The Nordic maritime Hub project aims to improve port access facilities, establish shore side power supply and bunkering facilities for alternative fuels An EU funded project called the Nordic Maritime Hub project has been initiated at the Port of Frederikshavn in Denmark.
The project consortium consists of the Port of Frederikshavn, Kosan Crisplant and Stena Line, and aims to meet the demands of the modern maritime sector by improving port access facilities, establishing shore side power supply and establishing bunkering facilities for alternative fuels.Bo Larsen, commercial director, Kosan Crisplant, said: “At Kosan Crisplant we see this project as the door way to a big potential market for LNG in the Baltic Sea area. The bunkering facility is therefore also just the first step in our broader vision, in that we already have signed an agreement with another project consortium to establish a production facility for LNG and LBG (liquefied biogas) in Frederikshavn.”
Kosan Crisplant has been charged with establishing a bunkering facility for liquid natural gas (LNG) in the port area.The Nordic Maritime Hub project was awarded TEN-T funding from EU’s Connecting Europe Facility back in June 2015.Besides creating new possibilities and expanding the traditional port business of the Port of Frederikshavn, it is hoped that the project will also be a first step towards strengthening the maritime corridor between Frederikshavn and Gothenburg.The Port of Frederikshavn, Port of Gothenburg and Stena Line already entered into a strategic partnership last year, striving to achieve development, cooperation and future investments in the infrastructure on both sides of the Kattegat.Nordic Maritime Hub will run until autumn 2018 and will be implemented alongside the ongoing port expansion at the Port of Frederikshavn
