The consortium Danske Flådeskibe K/S, in charge of designing and producing new patrol vessels for the Royal Danish Navy, stands ready to take on the entire task of delivering and servicing new Arctic patrol ships and future frigates for Denmark
Danske Flådeskibe K/S press release
Danske Flådeskibe K/S will gain a strong presence in Esbjerg through the international engineering and construction company Semco Maritime, which has entered into an agreement to take ownership of Danske Flådeskibe K/S.
Hans Schneider, CEO of Danske Flådeskibe K/S – formerly Danske Patruljeskibe K/S – is delighted to be able to reach another milestone:
“Danish production of powerful ships for the Navy is the fastest way to deliver capacity and secure supplies to the Armed Forces for the many years to come. With Semco Maritime as part of Danske Flådeskibe K/S, we can deliver the entire package to the Danish armed forces when it comes to both state-of-the-art frigates and Arctic ships – from design, outfitting and launching to servicing the finished ships. All with maximum use of Danish expertise and full control over production capacity. We want and need to involve Danish industry in delivering this important national task. We expect to deliver the first ship to the Navy as early as 2029”, he says.
Semco Maritime has leading competences in the maritime field and decades of concrete experience as a turnkey supplier. Steen Brødbæk, CEO of Semco Maritime, is excited about the prospect of joining the consortium and playing a key role in the expansion of the Danish fleet.
“We look forward to becoming part of Danske Flådeskibe K/S, which contains some of the world’s best capabilities in the delivery of military ships. Rarely does an assignment make as much sense as delivering new ships to the Danish Navy for the benefit of Danish security and Danish jobs. We bring experience from the maritime sector and complex offshore and infrastructure projects, and we look forward to ensuring a strong collaboration with Danish industrial and service companies across the country in order to meet the ambitions and wishes of the Danish Defence“, he says.
Semco Maritime has existing facilities and good expansion opportunities at the Port of Esbjerg, which has a good strategic location and status as a NATO port following significant investments in infrastructure.
The consortium Danske Flådeskibe K/S will thus have a solid foundation for solving complex projects and ensuring efficient integration of components and equipment as part of military shipbuilding. At the same time, Esbjerg and the Region of Southern Denmark have proud maritime traditions and access to a highly experienced and adaptable workforce with specialised competencies in project execution and maritime services.
Following the planned expansion of the ownership group, the consortium behind Danske Flådeskibe K/S will consist of Denmark’s largest defence company: Terma, Odense Maritime Technology, a world leader in the design of military ships with ongoing frigate projects in the UK, Poland and Singapore, one of Denmark’s largest pension funds and investors in infrastructure, PensionDanmark, and Semco Maritime.
Danske Flådeskibe K/S is currently preparing for the construction of the Danish Armed Forces’ new Arctic ships, which the government, together with the defence alliance, has decided to procure.
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Naval News comments:
The consortium – made up of Terma, Odense Maritime Technology (OMT), PensionDanmark and now Semco Maritime – changed its name from “Danske Patruljeskibe” (Danish Patrol Ships) to “Danske Flådeskibe” (Danish Naval Ships). It was in June 2023 awarded a contract by the Danish Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) to undertake ‘front end’ engineering and design activity for a new class of flexible patrol ship for the RDN. The two-year contract represents the first part of a long-term plan to deliver the RDN a class of up to six flexible patrol ships and at the same time reinvigorate Denmark’s national capability for warship design and build.
Originally intended for sovereignty patrols and environmental monitoring/pollution control, the new patrol ships are now expected to feature both point defence and offensive anti-surface warfare missile systems as a core fit.
The Danish Ministry of Defense in January 2025 decided to adapt the design project for patrol ships for Arctic missions, a necessary move in view of changed security situation in, among others, the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.
