About Dania

At Dania Connect, we make the world smaller, the route shorter and the haulage of shipping containers more sustainable.

Since 1938, Dania Connect’s ever-growing fleet of trains, trucks and trailers has connected Danish container terminals with origins and final destinations for overseas cargo.

Today, every container is handled and moved with precision – and with proven responsibility with regards to the climate, the environment, safety and working conditions.

For a quarter of a century, light blue blood has coursed through our company’s veins. A life force that continues to define our mind-set and actions.

At Dania Connect, all roads are therefore paved with due diligence – and a modern mind-set.

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The owners of Dania Connect

Group CEO Frank Hjortekær-Jensen (photo) owns 50,1% of the parent company behind Dania Group, while the remaining 49,9% is owned by the Danish private equity fund Blue Equity. In 2012, Frank took over the ownership of Dania Connect A/S (then Dania Trucking A/S) from the A.P. Møller – Mærsk Group in a management buyout, while Blue Equity bought into the company in 2022. In addition, the entire management and the majority of the employees have an ownership stake in Dania Group.

Frank has extensive experience from the transport industry, just as a management education from the years under the light blue star still shines through in several aspects of the operation. Not least when it comes to qualities such as due diligence, consideration and business ethics.

Frank Hjortekaer-Jensen on LinkedIn

Facts about Dania Connect

Number of employees (2023)
142
Average age (2023)
48 years
Average length of service (2023)
7,5 years
Number of Trucks (2023)
420 (incl. permanent hauliers)
Number of Trailers (2023)
1100
Number of Train Departures (2023)
20 per week
Offices
Aarhus (Head Office), Helsingborg, Gothenburg and Stockholm
Terminals / Depots
Helsingborg and Katrineholm
Space
60,000 kvm

A long history. Short

1938
The shipping agency Thor Jørgensen A/S (TJ) is founded in Copenhagen.
1976
Dania Trucking A/S is formed as a separate company.
2007
Maersk’s activities in Denmark, including Dania Trucking A/S, are placed in a separate division and become part of APM Terminals.
2020
As part of updating the company’s profile, Dania Trucking A/S changes its name to Dania Connect A/S.
2023
The Dania Group acquires Sweden's largest transporter of shipping containers, GDL Sjöcontainer AB
1965
As one of the first agencies in Denmark, TJ offers port-to-door transport
1987
A.P. Moller – Maersk acquires TJ and Dania Trucking A/S.
2012
The management of Dania Trucking A/S acquires the company through a management buyout.
2022
The Danish Private Equity Fund Blue Equity buys 40% of Dania Connect A/S.
1938
The shipping agency Thor Jørgensen A/S (TJ) is founded in Copenhagen.
1965
As one of the first agencies in Denmark, TJ offers port-to-door transport
1976
Dania Trucking A/S is formed as a separate company.
1987
A.P. Moller – Maersk acquires TJ and Dania Trucking A/S.
2007
Maersk’s activities in Denmark, including Dania Trucking A/S, are placed in a separate division and become part of APM Terminals.
2012
The management of Dania Trucking A/S acquires the company through a management buyout.
2020
As part of updating the company’s profile, Dania Trucking A/S changes its name to Dania Connect A/S.
2022
The Danish Private Equity Fund Blue Equity buys 40% of Dania Connect A/S.
2023
The Dania Group acquires Sweden's largest transporter of shipping containers, GDL Sjöcontainer AB