It has been almost a month since former top politician Kristian Jensen resigned as chairman of the Port of Hanstholm after just over a week in office. He was supposed to have helped to boost the port's plans for an energy cluster with PtX and methanol production, which would have made the fishing fleet green. That was not the case.
In Thisted Municipality, Mayor Niels Jørgen Pedersen (V) is optimistic about getting a new chairman for the Port of Hanstholm.
- It was a great pity about Kristian Jensen, but we are doing well in finding a suitable candidate. We are working on some exciting topics. We need a chairman with a large network and the right skills, says the mayor.
However, he cannot yet name a possible new chairman, but it indicates that another high-profile candidate may be on his way to the chairmanship.
- When you get up in this league, there are a number of things that have to fall into place. It will probably work, but of course we won't get another Kristian Jensen, says Niels Jørgen Pedersen about a type of candidate where it must first be clarified whether there may be any competence problems with other positions of trust before taking office.
Chairman must boost new business areas
While Hanstholm Port is traditionally a fishing port, there is now a need for other business areas. This is where the future chairman comes into the picture. A candidate is needed who can take on the task of green energy production from wind turbines to PtX together with Port Director Nils Skeby.
It also has something to do with the 650 million DKK. expensive port expansion, which was completed in 2020.
- The business case that underlies the port expansion was made on the fishing part. Now the fishing is going badly after Brexit, and there are fewer fish. This of course means that we have to focus on other business areas, says Niels Jørgen Pedersen.
He himself has chosen not to be part of the port's board, even though it is often a position of trust that falls to the mayor in the constitution.
- It has always been the intention that I should not sit on the board. I already chose during the constitution that it is the deputy mayor who should sit on the port's board. If you, as mayor, sit at the head of the table, there is an expectation that you will decide. I think that neither benefits the mayor, the port nor the city, says the mayor, before giving a short time forecast for a new chairman.
- I think it can happen very quickly, says Niels Jørgen Pedersen mysteriously.
Text, graphics, images, sound, and other content on this website are protected under copyright law. DK Medier reserves all rights to the content, including the right to exploit the content for the purpose of text and data mining, cf. Section 11b of the Copyright Act and Article 4 of the DSM Directive.
Customers with IP agreements/major customer agreements may only share Danish Offshore Industry articles internally for the purpose of handling specific cases. Sharing in connection with specific cases refers to journaling, archiving, or similar uses.
Customers with a personal subscription/login may not share Danish Offshore Industry articles with individuals who do not themselves have a personal subscription to Danish Offshore Industry.
Any deviation from the above requires written consent from DK Medier.
