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Container terminal and TFG cooperate

Container terminal and TFG cooperate

WILHELMSHAVEN. Alternative transport concepts were required when the Rahmedetalbrücke (A45) bridge was closed. As a result, the Südwestfalen container terminal and German rail subsidiary TFG Transfracht introduced a solution in March, which transported dead wood and...
Lower Saxony seaports take up position

Lower Saxony seaports take up position

EMDEN/OLDENBURG/STADE. In late April the Lower Saxony Seaports working group published a position paper for the election in Autumn 2022 (see https://www.seaports.de/en/) and named key areas of action at a federal state level concerning the seaports for the coming...
Future of Lloyd shipyard assured

Future of Lloyd shipyard assured

BREMERHAVEN. In March the management of the Lloyd shipyard in Bremerhaven withdrew its application for bankruptcy. The path was then free for the handover of the shipyard to the Bremerhaven-based Rönner Group, which is rooted in shipbuilding, and to the Gustav Zech...
“ColumbusHopper” creates link

“ColumbusHopper” creates link

BREMERHAVEN. Following the steel swing bridge accident in April 2021, long-term detours through the city were the result, in order to get to Columbusinsel. Meanwhile, the “ColumbusHopper” has taken over the task of providing a temporary link until a new bridge is...
Increase in number of Seabins

Increase in number of Seabins

BREMERHAVEN. bremenports has been using the Seabin, a floating rubbish bin, to skim the water surface in the Kaiserhafen for over a year. It collects up to four kilos of plastic. A second Seabin was assembled in the fishing port in March and let loose in the water....