Bundle, combine, accelerate
From the port to the hinterland, and from the customer to the quay: in Bremen and Wilhelmshaven, two freight villages demonstrate how clever logistics can strengthen locations, shorten routes and link modes of transport – and reveal how to ensure this same level of success in the future.
Securing freight
Heavy loads like wind turbines, huge cranes and complex generators are Noah Maritime’s bread and butter. Based in Emden, the maritime service provider specialises in securing and lashing cargo and has made a name for itself in the field of project cargo logistics and increased its business fivefold within three years. How did the company manage that?
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Second FSRU moors on the Jadet
WILHELMSHAVEN. Excelsior, the second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Wilhelmshaven, is now operating as a floating LNG import terminal.
Trade war costs Bremen freight forwarders work
BREMEN. There is growing concern about massive drops in overseas business at the Bremen site, which has always focused heavily on the US.
New President at WHV
WILHELMSHAVEN. An era came to an end on 15 April 2025, the 40th anniversary of Wilhelmshavener Hafenwirtschafts-Vereinigung (WHV).
Freight villages should calculate carbon footprint
BREMEN. In March, Thomas Nobel, MD of Deutsche GVZ-Gesellschaft, recommended that freight villages in Germany calculate their carbon footprint in the future.
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Sprucing up the hinterland
According to the “Traffic Forecast 2040” presented in October 2024, traffic in Germany will grow significantly by 2040, especially in the freight sector. The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport Affairs (BMDV) estimates that transport volume will increase by around a third compared to 2019 – from 689 to 905 billion tonne-kilometres. This development will also pose numerous challenges for the infrastructure of the ports in the hinterland. Nevertheless, strategies and projects are already in place that integrate lorry, rail and land waterway transportation in different ways.
Cooperation as a crisis strategy?
The maritime industry is facing major challenges, and not only with regard to the energy transition and the transformation to a climate-neutral economy. Market players also have to contend with geopolitical conflicts and cyberattacks. Experts from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the Association of German Seaport Operators, the Fraunhofer Centre for Maritime Logistics and Services and the German Maritime Institute view this explosive cocktail from their respective standpoints – and have various ideas for cooperation.
Held up, delayed and diverted?
There will always be transport pitfalls in the port hinterland, regardless of the chosen transport mode. HGV transport is susceptible to traffic, bridges with weight restrictions and driver shortages, and rail to line closures, speed restrictions and the...
Logistics Story
Bundle, combine, accelerate
From the port to the hinterland, and from the customer to the quay: in Bremen and Wilhelmshaven, two freight villages demonstrate how clever logistics can strengthen locations, shorten routes and link modes of transport – and reveal how to ensure this same level of success in the future.
Distributors between the ports
Companies such as Glomb in Bremerhaven, Weets in Emden or Beeken in Hamburg are specialists in intelligent container logistics and guarantee efficient networking between the key German seaports.
Cuxhaven advances the energy transition
Deutsches Offshore-Industrie-Zentrum in Cuxhaven has assumed a prominent role in wind power expansion in the North Sea and the associated energy transition. Construction of the new berths 5 to 7, in particular, plays a key role and is due to be completed by 2028.
Bundle, combine, accelerate
From the port to the hinterland, and from the customer to the quay: in Bremen and Wilhelmshaven, two freight villages demonstrate how clever logistics can strengthen locations, shorten routes and link modes of transport – and reveal how to ensure this same level of success in the future.
Distributors between the ports
Companies such as Glomb in Bremerhaven, Weets in Emden or Beeken in Hamburg are specialists in intelligent container logistics and guarantee efficient networking between the key German seaports.
Cuxhaven advances the energy transition
Deutsches Offshore-Industrie-Zentrum in Cuxhaven has assumed a prominent role in wind power expansion in the North Sea and the associated energy transition. Construction of the new berths 5 to 7, in particular, plays a key role and is due to be completed by 2028.
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Digitalisation
Understanding language
Digital voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa have been around for years, but such technology can also have applications in shipping. The Fraunhofer Centre for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML) has developed the “Mar FM” speech recognition system, which is by far not only applicable in the maritime industry.
Container overboard
With a novel combination of a tracking unit and a communication platform, Jade University aims to make it easier to locate containers lost at sea in future.
Digital coffee
Coffee logistics has been the bread and butter of the long-standing Vollers company in Bremen for more than 90 years. But digital services such as a digital marketplace and, more recently, a global auction platform and its corresponding interfaces have become increasingly important.
Understanding language
Digital voice assistants such as Siri and Alexa have been around for years, but such technology can also have applications in shipping. The Fraunhofer Centre for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML) has developed the “Mar FM” speech recognition system, which is by far not only applicable in the maritime industry.
Container overboard
With a novel combination of a tracking unit and a communication platform, Jade University aims to make it easier to locate containers lost at sea in future.
Digital coffee
Coffee logistics has been the bread and butter of the long-standing Vollers company in Bremen for more than 90 years. But digital services such as a digital marketplace and, more recently, a global auction platform and its corresponding interfaces have become increasingly important.
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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.
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Securing freight
Heavy loads like wind turbines, huge cranes and complex generators are Noah Maritime’s bread and butter. Based in Emden, the maritime service provider specialises in securing and lashing cargo and has made a name for itself in the field of project cargo logistics and increased its business fivefold within three years. How did the company manage that?
Not just when the damage has been done
For over 110 years, Battermann + Tillery has specialised in the neutral assessment of transport and cargo damage. However, the Bremen-based company is not only consulted as a global expert when damage occurs, but also increasingly when it comes to damage prevention.
Diversification as an open secret to success
In November, the Anker Schiffahrt company celebrated its 60th anniversary in Emden – and therefore six decades in which the fully owned Leschaco subsidiary has continued to expand its range of services for the automotive and paper industries as well as its expertise in port services.
Securing freight
Heavy loads like wind turbines, huge cranes and complex generators are Noah Maritime’s bread and butter. Based in Emden, the maritime service provider specialises in securing and lashing cargo and has made a name for itself in the field of project cargo logistics and increased its business fivefold within three years. How did the company manage that?
Not just when the damage has been done
For over 110 years, Battermann + Tillery has specialised in the neutral assessment of transport and cargo damage. However, the Bremen-based company is not only consulted as a global expert when damage occurs, but also increasingly when it comes to damage prevention.
Diversification as an open secret to success
In November, the Anker Schiffahrt company celebrated its 60th anniversary in Emden – and therefore six decades in which the fully owned Leschaco subsidiary has continued to expand its range of services for the automotive and paper industries as well as its expertise in port services.
