In the near future, the Danish Defence Forces will no longer share berths with cruise ships and fishing trawlers at Nuuk Port in Greenland.

As part of Friday’s partial agreement on the Arctic, the Ministry of Defence has announced that the Danish Defence Forces will have their own naval berth—a special berth for Danish Defence vessels.

This will be established as part of the Port of Nuuk’s expansion.

This will be done in collaboration between the Ministry of Defence and the Greenlandic company Sikuki Nuuk Harbour, which is owned by the Greenlandic self-government.

Minister of Defence Troels Lund Poulsen calls it “crucial” that the Defence has “the best possible working conditions”.

“I am therefore very pleased that the Defence and Sikuki Nuuk Harbour are collaborating on the establishment of a naval quay for the Defence, so that the Defence’s ships can have a dedicated port for the ships,” says Troels Lund Poulsen.

The expansion will take place during the autumn.

The press release does not state when the naval quay will be put into use.

However, the expansion of Nuuk Harbour will not be put out to tender until the autumn.

The quay will also benefit the local community. This will be done by opening it up when the Defence or allies are not present in the harbour, so that civilian shipping can also use it.

This pleases Major General Søren Andersen, head of Arctic Command in Greenland.

“A naval quay will also increase the use of local companies and suppliers and not least strengthen the already close cooperation with Sikuki Nuuk Harbour,” says Søren Andersen.

The new Arctic agreement also allocates money for two additional Arctic ships.

It had already been agreed that three new Arctic vessels would be acquired.

Source: KNR (in Danish)