In 1991, in response to the recession in local shipyards, the local authorities in North Jutland (Denmark) sought to develop other types of activities connected with the port.

The NTC acts as a clearinghouse for goods transport around Aalborg. It covers a total area of 420 000 m2. In 1991, the first building (a distribution centre) was built with the support of the EU.

The NTC has several functions: there is an enormous storage area for various types of products, with the equipment required for each category; it is - of course - a goods distribution centre, and it provides various business services and office space for many national and international transport companies, which can thus be very close to their physical operations.

The NTC has grown steadily and opened two more buildings. The NTC is ideally located to act as a national centre, oriented in particular towards trade with Greenland, and to act as an interface between Scandinavia and the rest of continental Europe. It is the most northern of the European intermodal transport centres and offers access to the road and rail networks as well as to the docks.

The total costs were 7 million DKK, of which the EU contributed 2 million.

The European Union helped finance the first building of the distribution centre.

Aalborg Havn A/S
Peter J. Petersen, tel. + 45 99 30 15 30

01/01/1991

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Urban Policy > Transport and infrastructure

Water transport