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as well as a substantial range of companies which are not

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Since the transition from state harbour to municipal

self-governing harbour in 2000, Esbjerg harbour has been

a stable business with a net annual turnover of around DKK

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sum of the harbour’s many companies and the knock-on ef-

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nies that the total effect of the activities at Esbjerg harbour

on the City of Esbjerg and Ribe County can be assumed to

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isolation in relation to the harbour area, the non-harbour-

related activities are Esbjerg harbour’s biggest single sector

in terms of turnover, followed by the offshore sector, the

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section 1 (the area from Vestkraft wharf and Europa wharf

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there are relatively more companies with plans for expan-

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location close to the wharves more highly than is the case

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the offshore companies, but the attitude to the future is also

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the non-harbour-related companies’ vision of the future is

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pessimism, which is understandable given developments

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question of creating room for company expansions in sec-

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The study’s concluding section illustrates, on the basis of

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tional/regional and local levels, how Esbjerg harbour may be

affected by external factors which can lead to both challenges

and opportunities which in many cases can appear quite sud-

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tial strengths and weaknesses in relation to food production

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parts are obvious areas of focus and are thus also included in

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activities close to or at the competence cluster level and they

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The general conclusion of the Fisheries and Maritime

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clear that the harbour activities are an important socio-eco-

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also shown that despite the harbour’s complicated structure,

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