About 61,000 persons are directly employed in Blue Denmark, and about 36,000 persons are indirectly employed in Blue Denmark. In total, this corresponds to 3.4 per cent of Danish employment.
All in all, Danish maritime companies account for approximately one-fourth of Denmark's total exports.
Read more about employment and production in Blue Denmark in this report
Blue Denmark consists of shipowners and shipping companies and a wide number of businesses whose activities emanate from international and Danish shipping. They are, for example, shipbrokers, ports and logistics companies.
Shipyards and industrial and service companies that supply equipment, components and service to ships are also part of Blue Denmark.