Denmarks Kalundborg invests for future growth

Next year the port in the western part of Zealand, Denmark, will begin building 330,000 extra square metres (to add to its existing 800,000 square metres) with 500 metres of dock and 15 metres of water depth, in order to increase both feeder and container traffic and attract new trade.

Bent Rasmussen, CEO, Port of Kalundborg, said: “Deep water is an important future issue, and we want to invest in the future. But we have run out of space for port-using companies to establish themselves.

“In order to fulfill the enormous growth potential of the port and the area we will now expand with more square metres and water depth enabling new companies to settle as well as securing the port and the surrounding business cluster to keep contributing actively to further development.”

The new port area will be called “Ny Vesthavn” and will contribute to strengthen the entire business cluster of Kalundborg which currently covers an existing area of 800,000 square metres.

With global companies such as Statoil, Novo Nordisk and Novozymes, the business cluster surrounding the Port of Kalundborg is the largest industrial area in eastern Denmark outside of Copenhagen.

Port of Kalundborg will begin the building project in the summer of 2017 and expects the new port area to be fully functional in autumn 2018.