Trademark case
Promoting growth in Blue Denmark
Ports of Denmark is working to promote all initiatives that create growth, on a sustainable basis, in Blue Denmark. Ports of Denmark would particularly like to promote initiatives that increase the amount of cargo handled over quays, as well as measures that can make the ports more competitive. It is important for Ports of Denmark that we work purposefully to ensure the best possible framework conditions for the port and its customers, so that they can run their business efficiently.
Among the efforts of Danish Ports to promote growth in Blue Denmark are:
- Initiatives launched for partnerships, including for the digitalization of Blue Denmark
- Collaboration in working groups for business promotion in Blue Denmark to achieve a blue national position of strength
- Working on better conditions for short sea shipping
- Promoting the "single Window" initiative and contributing to the negotiations in the ports industry organization in the EU, ESPO.
Ports as growth centers
The ports are an essential part of blue Denmark and are growth centers for Danish business.
Denmark is one of the world's largest shipping nations. Blue Denmark has been designated as one of 12 Danish so-called positions of strength by the Danish Business Development Board. This means increased political focus on the entire maritime industry, and it provides more development opportunities, which is completely justified. In this context, it is important to remember that the ports are an essential part of Blue Denmark.
Ports help create many jobs in Denmark.
The ports employ more than 60,000 people. In 2022, a total of 36,354 people were directly employed in blue Denmark. If you also include the indirect employees (subcontractors to blue Denmark) of 27,377 people, this gives a total of 63,240 people, which corresponds to 3 percent of total employment in Denmark. An investment in the ports is therefore also an investment in Danish jobs.
Ports contribute to economic growth in Denmark.
Blue Denmark accounts for 10.5% of total production and 4.8% of gross value added (GVA) in the Danish economy. When indirect contributions via demand for goods and services in other Danish sectors are included, the total contribution increases to 11.9% and 6.1%, respectively. For each employee, Blue Denmark generates more than twice as much GVA as the average for other sectors in the Danish economy.
In 2021, exports from Blue Denmark reached almost DKK 365 billion, which corresponds to 29.7% of Denmark's total exports of goods and services – an increase compared to 2020. Including indirect exports, the share is 32.9%, which is an increase of 5.8 percentage points from the previous year. In 2021, exports accounted for a total of 85.7% of production in Blue Denmark, divided into 77.5% direct exports and 8.2% indirect.
The ports are absolutely indispensable in terms of importing and exporting goods to and from Denmark .
The ports kept Denmark going during the Covid-19 crisis and will also help get Denmark out of the crisis. If you look at the share of total imports in Denmark, imports via sea – and therefore via Danish ports – account for 76.7 percent.
Danish ports are efficient .
Despite the fact that Danish ports are small in a European and international context, they were Danish Ports ranked 6th on the World Economic Forum's list of the most efficient ports in the world in both 2018 and 2019.
