Tag: Denmark

Danish shipping issued a press release on its website to confirm that Denmark has officially become the seventh country in the world to accede to the Hong Kong Convention

The Danish port of Esbjerg announced that it has initiated a process to clarify expansion possibilities, in order to increase activity towards 2030, both within existing and new business areas. Within the next few years, the expectation is that the port’s areas and quay will be fully utilized.

DNV GL announced that it has won a contract to provide independent verification services for the Maersk Oil redevelopment of the Tyra field, offshore Denmark. The Tyra field in the Danish North Sea has been at the centre of Denmark’s national energy infrastructure since 1984, providing 90% of the country’s gas production.

The Technical University of Denmark inaugurated a laboratory, where researchers will complete a modular robot for use in offshore wind turbine platforms. The robot will be used for inspection, and the long-term vision is that it will be able to carry out underwater repairs on foundations and rigs, independently of weather conditions.

During a meeting of the Council of Ministers, EU ministers adopted the priorities for the maritime transportation policy until 2020. The priorities adopted by the Ministers of Transportation provide a clear focus on competitiveness and digitalisation as the points of reference. Danish key issues were also reflected in the priorities and welcomed by Danish Shipping.

On the occasion of IMO's negotiations on a CO2- neutral strategy, the Danish Shipping, along with a broad range of countries, submitted a scientific study to IMO as a concrete input to the climate debate. The study was commissioned by Danish Operators, and it shows how the shipping industry can best be CO2-free.

The Danish Environmental Protection Agency said that has come down hard on sulphur polluters at sea. The first fines have now been imposed on two shipping companies, who have been using non compliant fuel causing illegal air pollution. In order to strengthen supervision of the sulphur regulations even more, in the last six months of 2017 the EPA will commence mobile monitoring of ships’ sulphur emissions in Danish waters.

The Danish Maritime Authority announced that it launches an innovative pilot project, in order to examine the value of blockchain technology and, therefore, to explore long-term possibilities of digitalising the entire ship registration process in Blue Denmark.

The Danish Shipowners’ Association announced that updates its visual identity and changes its name to Danish Shipping. The organization, along with the Shipowners’ Association of 2010 and The Danish Car Ferry Association, that together represent all areas of the shipping industry in Denmark, already share a joint secretariat and a shared visual identity.

The Danish Ministry of foreign affairs announced that, after taking advice from the Foreign Policy Committee, decided to deploy a detachment consisting of a Challenger airplane, to support the monitoring of shipping traffic in the Indian Ocean.