An all-purpose port
The high level of service offered to shipping by the Port of
Aarhus helps to ensure that people and commercial businesses
have easy access to efficient and reliable sea transport at
competitive prices. The port has its own towage, pilot and mooring
service which is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The land areas and warehouses at the harbour are leased to port-related
companies on short-term or long-term leases. The port is well-equipped
with cranes for all purposes which are operated by the Port
of Aarhus’s own crane operators who are hired out at an
hourly rate.
Several service and production companies
The functions at the port of Aarhus are carried out by a wide
range of independent players that through close and efficient
cooperation meet the needs and requirements of both those purchasing
transport services and those providing them. A variety of companies
specialising in transport operate their businesses from the
port of Aarhus. These include companies such as forwarding agents,
shipping line agents, shipbrokers, dis-tribution and warehousing
companies, tally and inspection companies, container-hire companies
and container repairers, hauliers and stevedoring companies.
To gain easy access to the import and export of products, several
large animal feedstuffs companies have decided to locate their
production and storage facilities at the port close to the quays.
Oil and petrol are distributed from plants in the Oil Terminal.
Furthermore, there are several large factories at the port which
on the basis of large volumes of imported vegetable oil and
oilseed produce vegetable oil products for export.
A modern port for all types of cargo
Each year, approximately 8,000 ships dock at the port of Aarhus
carrying a total of 10 million tonnes of goods. Almost 5 million
tonnes of cargo are handled via the container and ferry services
while the turnover of oil products amounts to almost 2 million
tonnes; the last 3 million tonnes include bulk cargo such as
animal feedstuffs and coal. The port has cranes for all types
of cargo: • 3 Post-Panamax container cranes, • 5
Panamax container cranes, • 2 bulk cranes, • 9 quay
cranes, • 1 heavy-lift crane, • 1 mobile crane
A key transport junction in Northern Europe
There are regular shipping services from the port of Aarhus
to numerous different ports all over the world. The port of
Aarhus has terminals for all purposes: • Container Terminal
North, • Container Terminal East, • Multi Terminal,
• Bulk Terminal, • Oil Terminal, • Wood &
Timber Terminal, • Ferry Terminal, • Repair Yard,
• Fishery harbour and Marina and • Harbour for wooden
boats
The port areas are continually being developed to meet the needs
and requirements of its customers. An approved long-term plan
includes the possibility of a further expansion of the port.
Commercially run port operations
The Port of Aarhus is a municipal self-governing port, led
by a Board of Governors of seven members with the Mayor of
Århus as chairman. The daily management of the port
is carried out by the Harbour Director. Financially, the Port
of Aarhus functions as an independent entity without public
subsidies. Profits are invested in the maintenance of the
port infrastructure and the development of harbour facilities.
The Port of Aarhus has 120 employees while approxi-mately
150 private companies at the port employ a further 4,000 people. |
