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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 [...]

Emissions in port cities

Emissions in port cities require broad cooperation between users, city and country On Wednesday, June 4, Ports Denmark co-organized a debate at Christiansborg. It was a great opportunity to clarify the different roles and responsibilities of the parties. It is important to remember that a port does not stand alone. It consists first and foremost of [...]

Danish Ports at Folkemødet 2014

Danish Ports' events at Folkemødet 2014 Danish Ports, the Danish Shipowners' Association and Danish Maritime are again this year gathered to represent the Blue Denmark at Folkemødet on Bornholm. Danish Ports will highlight the central role of ports as creators of jobs and growth locally and nationally. Ø 80 percent of Danish foreign trade comes through the Danish ports Ø [...]

Interview with the new CEO of Danish Ports, Gitte Lillelund Bech

Interview with future CEO of Danish Ports Gitte Lillelund Bech on how Ports Denmark's very active members have the potential to become an even bigger and more powerful player in the transport and infrastructure sector, and the vision of moving from being a consultative partner to a collaborative partner Congratulations on your job as future CEO of Danish Ports. What is [...]

Gain knowledge and inspiration for board strategizing and follow-up

Danish Ports participates in this year's Public Board Conference "The Board's strategic footprint" on October 2, 2014 with knowledge and inspiration on working with strategy. There will be a special focus on the board's value-creating work. In the morning, the conference will feature presentations from Denmark and abroad with questions and debate for all participants. After lunch we will go into workshops where [...]

Highly educated people at the port

Are you considering hiring a highly educated person in your port? Three short examples of what highly educated people do in Danish ports and how they create value Several highly educated people are employed in Danish ports. Some work with analysis, documentation, business areas, business tasks and company structure. Others work with legal, financial and management aspects of the business. Danish Ports brings [...]

Dancing on and around water

Ports are also culture and new experiences. Dancing on and around water is an example of how things can be connected. On April 1, 2014, participants at the Port Conference got a taste of a spectacular experience specially designed for Danish ports. Ingrid Kristensen Co. put on a dance performance where the harbor's water area unfolds as a stage. The [...]

Leverage technology - get a pilot from shore

The Pilotage Act is changing. Danish Ports agrees that there is a need for simplification and modernization. Simplification of requirements and rules. Modernization in the form of new methods. Therefore, Danish Ports supports that the Danish Maritime Authority initiates a study of the possibilities for land-based pilotage Pilotage consists of many sub-actions: The pilot is ordered and dispatched, the pilot is sailed [...]

Danish Ports at Folkemødet

Danish Ports are once again attending the People's Meeting on Bornholm this year. Together with the Danish Shipowners' Association and Danish Maritime, Ports Denmark will dock with the mail boat Peter. The events include a debate with Minister for Business and Growth Henrik Saas Larsen, Minister for Culture Marianne Jelveds' inauguration of the Blue Denmark exhibition and a cruise debate with Pension Denmark's Torben Möger Pedersen and others [...]

No ports - no industry

No ports, no industry was one of the messages at the annual conference of the European Society of Ports and Ports (ESPO), which had chosen fair competition as a common thread throughout the conference. Danish Ports was an active participant in the European Ports Conference, which this year took place in Gothenburg. Here is a small excerpt of the most interesting debates and presentations [...]