, at the time the world's largest container ship, in Aarhus Harbor, 5 September 2006. Aarhus' central location within Denmark facilitates transport throughout the country and beyond The metropolitan area is a major hub for education and is home to many large companies; in particular in the sectors of food production, agriculture,
renewable energy and
green tech. Major companies include
Vestas Wind Systems A/S and
Arla Foods. Vestas is a
Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of
wind turbines and the largest in the world of its kind; and Arla is a Swedish-Danish dairy
cooperative with headquarters in
Aarhus and is the largest producer of
dairy products in
Scandinavia and the seventh largest dairy company in the world, measured by turnover. Among cooperative dairy companies, Arla is the third largest in the world. The primary harbour of the region is Aarhus harbour. It is the largest industrial harbour in Denmark and among largest in
Northern Europe, only surpassed by the Swedish industrial harbour in
Gothenburg in the
Kattegat sea area. With modern facilities, it handles approximately 12 million tonnes of cargo (2006) per year and is therefore among the 100 biggest container ports in the world. Greater Aarhus boasts a unique position in the global
wind energy market. It is home to some of the world's biggest manufacturers of wind turbines and constitutes the world's most advanced knowledge center. An array of suppliers and subcontractors, covers the entire supply chain and the sector benefits from a solid political backing of wind energy on local, regional and national level. The wind business cluster here has a long legacy of cooperation between manufacturers, suppliers, scientific communities and public authorities. As a knowledge hub and gathering point for the wind industry, Aarhus is likely to play a vital role in developing the wind energy systems of the future: · 87% of Denmark's combined turnover from wind energy is generated by businesses in the Greater Aarhus area · 53% of Denmark's high-skill wind employees work in the Greater Aarhus area · 57% of all top executives in the Danish wind industry work in the Greater Aarhus area · 14,000 employees in the Danish wind industry work within Central Region Denmark – 11,000 of them within one hour drive from Aarhus. ==Colleges and universities==