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Chancellor Merz visits the BLG Group

04.11.2025

The photo shows six people wearing orange safety vests on a port site, with yellow container cranes visible in the background. Stacked containers can be seen in the background on the left. Everyone is wearing suits or formal attire; the occasion is a visit by Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who is one of the people in the photo. Matthias Magnor, Kristina Vogt, Melf Grantz, Andreas Bovenschulte, and Michael Blach can also be seen.

BREMERHAVEN. In early October, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (3rd from left) paid his inaugural visit to the Bremen Senate and took the opportunity to gain an impression of the efficiency of Bremen’s ports at the BLG Autoterminal and EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven. The visit focussed on the importance of seaports for the German economy, the energy transition and security of supply. The Federal Chancellor was accompanied by the President of the Bremen Senate, Andreas Bovenschulte, Bremen’s Senator for Economics, Ports and Transformation, Kristina Vogt, the Lord Mayor of the City of Bremerhaven, Melf Grantz, Matthias Magnor, Board Chairman of BLG LOGISTICS, and Michael Blach, member on the BLG Board and EUROGATE Group Managing Director, as well as other representatives from the worlds of politics and business. Merz emphasised: “I am impressed by the efficiency of this site. The port of Bremerhaven is indispensable for global trade and a strategically important location – not only for Germany but for the entire European Union.”

Credits: BLG LOGISTICS

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