Chamber helps Humber and Port of Esbjerg in Denmark form closer trading relations

Pictured signing the agreement via Zoom are (clockwise from top left) Phil Jones and Pauline Wade, chamber president and international director; and Jesper Bank and Dennis Jol Pedersen, Port of Esbjerg chief commercial officer and chief executive, as the partnership is formalised.

OFFICIALS in the Humber and the Danish port of Esbjerg have pledged to work closer together to banish the unwanted opportunity of Brexit widening the North Sea divide.
In an effort to ensure vital trade links - stretching from offshore wind to pigs - remain solid, an agreement has been signed by Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce and port officials in Denmark.
It will look to embrace the likes of Orsted, Siemens Gamesa, DFDS and Associated British Ports as regular meetings are formalised.
It comes as Esbjerg has already launched new border inspection posts, with the UK versions rolling out in the summer, having been granted a six month grace period.
Dennis Jul Pedersen, chief executive of Port of Esbjerg, said he had already been briefed by the British Embassy, and said there were some definite opportunities from the work.
“There is a way forward, we have similar collaboration with Eemshaven in Holland,” he said.