Author: Anja Fabricius Madsen

Earlier this week, the Port of Grenaa held a strategy seminar in Skagen, where the management team worked intensively to develop a new 5-year strategy for the port's future. The seminar was facilitated by Christian Terkelsen from Craftsmanship, who has been a close partner in the process.

Work on the upcoming strategy has been ongoing for some time, and the aim is for the board to approve the new strategic direction after the summer break. The focus has been on ensuring that the Port of Grenaa is even stronger in 2030 - both financially, organizationally and as a driving force for sustainable development.

"We are already strong today, but we have an ambition to create an even more robust and competitive port. This requires us to think long-term and strategically in terms of business development, employee satisfaction and our role in the green transition," says Port Director Henrik Carstensen.

During the seminar, the leadership team worked on three key benchmarks for the future:

• Economic strength - The Port of Grenaa must remain a solid and competitive player.
• Attractive workplace - A modern organization that attracts and retains talented employees.
• Sustainable development - An active role in the green transition and societal development.

In addition to the strategic discussions, the seminar also provided an opportunity for reflection. A trip to Grenen was used to discuss perspectives in an informal setting, where the fresh Skagen air set thoughts in motion.

With the strategy seminar as a starting point, the work now continues internally so that the Port of Grenaa can be ready with a strategy that ensures a strong and future-proof port in 2030.

Yesterday at the Port of Grenaa, we had the great honor of welcoming the leadership from Halmstad Municipality! The delegation consisted of the mayor, deputy mayor, municipal director and PR consultant, who visited us in connection with the Kattegat Alliance - a strategic partnership between Norddjurs Municipality and Halmstad Municipality.

Focus on future opportunities and partnership
The visit set the stage for exciting discussions about future cooperation between our two municipalities. Through partnerships like this, we strengthen the connection between Denmark and Sweden - both commercially and culturally.

Insight into the role and development of the Port of Grenaa
Henrik Carstensen, CEO of the Port of Grenaa, presented the port's development, our core business and the collaboration in the Kattegat Port Alliance with Halland Ports. We are proud to play an important role as a regional hub and bridge builder between East Jutland and Southern Sweden.

Thank you to Norddjurs Municipality's mayor, deputy mayor, municipal director and business consultant as well as Halmstad Municipality for their participation, and for an inspiring day with valuable input! We look forward to building on the strong relationships in the Kattegat Alliance.

We are proud to be part of Business Djursland's campaign "Discover your workplace", which focuses on Djursland's many opportunities - business, work, cultural and experiential. The campaign aims to brand Djursland as an attractive place to work, do business and live.

As part of the campaign, we opened the doors to the Port of Grenaa - Port of the Future, where we shared our vision for Port of Grenaa 2.0 and the many exciting initiatives that create growth and innovation.

With a presentation from our CEO Henrik Carstensen and a bus tour, participants got a unique insight into our facilities and the daily operations that support the 2,100 jobs across around 80 companies here at the Port of Grenaa in Norddjurs Municipality.

We are pleased to have contributed to this effort and look forward to continuing to be a driving force in the development of Djursland's business community. Djursland is full of opportunities, and together we can make the region even stronger.

Thank you to everyone who participated and to Business Djursland for a great campaign!

Yesterday, Port of Grenaa CEO Henrik Carstensen participated in an exciting full-day conference at Christiansborg with the port partnership report as the recurring theme throughout the day.

Arriving at Copenhagen Central Station - in the most beautiful sunny weather - Henrik met his good port colleague Kristian Thulesen Dahl (CEO Port of Aalborg) on the platform, and together they walked and talked to Christiansborg, where they were ready for the day's exciting program.

The conference was opened by Morten Bødskov, Minister for Business Affairs, who gave his and the government's status on the work with the recommendations in the port partnership report. This was followed by many exciting presentations and debates.

With less than a week until Christmas, Henrik Carstensen's biggest Christmas wish on behalf of Port of Grenaa is that the politicians at Christiansborg have taken on board the many good inputs from the day, so that the port industry will hopefully hear some more concrete initiatives from Christiansborg related to this in early 2025. As an industry, we have a massive need to move in many areas - regulatory processing, infrastructure to support the green transition, etc.

Thank you to Danish Ports, Danish Shipping and Port Companies, Dansk Metal and Danish Industry for a well-organized conference.