation PRESS RELEASE: M/S Maritime Museum and The Blue Denmark shed new light on shipping during the People's Meeting on Bornholm At the harbor in Allinge, Denmark's new maritime museum and The Blue Denmark transform a retired mailboat into a large maritime film and light installation. The installation [...]

Press release - Danish Ports

Cargo throughput increased by 2 percent in 2013 Recently published figures from Statistics Denmark show that cargo throughput at commercial ports in Denmark increased by 2 percent in 2013. What was the cargo throughput in Danish commercial ports in 2013, when a recently published analysis from Sweden shows that activity in Swedish ports fell by 7 percent in 2013?

Press release: Ports gear up for the recovery

The twenty largest ports in Denmark invest DKK 6.2 billion in expansion The twenty largest ports in Denmark invest DKK 6.2 billion in expansion. The ports are able to do this because they are well-consolidated and know how to do business. The crisis has taken its toll. There are signs of recovery. Ports need to stay ahead of the curve to stay in business. Having [...]