Skip to content

News

Air pollution

Green Shipping

Shipping and maritime

EU Supports Green Shipping with EUR 6.3 million

In 2008, the International Maritime Organization, IMO, agreed on a progressive reduction of the maximum sulphur content in fuels used onboard ships. In Environmentally Controlled Areas close to land, the maximum will be lowered to 0,1% by 2015.

This has put the spotlight on green shipping technologies, which are able to reduce the amount of sulphur, notably scrubber technologies. In basic terms, scrubbers ‘wash’ the smoke and subsequently the pollution particles are separated from the scrubber water in specially designed, high-speed water cleaning units. Weighing in at around 70 tonnes, a scrubber is installed in the chimney system on the ship, and comes at an average cost of EUR 5.4 million.

- Read more: Maritime Climate Forum established to reduce CO2 emissions from ship transportation

DFDS has tested scrubber technologies since 2009 and the shipping company will invest close on EUR 100 million in scrubbers for 21 ships.

Danish Maritime Days – New global maritime summit from 6-10 Oct. 2014

The Danish maritime industry offers a wide range of green maritime solutions, both for the building of new ships as well as for retrofitting of existing vessels. These include solutions for treating ballast water, reducing air emissions, improving energy efficiency and many more.

Danish Maritime Days offers an opportunity to experience Danish maritime technology in an international context. As a major new event for the global maritime industry, Danish Maritime Days will bring together a broad spectrum of leaders from across the industry with the objective to find new solutions to the most important challenges facing the industry today and in the future.

- Download: Leaflet about Danish Maritime Days 

The one week maritime event is committed to creating a shared platform where leaders across the global maritime industry can work together with regulators, experts and other stakeholders to unleash the full potential of the global maritime industry.

- Visit website: The Danish Maritime Days website

There is a lot in the pipeline – including conferences, briefings, exhibitions, symposia, company visits, receptions and dinners – planned throughout the week of 6-10 October 2014 – which makes Danish Maritime Days an opportunity to meet peers from around world, to make new connections, to be inspired and to pave the way for new partnerships.

Facts about Danish maritime

- Maritime transport is the most energy-efficient mode of transport

- The Danish maritime industry is a market leader in several areas, including engine and propeller design, marine coating, pumping systems and     navigational and safety equipment

- Danish-designed ship engines are the most widely used globally

- The Danish maritime industry has contributed to projects that have led to more than 20% reduction in fuel consumption, 90% decrease in SOx and 80% decrease in NOx emissions

- Since 2008 Danish carriers have reduced their CO2 emissions by 25%

Source: DFDS / Danish Maritime Authority

For more news, visit our Newsroom

You should consider reading

Air pollution
Green Shipping
Shipping and maritime

events

Green hydrogen

+15

World Hydrogen Week 2024

24 March 2024
On 30 September to 4 October, Denmark will open its gates to hydrogen experts from across the world as World Hydrogen Week comes to town. Striving to foster collaboration through in-depth discussions, networking opportunities, and presentations of cutting-edge technologies, World Hydrogen Week serve

events

Wind energy

+14

WindEurope 2025

24 March 2024
In 2025, the WindEurope Annual Event will once again return to Denmark as policy-makers, ministers, experts and professionals from the entire wind industry gather in Bella Centeret in Copenhagen from 8-10 April. Dubbed by many as the “birthplace of wind energy”, Denmark and WindEurope will seek to c

News

Climate partnerships

+19

Climate ministers convene in Denmark to set the course towards COP29

11 March 2024
For the third year running, COP discussions get off to an early start at the Copenhagen Climate Ministerial. This year’s ministerial, hosted by Denmark in cooperation with the former and current COP presidencies of the United Arab Emirates and Azerbaijan, will prepare the path towards a successful COP29 in Baku.

News

Living labs

+61

Danish companies obtain the most green patents

16 January 2023
Known to be among the globe's most sustainable, Danish companies are number one in obtaining green patents in both Europe and the US over the past ten years.

News

Job creation and transition

+101

Sound of Green, a podcast series with insights from Denmark’s green transition

27 January 2023
From managing cloudbursts to setting up climate partnerships, we examine how Denmark has turned acute climate challenges into new opportunities. In our podcast series Sound of Green, experts convey how Danish experiences can push the needle toward global green transition. Find it on Spotify, Apple Podcast and stateofgreen.com.

News

Green financing

+101

New Danish models assess the economic and fiscal impacts of climate policies

31 January 2023
Economists from the University of Copenhagen have developed green models to calculate environmental and climate effects on Denmark's entire economy. The models can have a major impact on how we view and measure economic growth and green transition worldwide.