FREDERIKSHAVN: Frederikshavn Municipality takes over full responsibility for Frederikshavn Port after the port has run into financial difficulties. This is stated by mayor Birgit S. Hansen (S) at a press conference on Wednesday, writes DR.
- Frederikshavn Port is transitioning to being a municipal port. It will do so from 15 May because there is no liquidity to continue from there, says the mayor.
The port has long struggled with the economy. There is a debt of DKK 1.6 billion, and in the coming years a liquidity shortfall of DKK 120 million is expected.
This is what the port's chairman Karsten Dybvad says, according to DR. Such problems mean that he can no longer run the port as an independent entity.
From self-government to municipal
Frederikshavn Harbor has so far been a so-called municipal self-governing port. In that case, when the port loses its ability to pay the bills, "the keys land on the town hall", says mayor Birgit S. Hansen.
On Tuesday, the mayor announced that a lawyer's investigation had been launched into the port's operation to see if the poor financial management could be responsible. The municipality has continually lent the port more money to get its finances under control.
According to TV 2 Nord, the municipality has provided loan guarantees for DKK 241 million over the past six months.
In the autumn, the port's board resigned after there had been a disagreement about the strategy for the port.
Subsequently, a new board was appointed, where Karsten Dybvad, known as former head of department in the State Ministry and managing director of Danish Industry, became chairman.
After the new board worked its way into the cases, the impression of the port's problems grew, DR has described. The economy was worse than expected, and this now has the ultimate consequence for the port.
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