The port partnership, which consists of over 30 players, including Danish Ports, Green Power Denmark, Danish Business, Danish Industry, Danish Offshore, Danish Shipping, KL and the Hydrogen Industry, was established in April last year. The goal of the partnership was for them to come up with recommendations that can support the port sector and come up with recommendations that will ensure green growth.
On Monday, after some delay, the partnership presented 20 recommendations on how the port should develop in the future.
- In the coming years, the ports will have to make important investment decisions and attract commercial investments, among other things to be able to take part in the European competition for offshore wind development and other green technologies. With the port partnership's mapping, we have come an important step further in understanding what the transition needs are at a number of ports, says Minister of Transport Thomas Danielsen (V).
Among the recommendations are, among others: "that the commercial ports are part of an overall Danish industrial policy, where the government supports, possibly through alternative financing models such as PPP and Blended Finance" and that "predictability is ensured in the planning of the expansion of green technologies with a view to providing commercial investments, and that the government presents a plan for development after 2030 within, for example, offshore wind, CCS and PtX."
The latter in particular is also something that Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities Lars Aagaard (M) is keen to note.
- The Danish commercial ports are a link in the green transition. This is where wind turbine components are shipped for installation at sea and CO2 is shipped in and out for permanent storage in the underground. The port partnership's ambition is that the commercial ports will help to carry the green transition forward. I am pleased with that, and I look forward to the further work - now with good input from the port partnership, he says.
All of the Port Partnership's recommendations can be read here. They are planned to form the basis for a new port strategy from the government, which is expected to be presented in early 2025.
The Port Partnership's recommendations are divided into the following main themes:
- The strategic importance of commercial ports in the Northern European expansion of offshore wind must be supported
- Increased investment security for existing businesses and superstructure
- The electrification of commercial ports must be accelerated
- Regulation must be up-to-date
- Unequal conditions for financing port infrastructure should be examined
- There is a need for labor and skills
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