Solid start to 2025 reaches new heights: Significant increase in container turnover in May

Container traffic at Denmark's largest commercial port has grown significantly in the first half of 2025.

Figures for the month of May show an increase of over 30 percent compared with the same period last year.

That's a growth from 53,212 TEU to 69,583 TEU (TEU =20-foot containers)

Week 22 saw two dashes set during a busy month of May with a new record for the number of containers handled in a single week. The new record is now 19,127 TEU.

The many containers have sailed to Aarhus with significantly more ships. In May, 51 container ships entered the container terminal in Aarhus. That's an increase of over 34 percent.

“I am pleased that together with the industry and companies at the port, we are able to deliver solid growth in container turnover. This is happening at a time when new container routes have arrived in Aarhus, at the same time as geopolitical uncertainty intensifies and when global trade shifts are taking place. Our task as a port is to secure the supply at all times regardless of the circumstances. Despite the pressure on our quay areas, we are in a good place with efficient and competitive operations,” says Thomas Haber Borch, CEO of Aarhus Harbour.

The growth builds on the already solid first four months of 2025, when the Port of Aarhus experienced an increase of over 14 percent compared to the same period in 2024.

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