News archive

Maritime implications of climate change

New environmental report shows consequences of climate change for ports and shipping The think tank BSR, in collaboration with Cambridge University, has prepared an analysis of the impact of climate change on transportation. Danish Ports extracts the conclusions of the analysis for ports and shipping. More frequent droughts and flooding may force companies to use smaller vessels for inland shipping, for example along the Rhine in Germany [...]

Clean shipping in the Port of Hirtshals

Port of Hirtshals receives EU grant from the last pool of transport funds in the 2007-2013 budget. The project involves liquefied natural gas and helps create cleaner shipping The Port of Hirtshals is among the Danish projects that have obtained grants from the last EU pool under the Trans European Network for Transport (TEN-T) 2007-2013. The project helps to promote the use of [...]

Committee posts in the European Parliament

Danish EU parliamentarians opt out of transport influence with major Danish interests The European Parliament has approved the distribution of the newly elected parliamentarians in the specialist committees. Unfortunately, Danish EU parliamentarians have not been interested in the transport area, which otherwise must be characterized as a Danish area of interest in trade with our European neighbors. Denmark's neighboring countries Finland, Sweden and Germany have had it as a special priority. [...]

Mini-conference on good management practices in capital investment

Mini-conference on good management practices in capital investments Danish Ports, in collaboration with EY, offers port managers and board members an overall introduction to the role of management in investment decisions. Purpose: The aim is to strengthen the decision-making process for capital investments. How is it organized and how does the port management support the decisions? Based on concrete experiences and projects, we will inspire how the board and the management [...]

Summer vacation in the secretariat

The calendar shows summer time This Newsletter 6-7 2012 covers both June and July. The next issue will be published at the end of August. The secretariat is closed during weeks 28 and 29 (July 7-20 incl.) If you would like to get in touch with Danish Ports, Head of Secretariat Tom Elmer Christensen can be reached on mobile +45 21 20 88 89 or via email to tec@danskehavne.dk. [...]

Wind in the sails in Esbjerg, Kalundborg and Aalborg

The Port of Esbjerg will not only be the host port, but also the final port for the Tall Ship Race during the days and nights of August 2-5, 2014. Up to 80 of the world's largest and most beautiful sailing ships - including many school ships - will finish the traditional race in Esbjerg. But there will also be opportunities to see the beautiful sailing ships elsewhere in the [...]

Public Board Conference of the Year October 2: Knowledge and inspiration for strategy planning and follow-up

This year's conference for boards of publicly owned companies focuses on knowledge and inspiration for working with strategy and collaboration between board and management. Danish Ports is co-organizer. Mark your calendar for October 2, 2014 Danish Ports is co-organizer of this year's Public Board Conference "The Board's strategic footprint". The topic is based on the work that the boards [...]

ADP A/S expands with dry port in Taulov

The purchase of the land at Taulov could mean up to 1,000 new jobs within the next ten years and a doubling of the port area ADP is expanding with up to 750,000 m2 for the dry port in Taulov. Initially, ADP has purchased an area of 200,000 m2 of commercial land in the Denmark C area in Taulov from Fredericia Municipality [...]

Editorial: Summer thoughts - Global trade war and why Denmark has so many ports

Denmark has many ports. Relatively more than other countries. Can this be explained? Here is an attempt at a partial explanation, and it links to China's rejection of the alliance between the world's three largest container shipping companies, P3. Head of Secretariat Tom Elmer Christensen, Danish Ports There are many good reasons why [...]

The swell has subsided with the Pilot Act

The prospect for the ports was significantly worse service at significantly higher prices. Fortunately, the Pilotage Act has come a long way since the first draft and towards the law passed by the Danish Parliament on June 11, 2014. Danish Ports has been concerned with ensuring that all ships have access to pilotage to all ports on reasonable terms. Danish Ports thanks the politicians [...]