Port of Odense has launched a comprehensive port extension at Lindø, which will cost around DKK 358 million (approx. EUR 48 million).
LINDØ port of ODENSE – named to represent Lindø Industrial Park and its owner, the Port of Odense – will have at disposal additional 500,000 square metres of harbour area, new quays extending more than 1,000 metres, and the Lindø Coastal Park that will eventually enable public access.
The extension will be carried out in stages of sand, soil and gravel fill, and within a few years a major part of the project area will come into use.
“Development at Lindø has been much faster than anticipated. Therefore we have speeded up our port extension to allow us, within a few years, to offer new facilities both to our old clients and to new ones,” said Carsten Aa , CEO of LINDØ port of ODENSE.
The background for the port extension is an ongoing requirement for more space at Lindø where more or less all facilities are now leased out. Since the establishment of Lindø Industrial Park in 2009, 88 companies in offshore and heavy industries have settled there.
At the same time, the management of LINDØ port of ODENSE said it anticipates increasing demand for the handling of cargo at Lindø, and wants to be well prepared for a situation when the future multi-million market for decommissioning of offshore wind turbines and oil and gas platforms from the North Sea will gather momentum.
The Port of Odense said that, as of today, Lindø has one of the biggest and strongest gantry cranes in Northern Europe, which are capable of lifting and transporting units of up to 1,000 tonnes, and the port extension will include the establishment of a special pavement area with a load-bearing capacity of 70t/m2, which will allow even very big mobile cranes to operate.
Along with the harbour activities, the owner will also implement two nature compensation projects along Odense Fjord. Two breeding areas for birds will be established at existing sea marks in Gabet at the entrance to Odense Fjord, and 10 hectares of arable land at Lumby Strand will be converted into wetlands.
Finally, Lindø Coastal Park will be laid out; the eastern embankment of the new port towards Boels Bro boat harbour will be an area of public access with recreational stretches of wood, meadow and seaside. At the outermost point of the embankment, a vista tower will be erected to offer panoramic views of Odense Fjord.