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Port of Aarhus: Denmark's largest commercial port delivers historic results in an eventful year

The Port of Aarhus ended 2022 with the highest cargo turnover in fourteen years and is making Danish history with a new Danish record for container turnover. The total profit from port operations amounted to DKK 161 million. The year 2022 was an eventful year with the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and sky-high inflation. This was also felt at the Port of Aarhus. It [...]

Danish Ports: Very positive with new green partnership on ports

Led by Minister for Business Morten Bødskov, Minister for Transport Thomas Danielsen and Minister for Energy Lars Aagaard, the Danish government established a new partnership for Danish commercial ports with a focus on the green transition. The partnership is based on the government platform, which aims to attract investments to the Danish commercial ports, the Minister of Transport said at the press conference at Oceankaj at CMP [...].

ADP: Evida and ADP to collaborate on hydrogen infrastructure

The national gas distributor Evida and the logistics and port group ADP will integrate local and regional hydrogen infrastructure in the Fredericia area. As an important step in the further cooperation on the establishment of local and regional hydrogen infrastructure, the parties have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), so that they will be able to work together from the planning phase right up to the establishment and operation of the [...].

German port sales to China may be stopped

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's controversial plan to sell part of the container terminal at the Port of Hamburg to China may now be blocked by German security authorities, according to the magazine Søfart. Germany's Federal Office for Information Security has now classified the port as "critical infrastructure", which means that the government in Berlin will have to reassess the entire sale and perhaps ultimately [...]...

The success of the Port of Nexø is the picture of fish becoming more valuable

The world's population is growing. Many more food products need to be produced. Fishermen will be important players, according to the industry organization, which is pleased with a fourfold increase in profits at its member port in Nexø - thanks to sprat Fewer fish, but more money. The fishing statistics for 2022 can be summed up as simply as that. In 2022, the Danish fishing ports landed a total of approx. 620 [...]

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Havneaktører: Flyt godstransporten ud på havet og gør den både billigere og grønnere Der er både klokkeklare klima- og trængselsgevinster at hente, når gods sejles i stedet for at blive kørt. Hvis det skal lykkedes, handler det om at udfordre vanetænkningen, skriver Danske Havne, Danske Rederier, Danske Maritime & Danske Shipping- og Havnevirksomheder. Indlægget er […]

Excellent result for Port of Rønne A/S cements position as the leading commercial and supply port in the Baltic Sea

2022 was a year that exceeded expectations for Bornholm's commercial and supply port with growth in several of the port's business areas. The result cements the position of the Port of Rønne A/S as a business cluster and a key enabler of growth and development on Bornholm. The strategy of being a value creator for Bornholm and the Bornholm community continued in 2022, with the port securing local [...].

Drones will now be tested as pilots at the Port of Esbjerg

During the spring, VesCo will move into the Port of Esbjerg to realize the possibility of pilotage by drone. VesCo is owned by DanPilot. Innovation and digitization are important to maintain both efficiency and safety for navigating busy ports, according to Port Esbjerg's CEO. The Port of Esbjerg is one of the busiest ports in Denmark [...].

No more pressure on supply chains

New figures show that after the Suez blockade and Corona lockdowns in the years 2020-2022, supply chains around the world are now operating normally. From the beginning of 2020, the Corona pandemic put all kinds of obstacles in the way of moving goods around, and container ports around the world were hit by delays. At one point, dozens of ships were anchored off the California coast because [...]...

The Port of Næstved is good business for Næstved

The Port Board at the Port of Næstved has been reluctant to react to the municipality's study of the future of the port, which was carried out by COWI. The reason is that the Port Board believes that the customer and market analysis is crucial for the further positioning of the port's future. EY-Parthenon wrote in December 2022 in their memo that not enough research has been done to [...].