Port of Copenhagen

Port of Copenhagen
Port of Copenhagen Container Terminal
Location
Country Denmark
Location Copenhagen
Details
Opened 1446
Owned by Copenhagen Malmö Port AB
Type of harbor Natural/Artificial
Size 812 acres (3.2 square kilometres)
Available berths 35
Employees 490[1] (2007)
General manager Lars Karlsson
Statistics
Vessel arrivals 7,800 vessels (2007)[2]
Annual cargo tonnage 18,300,000 tonnes (2007)[3]
Annual container volume 192,000 TEU's (2007)[4]
Passenger traffic 1,600,000 people[5] (2007)
Annual revenue 750 million SEK[6]
Net income 146 million SEK[7]
Website http://www.cmport.com

The Port of Copenhagen is the largest Danish seaport and one of the largest ports in the Baltic Sea basin, with a total annual traffic capacity of around 18.3 million tonnes of cargo.

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Statistics

In 2007 the Port of Copenhagen handled 18,300,000 tonnes of cargo and 192,000 TEU's making it the busiest cargo and container port in Denmark and one of the largest in Scandinavia.

General statistics in 2007 [8]
Year 2007
Containers TEU's 192,000
Trucks and trailers (units) 305,000
Automobiles (new units) 518,000
Oil products* 7.2
Dry Bulk* 3.7
Passengers (nr) 1,600,000
Total*' 18.3
* figures in millions of tonnes

Terminals

Container terminal

The terminal was opened in 2001 and has a storage area of 175,000 m2.[9]

RoRo terminal

The RoRo terminal has four berths and a storage space of 6,000 m2[10]

Automobile terminal

The cars terminal is the largest in Northern Europe used for imports of new cars and can accommodate 40,000 cars at once.[11]

General cargo

The general cargo terminal has 10 berths and a storage area of 200,000 m2.[12]

Liquid bulk terminal

The liquid bulk terminal has an annual traffic of five million tonnes, a storage area of 834,000 m2 and a storage capacity of one million m3.[13]

Dry bulk terminal

The dry bulk terminal has an annual traffic of five million tonnes, a storage area of 834,000 m2 and has storage capacities for coal, stone, sand, gravel, plaster, scrap, cement, biofuel, salt, granite and earth.[14]

Passenger terminal

The Port of Copenhagen has one of the largest passenger terminals in the Baltic Sea basin which handled 1.6 million passengers in 2007.[15]

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