Hirtshals is resolutely open for business
The news that Hirtshals Yard is closing down and its floating dock is set to disappear has triggered plenty of questions about the port’s future as an important service centre…
The Biogarn project is funded by EMFAF and the Danish Fisheries Agency. Images: Esther Savina/DTU Aqua
Trialling biodegradeable nets
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…
Scotland’s close links with Hirtshals
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…
Danish Ocean Cluster open for business
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…
Hirtshals calculates its carbon emissions
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…
Shift in Danish pelagic sector as Ruth’s owners leave fishing
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.…
Iceland Ocean Cluster gets Hirtshals partner
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…
Waste at Hirtshals Yard is separated into many categories for recycling
Sustainability and recycling at the Port of Hirtshals
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 auction is under new management from 1st January. Image: Hirtshals Havn
New management for Hirtshals auction
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…
Per Holm Nørgaard takes over as the new head of the Port of Hirtshals
New director takes over at the Port of Hirtshals
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…