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.
The best possible remedy
Whilst the bridge collision on the River Hunte in Elsfleth poses an enormous challenge for the port industry, it has also revealed what is possible if everyone involved and those affected in business and politics work together to achieve solutions.
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Leschaco: Fahrenholz succeeds Oestreich as COO
BREMEN. In April, Nils Fahrenholz (left) succeeded Oliver Oestreich (right) as COO and thus as a management board member in the Leschaco Group.
ZDS welcomes end to special treatment in antitrust legislation
HAMBURG. The Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) welcomed the European Commission’s decision not to extend the block exemption regulation, which had allowed shipping consortia to agree on which ships could dock at which ports and transshipment facilities and how often.
“Port Investments Study 2024” published
PARIS. At its annual conference in Paris in late April, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) released the results of its Port Investments Study 2024, according to which the European port management authorities’ investment needs will rise to 80 billion euros in the next ten years.
DAKOSY and dbh: digital “authorisation for pickup”
BERMEN/HAMBURG. In the future, a uniform digital release process that goes by the name “Secure Release Order” will gradually replace the pin code-based process for container import through German seaports.
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“Accidents cannot be ruled out completely”
All eyes have been on Baltimore recently – the collision between the “Dali” and a bridge has fuelled much discussion regarding shipping accidents. In light of this, experts from the German Central Command for Maritime Emergencies in Cuxhaven, the Otto Wulf company, the Bremen Freight Forwarders Association and HDI Global outline their specific views on incidents at sea and their consequences for the maritime environment.
En route to a new order
The world is in flux – things we once understood to be true are now different. But how are developments as diverse as the post-pandemic boom in new builds, piracy in the Red Sea and China’s geopolitical aims affecting the maritime economy? And how do all these puzzle pieces fit together?
The figureds speak for themselves
Statistics are a useful tool in many ways as they reveal regularities and help make well-founded decisions.
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The best possible remedy
Whilst the bridge collision on the River Hunte in Elsfleth poses an enormous challenge for the port industry, it has also revealed what is possible if everyone involved and those affected in business and politics work together to achieve solutions.
Foresight pays off
Based in Bremen, the F. A. Vinnen & Co. shipping specialist has often had to navigate turbulent times over the past seven generations. In an interview with LOGISTICS PILOT, the managing director and owner, Michael Vinnen, explains how the medium-sized company does just that.
Better training in Buxtehude
The NSB Group has two new ship navigation simulators, with which the ship management company plans to train the crews of the freighters it manages itself as well as those of other shipping companies. It is based in Buxtehude in the state of Lower Saxony, close to Hamburg.
The best possible remedy
Whilst the bridge collision on the River Hunte in Elsfleth poses an enormous challenge for the port industry, it has also revealed what is possible if everyone involved and those affected in business and politics work together to achieve solutions.
Foresight pays off
Based in Bremen, the F. A. Vinnen & Co. shipping specialist has often had to navigate turbulent times over the past seven generations. In an interview with LOGISTICS PILOT, the managing director and owner, Michael Vinnen, explains how the medium-sized company does just that.
Better training in Buxtehude
The NSB Group has two new ship navigation simulators, with which the ship management company plans to train the crews of the freighters it manages itself as well as those of other shipping companies. It is based in Buxtehude in the state of Lower Saxony, close to Hamburg.
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Digitalisation
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.
Why trucks should meet more often
Start-up MANSIO plans to reinvent road transport with the help of AI. Longer transport routes are divided into legs on which regional transport companies operate and work together in a network with relay transports. Semi-trailers are handed over to the next driver at the relay locations. This is intended to solve numerous issues at once.
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.
Why trucks should meet more often
Start-up MANSIO plans to reinvent road transport with the help of AI. Longer transport routes are divided into legs on which regional transport companies operate and work together in a network with relay transports. Semi-trailers are handed over to the next driver at the relay locations. This is intended to solve numerous issues at once.
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A promising niche
The Bremen-based company Carl Ungewitter has specialised in importing natural asphalt and the logistics related to it since it was founded 146 years ago, but also offers transport services for the North African crude oil supply industry and has developed a patented pothole repair system.
Challenging Times
In January, Hansa Meyer Global’s “Engineering Sustainable Transports of Tomorrow” concept was honoured with the “BHV Project Logistics Award”. Despite all the elation, the Bremen-based company has mixed feelings about the current global situation.
Low-pressure system Bernd caused extensive damage
Global warming has been causing more and more natural disasters over the years, resulting in insurers and reinsurers facing mounting costs. As a result of this development, Allianz – a German multinational financial services company – is increasingly focussing on risk advice as well as on a more appropriate distribution of costs.
A promising niche
The Bremen-based company Carl Ungewitter has specialised in importing natural asphalt and the logistics related to it since it was founded 146 years ago, but also offers transport services for the North African crude oil supply industry and has developed a patented pothole repair system.
Challenging Times
In January, Hansa Meyer Global’s “Engineering Sustainable Transports of Tomorrow” concept was honoured with the “BHV Project Logistics Award”. Despite all the elation, the Bremen-based company has mixed feelings about the current global situation.
Low-pressure system Bernd caused extensive damage
Global warming has been causing more and more natural disasters over the years, resulting in insurers and reinsurers facing mounting costs. As a result of this development, Allianz – a German multinational financial services company – is increasingly focussing on risk advice as well as on a more appropriate distribution of costs.
