Port of Aarhus

Port of Aarhus
Container Terminal, Aarhus Havn ,
Location
Country	Denmark
Location	Aarhus
Coordinates	56°55′48″N 10°08′04″E / 56.930°N 10.1344°E / 56.930; 10.1344
Details
Opened	1845
Operated by	Aarhus Municipality
Owned by	Public
Type of harbor	Deep-water seaport
Statistics
Annual cargo tonnage	7.6 million (2014)
Website https://www.aarhushavn.dk/

The Port of Aarhus (Danish: Aarhus Havn) located in the city of Aarhus is a deep-sea port and the largest container port in Denmark with a national 50% market share in container handling. The Port of Aarhus shipped roughly 7.6 million metric tonnes of cargo in 2014.

The Port of Aarhus is located in central Aarhus at the mouth of the Aarhus River on the Bay of Aarhus in Kattegat. The port faces Helgenæs to the East, Samsø to South East and on the coast the Marselisborg Forests lies to the South and Riis Skov lies to the North.

The Port of Aarhus is owned and managed by Aarhus Municipality as a financially independent company. The mayor and two city council members are automatically granted seats on the board of directors after municipal elections with the mayor assuming the position of chairman. The board consists of 7 members; 3 city council members, 3 members with a background in business and 1 representative elected among the employees of the port.

Aarhus is one of the oldest cities of Denmark, founded in the Viking Age in the 8th century at a natural harbor on the northern shores of a fjord. The fjord gradually narrowed into a river and in the 19th century the harbor was moved to the coast by the newly formed city council. In 1845-61 and 1883-90 the harbor was successively expanded into what became Nordhavnen (The North Harbor). In 1905-11 Sydhavnen (The South Harbor) was constructed in the form of a new, larger pier extending from the South along the East side of the harbor. In 1935-60 and 1984-1992 the North Harbor was expanded again and from 1975 another larger pier was constructed from South to North East.