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Optimism despite drop in freight turnover

Cargo throughput in major Danish ports fell by almost 8 percent in Q1 2014 compared to Q1 2013. How does this fit with the general optimism in Danish ports? Good, because there are good explanations. The decline in coal transportation and the closure of ferry routes explain most of it. The crisis in Ukraine caused many to [...]

Interview with Mayor Winni Grosbøll

Mayor Winni Grosbøll on the cruise industry, what works at Folkemødet and why terrorism legislation is annoying Where do you as mayor see the strengths of your commercial ports on Bornholm? Basically, we are an island. So the ports are the most crucial infrastructure we have. The ports represent the entrance and are the gateway to our island. Therefore, it is also crucial [...]

Inspiration and training for port boards

Ports are businesses and they develop rapidly. The port boards' strategic management of the business and their dialog with the management is important for development. It is important to find inspiration for collaboration, value creation and business development Port boards have gained many new members. Some are members of the municipal councils, but more and more are brought in from outside. It is especially people [...]

Mini-conference: Corporate governance and investments

Danish ports have major capital investments underway and in the pipeline. Take the opportunity to participate in Ports Denmark's mini-conference on how port management can plan, make, justify and execute the right capital investment decisions. Together with EY, Danske Havne is hosting a member event at Danske Havne on Monday, August 25 from 9:30 to 13:00 Ports are expanding and [...]

Ceasefire in herring dispute

Since August 28, 2013, there has been a ban on calls, landings and general imports of Faroese herring and mackerel in Danish ports. The Faroe Islands and the EU have reached an agreement on herring fishing in the Faroe Islands, but it may only be a truce The new agreement between the EU and the Faroe Islands means that the Faroe Islands will adapt fishing to the EU's [...]

What happened to EU fair competition

The proposal for an EU Ports Act ran aground due to the EU elections. When will the wind pick up and will all the Commission's proposals still be part of the cargo? Danish Ports recommends a new EU proposal loaded with common sense - not what the Commission would like, but what the port sector needs Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas held a [...]

Two ports exempt from the Public Access to Information Act

The Minister of Transport exempts two a/s ports from the Public Access to Information Act. In close collaboration with KL, Danske Havne has worked to ensure that the ports where the port and municipality have requested exemption have been exempted according to the intention and possibilities of the law. This does not mean that the ports are "secret". It means that the ports operate within the business framework they are intended to [...]

Danish Ports at Folkemødet - Benny Engelbrecht (S) and crying biscuits, Torsten Schack Pedersen (V) on ammonia at the port and Minister of Culture Marianne Jelved on ship installations

The roll of crying biscuits was not handed out to Blue Denmark by the chairman of the transport committee, Benny Engelbrecht (S). On the contrary, the industry was praised, as the Minister for Business and Growth, Henrik Sass Larsen, noted: "You are not a profession where we have to run with help all the time" Danish Ports participated again this year at Folkemødet on Bornholm. Danish [...]

Welcome to "Denmark out of the crisis"

Welcome to "Denmark out of the crisis". Many of the initiatives that the Government and the Liberal Party have reached a common understanding of have a direct positive impact on ports and port partners. The Blue Denmark Growth Plan is being continued, and there are several clear maritime imprints in a number of initiatives. And it should be easier [...]

Cleaner shipping and environmental taxes in ports

Shipping faces challenges with emission requirements from 2015. New report from the Danish Environmental Protection Agency provides an overview of how to classify ships according to their environmental and climate properties and the possibility of incentives in port charges. The challenge lies in the control EU wants cleaner shipping. The Danish government also included air pollution from ships in its Growth Plan for the Danish [...]