BLG reports a stable financial year
BREMEN. Despite geopolitical crises, a weakening German economy and ongoing uncertainties in global trade, the BLG Logistics Group has closed its 2025 financial year on a stable note.
A new take on sustainability
28.09.2023
BREMERHAVEN. A new chapter in sustainability communication was launched at “ENVOCONNECT” in Bremerhaven in September. As part of the revised congress programme, comprising keynote speeches, best-case scenarios and panel debates, numerous experts spoke on topics such as “Energy Transition in the Port” and “Climate Protection within the Infrastructure”. Speakers included Dr Kira Vinke, Head of the Centre for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Uli Mayer-Johanssen, member of the German Chapter of the Club of Rome and expert in vision and transformation processes, and Sara Ryglewski, Minister of State for Federal-State Relations and Head of the State Secretaries’ Committee for Sustainable Development in the German Chancellery. The event was opened by Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economics, Ports and Transformation. “With “ENVOCONNECT”, we intend to create a platform where science and business interact, in order to discuss strategies to overcome the numerous challenges we face today”, stated Robert Howe, MD bremenports.
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Expansion of Speckenbüttel Port Station begins
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BLG reports a stable financial year
BREMEN. Despite geopolitical crises, a weakening German economy and ongoing uncertainties in global trade, the BLG Logistics Group has closed its 2025 financial year on a stable note.
Extension of tonnage tax boosts wind energy
BERLIN/HAMBURG. The Offshore Wind Energy Foundation and the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) have expressly welcomed the plan by the Federal Government’s Coordinator for Maritime Economy and Tourism, Dr Christoph Ploß, to extend the tonnage tax to vessels in the offshore wind sector.
Expansion of Speckenbüttel Port Station begins
BREMERHAVEN. The Bremen Senate is providing around 56 million euros for the expansion. Among other things, these funds will be used to build seven additional tracks, each approximately 740 metres long. There are also plans to digitise the existing infrastructure to improve the port’s connection to the hinterland.
Bremerhaven sets an example for green shipping
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