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FREDERIKSHAVN ADDED TO THE OFFSHORE MAP Legend Limit for dredged area Asphalt Concrete-stone DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF PLUG AND ABANDON Normal gravel Another reason for the extension was the potential for Base course gravel Hard covering service to the offshore industry appearing when Hirtshals Dredged til 7m harbour in 2010 and 2011 saw the frst drilling rigs call- Dredged to 11m ing. That inspired Offshore Base Scandinavia to declare Dredged to 12m Station as their mission to create the strongest maritime cluster of Northern Europe, as this was a new business area worth grabbing at. So, in this way the frst drilling rigs Stage 1 – Jetty, cover stones 25,000m 2 (Requirement: 25,000 m 2 ) Stage 2 – Jetty, decommissioning 5,000m 2 (Requirement: 5,000 m 2 ) made public institutions and private companies merge Stage 3 – Hinterland 333,000 m 2 (Requirement: 300,000 m 2 ) into a strong group aware of the importance of consider- ing this market, and frst tendencies seems to indicate that they were right. “Some people have realized that things happen in other towns than Esbjerg, and we have decided to develop the area instead of closing it down. Our competitors are all Europe, but obviously Scotland, Norway, the Netherlands and Poland, just like Lindø and Esbjerg are our national competitors. However, when donning the national ▲ 53 / FREDERIKSHAVN ADDED TO THE OFFSHORE MAP