Consultation response

Danish Ports' consultation response regarding Energinet's long-term development plan 2024

With this consultation response, Danish Ports would like to draw attention to elements that seem to be under-prioritized in Energinet's proposal for a long-term development plan: Kind regards, Camilla Rosenhagen

Danish Ports' consultation response regarding "Availability of electricity and green fuels in ports". Appendix to the Danish Transport Authority's port atlas

Danske Havne acknowledges the opportunity to submit comments on the draft of the Port Atlas energy appendix. General comments The energy appendix bears the mark of being a thorough and systematic work. It is good that the appendix focuses on this important area as a starting point for further electrification and green conversion of commercial ports and the ships that dock in the [...]

Danish Ports' consultation response regarding proposal for wastewater executive order

Ports of Denmark acknowledges the opportunity to submit comments on the draft amendment to the executive order on wastewater permits, etc. pursuant to Chapters 3 and 4 of the Environmental Protection Act. Good water quality in Danish coastal waters is important for Ports of Denmark, and for Ports of Denmark's customers, including the fishing industry. It is therefore welcomed that the limit for flow-weighted sampling at wastewater supply companies is set […]

Danish Ports' consultation response to the proposal for an Act to amend the Act on the Environmental and Food Appeals Board, the Act on the Planning Appeals Board, the Act on the Promotion of Renewable Energy and various other acts (Streamlining of case processing in the Planning Appeals Board, the Environmental and Food Appeals Board and the Energy Appeals Board etc.)

Danish Ports acknowledges the opportunity to submit comments regarding the bill to streamline the case processing in the Complaints Boards for renewable energy (RE) cases. Danish Ports finds the focus on shorter case processing times for environmental and energy permits in the Boards of Appeal important and a crucial prerequisite for streamlining the ongoing green transition. Danish Ports supports an efficient and [...]

Consultation response regarding the executive order on grants for green transition fisheries

Danish Ports thanks for the opportunity to comment on the draft executive order on grants for green transition fisheries. We find it fundamentally positive that the purpose is to promote climate and environmental improvement solutions in Danish fisheries to secure future employment as well as to generate knowledge about new fisheries and optimization of the value of existing fisheries. [...]

Danish Ports' consultation response to application to the Danish Coastal Directorate for planting eelgrass at 49 different locations in connection with the Great Eelgrass Initiative 

Coastal Directorate's j.nr. 24/00998, General comments, and explicitly regarding ID no. 19, Nakskov, ID 27 Nyborg and ID 32 Randers. Danish Ports hereby submits a consultation response regarding the planting of eelgrass at 49 different locations in connection with the Great Eelgrass Initiative. Danish Ports has not been on the consultation list in this matter, even though it directly affects our members. Danish […]

Port Denmark's consultation response to the draft proposal for an act on state-designated energy parks

Danish Ports acknowledges the opportunity to comment on the proposal for state-designated energy parks. Together with a broad majority, the government has entered into the "Climate agreement on more green energy from solar and wind on land 2023 - Framework conditions to promote RE development on land". Danish Ports welcomes the agreement and the ambition to make the legislation more flexible so that it [...]

Danish Ports' consultation response regarding draft amendments to the Maritime Spatial Plan

Danish Ports acknowledges the opportunity to comment on proposed changes to the Maritime Spatial Plan. Regarding the Port of Horsens: The Port of Horsens is a port that on average handles 780,000 tons of cargo per year (2018-2022), and removing the shipping corridor may reduce the importance of the port. This is despite the intention stated in the [...].

Danish Ports' consultation response regarding Denmark's draft National Action Plan under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

Danish Ports' Consultation response regarding proposed changes to "Questions and answers about discharge of certain pollutants"

Danish Ports acknowledges the opportunity to submit a consultation response regarding the proposed amendments to the guidance "Questions and answers on the discharge of certain pollutants". Danish Ports recognizes the work and efforts of the Danish EPA to establish a sufficiently pragmatic and flexible interpretation of the Water Framework Directive so that socially beneficial projects are not prevented, delayed or made more expensive in a way that [...]