WILHELMSHAVEN. Excelsior, the second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) in Wilhelmshaven, is now operating as a floating LNG import terminal.

BREMEN. There is growing concern about massive drops in overseas business at the Bremen site, which has always focused heavily on the US.

WILHELMSHAVEN. An era came to an end on 15 April 2025, the 40th anniversary of Wilhelmshavener Hafenwirtschafts-Vereinigung (WHV).

BREMEN. In March, Thomas Nobel, MD of Deutsche GVZ-Gesellschaft, recommended that freight villages in Germany calculate their carbon footprint in the future.

BREMEN. Despite economic uncertainty and geopolitical crises, the BLG LOGISTICS GROUP was able to close the 2024 financial year with stable sales of 1.2 billion euros, an increase compared to the previous year.

KOPENHAGEN. The WindEurope exhibition in April was all about the future of wind power and the European energy transition. Seaports of Niedersachsen and NPorts also flew the flags of wind energy at the three-day event with a shared stand.

BREMEN. The Bremen Freight Forwarders Association (VBSp) appointed new board members at its AGM in early May.

BREMEN. No time to lose! Recommendations for the Green Focus Award can be submitted until 6 June using the online form at www.bremenports.de/nachhaltigkeit/green-focus.

BRANKE. In April, the J. MÜLLER Group founded J. MÜLLER Chartering GmbH with experienced sea freight partners.

WIESBADEN. Despite a challenging market environment, German seaports increased the volume of import and export transshipment in 2024. As announced by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) in March, around 274 million tonnes passed through the quays last year, equivalent to growth of a good 2.3 per cent compared to 2023.

Oldenburg. NPorts is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Over the past 20 years, a total of 15 port locations have been expanded, repaired and maintained at a cost of more than 1.5 billion euros.

BREMEN. Sabine Zeller, MD of Berufsbildungsstelle Seeschifffahrt (BBS), was delighted to present the 2024 BBS annual report in Rostock in March.

BREMERHAVEN. According to Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, it is essential that the German government allocates higher funds to German seaports.

BREMERHAVEN. Following a major fire in the machine room of the Bremerhaven bucket chain excavator at the end of 2024, a decision in April meant that repair was not justified given the high costs and age of the ship.

BREMEN. In May, the training work group of BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung launched a new website, the “Kompetenzatlas Weiterbildung”

PAPENBURG. In May, proRC GmbH announced an investment of approx. five million euros in a new processing and transshipment facility at the Papenburg port for building materials sourced from secondary raw materials.

HAMBURG. Dr Florian Keisinger joined the management board of the Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) on 1 April 2025 and took over from Daniel Hosseus as the managing director on 1 May 2025.

BREMEN. “Innovative Waterway Transportation” (InnoWaTr) is the title of an EU-funded Interreg North Sea project dedicated to shifting more cargo from the road to inland waterways.

OLDENBURG. In April, the new Seaports of Niedersachsen career page at www.seaports.de/karriere began advertising training and employment opportunities at Lower Saxony’s new seaports.

WILHELMSHAVEN. In May 2025, JadeWeserPort was successfully certified for the fifth time in accordance with the Brussels-based environmental initiative EcoPorts Port Environmental Review System (PERS), a tool used for the extensive analysis and monitoring of environmental management at ports.

SCHORTENS. The NORDFROST Group expanded its Executive Board in March from two to four members.

CUXHAVEN. Port expansion with the new berths 5 to 7 kicked off in February, and a new heavy-duty bridge should now also provide a direct connection from the transshipment and commercial spaces and the Siemens Gamesa factory behind the quay line to the B 73 federal motorway.

BREMEN. With over 15,800 visitors, Filmfest Bremen set a new record in March. The competition category “Gateways to the World – the Power of Ports” was organised for the first time with bremenports as a partner.

EMDEN. Built at MEYER WERFT, the Asuka III ship was supplied with all the essentials, from sieves to lemon squeezers, at the Emden seaport’s Papenburg shipyard in April before being handed over to its new owner, NYK Line.