The port of Hirtshals is the backdrop to trials with biodegradeable nets, part of a six-year project testing the nets and the decomposition rates in and around the harbour. The…
This year’s Scottish Skipper Expo is going to see a strong Danish presence, and the links between Scotland and the Danish port of Hirtshals run deep. This year Shetland pelagic…
It’s been quietly in preparation for a while now, but the Danish Ocean Cluster, based in Hirtshals, is now open for business as it seeks to strengthen commercial relations within…
Port of Hirtshals has completed its first carbon accounting, and in addition to a valuable overview of the port's total CO2 emissions, identifying areas with great potential for reducing emissions…
Gullak Madsen, owner of Danish pelagic vessel Ruth, has stepped away from the fishing industry, as Ruth HG-264 has been sold to a group of other pelagic operators in Hirtshals.…
The Iceland Ocean Cluster has announced the start of a new initiative to create an Ocean Cluster in Denmark in collaboration with the Port of Hirtshals and the North Sea…
The shipyard sector doesn’t usually come to mind when you think of recycling and sustainability. But at Hirtshals Yard, this has long been standard practice. Waste is separated into 19…
The Hirtshals fish auction comes under new management as of 1st January next year. The current management, Fiskeauktion Nord, and the company taking over, the fishermen-owned Fiskernes Fiskesortering, had been…
As of 1st August, Per Holm Nørgaard will be the head of the Port of Hirtshals, coming from a 22-year career at Blue Water Shipping in a number of management…
A new trawler for Hirtshals was quietly delivered by JOBI Værft – any plans for a celebration nixed by the ongoing pandemic – but Elin HG-281’s fishing trials and the…