The Port of Hirtshals set a turnover record last year

In 2022, there was no longer any trace of the corona pandemic, and this can be felt at the Port of Hirtshals, which in 2022 set a turnover record of DKK 84.9 million. DKK - an increase of 12 percent. and made a profit of DKK 6.4 million. DKK. It was especially passenger car and passenger traffic that accounted for the progress.

Car and passenger traffic is back at the 2019 level in the Port of Hirtshals, while freight traffic has increased by 8.2 percent. from 2019 to 2022. The port has also experienced an increase in fishing for the second year in a row, with the revenue for Fiskeauktion Nord increasing by 17 percent compared to 2021. "Despite rising prices for, among other things, electricity, maintenance tasks, and oil caused by the geopolitical circumstances, we still managed to achieve a satisfactory result, not least because we had calculated large increases in expenditure. We are of course very proud of that," says the chairman of the board of Hirtshals Havn, Anker Laden-Andersen.

In 2022, the Port of Hirtshals handled a cargo volume of 1.95 million. tonnes, while 144,000 trucks, 780,000 cars, and 2.4 million passengers used the port's ferry connections.

Source: Hirtshals Harbour.