The Port of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Havn) is the largest Danish seaport and one of the largest ports in the Baltic Sea basin. It extends from

Svanemølle Beach Svanemølle Beach (Danish: Svanemøllestranden) is an urban beach situated in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around ...

in the north to Hvidovre in the south. Along with Malmö harbour, Copenhagen Port is operated by

Copenhagen Malmö Port Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP) operates the ports in Denmark's capital Copenhagen and in Sweden's third largest city, Malmö. The ports are located either side of Øresund, a strait between the two countries. The combined Øresund Region is the ...

(CMP) and

By & Havn By & Havn (English: ''City & Port'') or ''Udviklingsselskabet By & Havn I/S'' (en.: ''The corporation for development of City and Port I/S'') is an organisation, tasked with the development of Ørestad and the port of Copenhagen and the daily ope ...

. The port is divided into several different areas, many of which are individual harbours: There has been rapid development along the seafront; large parts of the formerly industrial inner harbor have recently been transformed into residential, recreative, and commercial areas. The port has seen a dramatic resurgence in activity since the 1990s, following a long period of decline following the 1940s.

History

The Port of Copenhagen dates back to the Middle Ages. The port was originally owned by the Danish Royal Family. Christian IV moved Naval Shipyard from Gammelholm to its current location in Holmen—the Holmen Naval Base one of several naval stations of the Royal Danish Navy. In 1742 the port was turned into an independent institution and remained unchange until 1812, when a central administration was set up, called "Ports and Mudringsvæsenet".

Port Captains

*1860-1872 Janus August Garde *1872-1895 FVW Lüders *1896-1914 Christian Frederik Drechsel *1917-1945 Thorvald Borg *1945-1955 Mogens Blach *1982-1997 Erik Schaefer *1997-2005 Henning Hummelmose *2005-2007 Karl-Gustav Jensen In 2007, administration of the port passed to

Terminals

*Container terminal: The terminal was opened in 2001 and has a storage area of 175,000 m². *RoRo terminal: The RoRo terminal has four berths an m² *Automobile terminal: The cars terminal is the largest in

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used for imports of new cars and can accommodate 40,000 cars at once. *General cargo: The

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terminal has 10 berths and a storage area of 200,000 m². *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. *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,

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, plaster,

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, cement,

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, salt, granite and earth. *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.

References

External links

Snapshot from an Airplane: The Harbor of Copenhagen, 1913
by

Holger Damgaard Holger Damgaard (24 July 1870 – 15 January 1945) was a Danish photographer. He was employed by ''Politiken'' from December 1908 as the first press photographer in Denmark. He was also a co-founder and the first president of the Danish Union of ...

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