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Bank’s presentation shows how Esbjerg is pivoting to become one of those specialist ports. Given what it once was – a modest fishing port – there are big lessons for Irish ports wishing to do likewise. He repeatedly highlights the social impacts reaped at each stage of its natural progression. But with the ever-increasing size of turbines, vessels and logistical equipment, combined with a dramatic increase in market size, port capacity has become a bottleneck.
The port is publicly owned by Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée, the second-largest region in France, and privately managed. It is spending more than €680 million enlarging facilities, with funding secured through the regional government to ensure it does not transgress EU state aid rules. Backing at regional-government level derisked the port’s expansion, Debize says. The priority now – having got the private sector on board, including Euroports – is to ensure a skilled workforce is integrated into the region “to be ready for the commercial farms” coming down the tracks.
Case studies in the report also highlighted the positive societal impact generated by port infrastructure projects, including those at Port-La Nouvelle, which attracted private investment following the success of the initial partly state-funded projects.
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