by Dagmar Trepins and Bengt van Beuningen, Nordic LOG PR Kontor

Denmark has been a policy frontrunner in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, planning to slash its footprint by 70% (vs 1990 levels) by this decade's end towards carbon neutrality in 2050.

Among many other initiatives, the state has provided over €37 million in support of 14 new electric car ferry projects to that end (as diesel-driven ferries contribute up to one-fifth to the total CO2 emissions of small Danish municipalities).

Consequently, several local authorities and ferrying companies showed interest in receiving up to 25% cost coverage for building new or green-retrofitting existing ferries.

But there is also movement at the grassroots, including a seasonal bicycle ferry that has been connecting Denmark and Germany across the Flensburg Firth/Fjord (Baltic's westernmost inlet) since 2019.

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