An internal conflict between the owner and management of Frederikshavn Port was so serious that, according to lawyers, the entire management and board of directors should have been removed. This is evident from a confidential part of a legal investigation that Nordjyske has been given access to. Nordjyske writes about it.
The law firm Bech Bruun concludes that the former port director Mikkel Seedorff Sørensen has acted irresponsibly in several cases. However, this will not have any legal consequences because, according to Nordjyske's information, the circumstances are outdated.
The report describes a conflict-filled relationship between the port management and Frederikshavn Municipality, which owns the port. In particular, the cooperation between the former mayor Birgit S. Hansen and the management broke down when the municipality demanded access to information that the port management believed was confidential.
- I have asked tons of times. Come up with data, Thomas Eriksen, who is the municipal director of Frederikshavn Municipality, previously told Nordjyske.
According to Bech Bruun, the board of directors had no right to refuse to answer factual questions from the municipality. The lawyers assess that the situation in a private company would have led to an immediate replacement of both the management and the board of directors.
They also point to financial management as a central problem. The report describes the port's budgets as unrealistic and too optimistic. In practice, it turned out that the financial expectations did not hold true. In particular, the construction of a bunker terminal for Stena Oil was significantly more expensive than planned.
The lawyers also point out that the port probably took out loans in violation of the rules. According to the report, funds from new loans were used to cover old expenses, which is in violation of Section 9, subsection 2 of the Loans Executive Order.
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