Port of Aarhus

🇩🇰 Denmark

Baltic Sea · Container Terminal

UN/LOCODE
DKAAR
Country
🇩🇰 Denmark
Port Type
Container Terminal
Ocean Region
Baltic Sea
Latitude
56.1500° N
Longitude
10.2200° E

Regional Risk Context — Baltic Sea

In the last 180 days, ArcNautical recorded 52 vessel arrivals at Aarhus, with Cargo accounting for 62% of port calls — higher than the Baltic Sea regional average of 46%. Aarhus in Denmark operates in a semi-enclosed shallow basin with seasonal ice and the strictest environmental regime in commercial shipping. December–April ice coverage requires vessels to meet Finnish-Swedish Ice Class for independent navigation or rely on icebreaker escort, and ice-edge position varies enough between years that conventional deterministic routing models fail. Since 2022, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has transformed the security architecture: NATO maritime presence has increased substantially, and sanctions against Russian energy exports have disrupted traditional traffic patterns. The Baltic is also a designated Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) and Sulphur Emission Control Area (SECA), requiring low-sulphur fuel or exhaust gas cleaning systems.

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Sea Distances

Routed sea distances from Aarhus to the principal global hubs, computed by ArcNautical's routing engine — around land and through the canals a ship actually uses, not great-circle.

Top Vessel Types (last 180 days)

Across 52 distinct vessel arrivals, 52 carry a confirmed AIS ship-type code. The most common categories at Aarhus:

62%
Cargo
32 vessels
10%
Passenger
5 vessels
10%
Tanker
5 vessels
8%
Sailing
4 vessels
4%
Military Ops
2 vessels

Port State Control Context

Aarhus falls under the Paris MoU. The Paris Memorandum of Understanding does not publish a bulk per-vessel detention CSV. ArcNautical evaluates per-vessel detention probability using flag-state performance (3-year rolling rate from the 2024 Paris MoU annual report), vessel age, deficiency history, and ownership transparency. Paris MoU PSC inspections remain among the most rigorous globally.

Recent Arrivals at Aarhus

Last 10 vessel arrivals recorded by ArcNautical's AIS pipeline (last 90 days):

ArrivedVesselFlagType
2026-08-04 PRINSESSE ISABELLA 🇩🇰 DK Passenger
2026-08-01 PRINSESSE ISABELLA 🇩🇰 DK Passenger
2026-07-31 PRINSESSE ISABELLA 🇩🇰 DK Passenger
2026-07-30 ORANESS 🇩🇰 DK Tanker
2026-07-30 ORANESS 🇩🇰 DK Tanker
2026-07-30 ORANESS 🇩🇰 DK Tanker
2026-07-30 ORANESS 🇩🇰 DK Tanker
2026-07-30 ORANESS 🇩🇰 DK Tanker
2026-07-30 ORANESS 🇩🇰 DK Tanker
2026-07-30 RIX TERRA 🇨🇾 CY Unknown

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