News in Brief

New CEO at the Port of Esbjerg

CEO Ole Ingrisch will retire by the end of February 2019. Ole Ingrisch became CEO at the Port of Esbjerg in 2003 and has since then been in charge of a significant development of the port.  During this time, the Port of Esbjerg has grown by more than a million square metres after the establishment of the East Port. At the same time, both the top and bottom line has increased significantly. The Port of Esbjerg's Board of Directors will now go ahead with the recruitment of a new CEO, who is expected to start on 1 March 2019.

Installation projects at Horns Rev 3 have started

During the summer, the installation of the wind turbines at Horns Rev 3 has started. The first of a total of 49 turbines was installed on Thursday 19 July. Now 15 of the wind turbines have been installed, says Vattenfall, that is constructing the farm. The installation of the rest of the turbines will continue until the end of the year, and the farm is expected to be in full operation by the first half of 2019.

The turbines are of the type Vestas V164-MHI 8.0 MW, which is the world's largest wind turbine in serial production. This is the first time these are installed in a Danish wind turbine farm, and the first turbine is expected to supply power already during the autumn.

The car terminal at the East Port has opened

On Tuesday 4 September SAL (Scandinavian Auto Logistics, ed.) inaugurated the new car terminal at the East Port, which will receive and prepare cars. The new terminal is 60,000 square metres and can accommodate around 3,000 cars. Collectively, SAL currently has over 110,000 square metres at the Port of Esbjerg and receives about 75,000 cars a year.

See photos from the opening of the terminal below.

View the photos: The world's largest sailing ships docked at Esbjerg

Between 18 – 21 July, more than 60 of the world's largest sailing ships visited Esbjerg, which, together with the cities Stavanger (Norway), Sunderland (England) and Harlingen (the Netherlands) hosted the Tall Ships Races boat race. The ships moored at Dokhavnen and in Trafikhavnen, and more than 500,000 visitors took part in the festivities.

The DEA has opened the eighth round of tenders in the North Sea

Until 1 February 2019, any interested oil and gas companies can apply for new oil and gas permits in the North Sea. It is the eighth round of tenders since the first one in 1984. The offered areas are located in the Central Pit, where most of the Danish oil and gas fields are located, but also in regions farther East (bounded by 6° 15' East).

Get an overview of the Danish regions of the North Sea below (map is in Danish).