BREMEN. Subject to the approval of the competition authorities, Austria-based international logistics firm Gebrüder Weiss (GW) has acquired parts of the sea and air freight business of Bremen-based Ipsen Logistics. At the contract signing in Bremen, Hans-Christian Specht and Eduard Dubbers-Albrecht, managing partners at Ipsen Logistics, met with (from left to right) Gebrüder Weiss’s Lothar Thoma, managing director of Air & Sea, and chairman Wolfram Senger-Weiss.
Emden to get a new naval port
EMDEN. On 5 October 2026, Germany’s Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced that a new naval port is to be built in Emden. “We currently have the smallest navy in the history of the Bundeswehr, whilst at the same time facing the largest and most extensive portfolio of tasks.









