Tag: Denmark

The Danish government presented 25 initiatives for a new cyber security strategy, which amongst others, will improve maritime navigation. Denmark will allocate NOK 1 billion for the strategy, a development welcomed by shipping firms. In addition, energy, transport, telecommunications, finance and health are included in the strategy.

Gross tonnage in Danish ship registers recently went above 20 million GT for the first time ever, indicating that the Danish flag is becoming more and more attractive, according to DMA. As competition between the world's shipping nations is becoming harder, Denmark has so far sealed its position as the world's 12th largest register.

In order to keep up with the increasing number of construction projects in Amsterdam, the City of Amsterdam, Port of Amsterdam, Waternet and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research have launched a partnership project in Amsterdam focusing on building logistics. The pilot project will start in April 2018, with an initial evaluation scheduled for November 2018.

Stena Oil will create a new marine fuel terminal in the Port of Frederikshavn. The facility will be fully adapted to meet the new Sulphur Directive 2020 and its location will reduce the distances travelled by bunkering vessels. The oil terminal will be the largest of its kind in Denmark. Several services can be conducted at the same time, reducing transportation and turnaround times.

The Danish Parliament has adopted a legislative amendment on 26 of April, which cancels the registration fee for vessels in the Danish Registers of Shipping. The amendment will increase the attractiveness of the Danish Flag. It will enter into force on the 1st of May 2018, but with a retroactive effect from the 1st of January 2018.

The Danish government presented one of its main targets that will form a new energy agreement. Namely, Denmark wants to build a 800MW offshore wind farm. The government hopes that the wind farm will increase offshore wind power by one third. Namely, a wind turbine park will be built during 2024-27, which can supply electricity to 800,000 households.

Danish authorities detained the Portugal-flagged general cargo ship 'Rix Partner' and arrested its Captain, after he was found affected by alcohol. The ship was stopped in the Great Belt Strait off Denmark, at the late night of April 17th, following communication problems between the navy and the Russian Captain.

The Danish Armed Forces released some photographs depicting the damages that the container ship ‘Delphis Gdansk’ and the general cargo ship ‘BBC Neptune’ sustained when they collided at the Great Belt Strait in Denmark. Both ships were significantly damaged as a result form the incident, while one of them reportedly sustained fire. 'Delphis Gdansk' also lost some containers.

The container ship 'Delphis Gdansk' collided with the general cargo ship 'BBC Neptune', in the early hours of 27 March, in Great Belt west of Kalundborg, Denmark, while proceeding in opposite directions. Both ships were significantly damaged, while one of them reportedly sustained fire. 'Delphis Gdansk' also lost some containers.

Denmark introduced new regulation, aiming to simplify the handling of medical supplies for survival craft and the handling of medicine onboard Danish ships abroad. Upon the new regulations become effective on 1 July 2018, the requirement for ships’ medicine to be bought from a Danish pharmacy will be abolished.