Growing in partnership
Project cargo requires space, transshipment expertise and someone to take charge. Ems Ports Agency and Stevedoring Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG (epas) in Emden and Dörpener Umschlaggesellschaft für den kombinierten Verkehr (DUK) in Dörpen demonstrate how a seaport and an inland port, along with an inland facility, can work hand in hand to the benefit of customers and service providers alike.
Wind of change to challenge stereotypes
Unfortunately, sexism is alive and well. Comments like “Unloading the dishwasher is a woman’s job” and “All you have to do to get your way is bat your eyelashes” are still all too common at many companies today. The ENERCON Women’s Network has put together a comprehensive package of measures to prevent these from taking hold at ENERCON.
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Community News
Refurbished lock gate returns
WILHELMSHAVEN. The Wasserstraßen- und Schifffahrtsamt (WSA) Weser-Jade-Nordsee announced in March the successful completion of the major refurbishment and conversion of the sliding gate at the Wilhelmshaven sea lock.
NPorts invests in Wilhelmshaven
WILHELMSHAVEN. The Wilhelmshaven site is set to become even more attractive to the maritime industry. This is because NPorts plans to invest a total of 25 million euros this year alone.
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Main Topic
Partnership as a competitive edge
Some talk of collaborations and networks, others of alliances. Regardless of the terminology used, the underlying concept is always one of pooling strengths – for example, sharing risks, reducing costs or accessing new markets. Especially in times of complex global challenges, such as those we face today, this type of collaboration seems to be developing into an efficient (survival) strategy.
We want you
Qualified trainees, students and skilled workers are in high demand in the maritime industry and logistics. LOGISTICS PILOT asked key players what employers in Bremen and Lower Saxony need to offer and which measures truly retain employees.
Rollercoaster Negotiations
The Mercosur Free Trade Agreement negotiations had been ongoing for over 25 years before the European Union and four of the Mercosur states –Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – signed the deal in Asunción, the Paraguayan capital, on 17 January 2026.
Logistics Story
Growing in partnership
Project cargo requires space, transshipment expertise and someone to take charge. Ems Ports Agency and Stevedoring Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG (epas) in Emden and Dörpener Umschlaggesellschaft für den kombinierten Verkehr (DUK) in Dörpen demonstrate how a seaport and an inland port, along with an inland facility, can work hand in hand to the benefit of customers and service providers alike.
Arrive. Anchor. Act.
Integration is and remains a challenge. But there are also success stories – for example, how the maritime industry and logistics in Bremen and Lower Saxony open up new paths for refugees and integrate them into the labour market.
Home game for scrap metal
New shipbreaking solutions are under development in northern Germany. Two companies plan to demonstrate that it is also possible here – in a way that is eco-friendly, innovative and economical.
Growing in partnership
Project cargo requires space, transshipment expertise and someone to take charge. Ems Ports Agency and Stevedoring Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG (epas) in Emden and Dörpener Umschlaggesellschaft für den kombinierten Verkehr (DUK) in Dörpen demonstrate how a seaport and an inland port, along with an inland facility, can work hand in hand to the benefit of customers and service providers alike.
Arrive. Anchor. Act.
Integration is and remains a challenge. But there are also success stories – for example, how the maritime industry and logistics in Bremen and Lower Saxony open up new paths for refugees and integrate them into the labour market.
Home game for scrap metal
New shipbreaking solutions are under development in northern Germany. Two companies plan to demonstrate that it is also possible here – in a way that is eco-friendly, innovative and economical.
Point of View
Digitalisation
Heavy goods seek digital brokerage
The HeavyBoost digital brokerage platform brings together cargo and free return transport capacity to minimise empty runs in heavy goods transport. The IT of the online platform, which received the BHV Project Logistics Award last year, was developed by Hanseatische Software-Entwicklungs- und Consulting GmbH (HEC), a company based in Bremen.
Ready to tackle the future
What does a port logistics specialist need to be capable of today and in the future? There is no denying that automation and digitalisation will change port operations and require new skills. German seaports have responded with the “PortSkill 4.0” project and are in the process of setting up a digital test and training centre (DTTC), where the necessary skills can be taught with a focus on practical application.
AI vs Rust
It can be expensive, or even dangerous, when sheet pile walls rust unnoticed. A research project aims to identify such risks at an earlier stage and plan maintenance more precisely by intelligently linking expertise, data and technology.
Heavy goods seek digital brokerage
The HeavyBoost digital brokerage platform brings together cargo and free return transport capacity to minimise empty runs in heavy goods transport. The IT of the online platform, which received the BHV Project Logistics Award last year, was developed by Hanseatische Software-Entwicklungs- und Consulting GmbH (HEC), a company based in Bremen.
Ready to tackle the future
What does a port logistics specialist need to be capable of today and in the future? There is no denying that automation and digitalisation will change port operations and require new skills. German seaports have responded with the “PortSkill 4.0” project and are in the process of setting up a digital test and training centre (DTTC), where the necessary skills can be taught with a focus on practical application.
AI vs Rust
It can be expensive, or even dangerous, when sheet pile walls rust unnoticed. A research project aims to identify such risks at an earlier stage and plan maintenance more precisely by intelligently linking expertise, data and technology.
Sustainability
Successful launch of new heavy-load shuttle
An inland waterway shuttle – a new transport option for heavy-load and project cargo organised by the Am Zehnhoff-Söns Group in cooperation with BLG LOGISTICS and a company from the construction machinery industry – has been running regularly between the ports of Bremen and the inland areas of western Germany since March.
Wind power in the wave flume
Looking into the future is already possible in the Large Wave Flume of the Coastal Research Center in Hannover-Marienwerder. Researchers are currently testing the jacket structure of an offshore wind turbine with a total height in excess of 300 metres in one of the world’s largest wave flumes.
New horizons for wind power projects
BLG and EUROGATE have pooled their expertise in Bremerhaven and are collaborating on projects for wind power components used in onshore and offshore projects – now under the brand name Eco Power Port. At the same time, BLG is further expanding its established transshipment business for onshore wind turbines at Neustädter Hafen.
Events
Portrait
Wind of change to challenge stereotypes
Unfortunately, sexism is alive and well. Comments like “Unloading the dishwasher is a woman’s job” and “All you have to do to get your way is bat your eyelashes” are still all too common at many companies today. The ENERCON Women’s Network has put together a comprehensive package of measures to prevent these from taking hold at ENERCON.
Caution! Dedicated logistics expert at work
For nearly twelve years, Albers Logistik in Varel has been undergoing an impressive transformation process, from a traditional road freight forwarder to import logistics company. This development is closely tied to the name Pascal Müller, who initially joined the company as an apprentice and most recently was appointed the managing director.
Global engine expertise, regionally anchored
MWB Motorenwerke Bremerhaven, which now goes by the name MWB Power, has represented reliable ship engine repair for more than five decades and offers a range of services that include train engine maintenance and LED services.
Wind of change to challenge stereotypes
Unfortunately, sexism is alive and well. Comments like “Unloading the dishwasher is a woman’s job” and “All you have to do to get your way is bat your eyelashes” are still all too common at many companies today. The ENERCON Women’s Network has put together a comprehensive package of measures to prevent these from taking hold at ENERCON.
Caution! Dedicated logistics expert at work
For nearly twelve years, Albers Logistik in Varel has been undergoing an impressive transformation process, from a traditional road freight forwarder to import logistics company. This development is closely tied to the name Pascal Müller, who initially joined the company as an apprentice and most recently was appointed the managing director.
Global engine expertise, regionally anchored
MWB Motorenwerke Bremerhaven, which now goes by the name MWB Power, has represented reliable ship engine repair for more than five decades and offers a range of services that include train engine maintenance and LED services.
