OLDENBURG. NPorts is pursuing a progressive balance between work, family and private life, as confirmed in May for the third time in a row by the berufundfamilie Service GmbH certificate.

HAMBURG. On 1 April, Mario Janssen took over management of the ro-ro carrier division of the Japanese shipping company MOL for the Europe and Africa regions. Janssen had been the sales director for the segment he now oversees in Hamburg with around 80 employees.

BREMEN. According to reports by Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung (DVZ), Alexander Global Logistics (AGL), a Bremen-based freight forwarder, is planning a huge expansion of storage and transshipment capacity for pulp and paper in Bremerhaven.

WILHELMSHAVEN. At a press conference in early April, NPorts Managing Director Holger Banik announced that the company is planning to invest roughly another four million euros at their Wilhelmshaven site, Hooksiel, in 2024, with another approximately six million euros allocated for the maintenance, renovation and repair of the existing port structures.

SCHORTENS. Since March, the frozen food logistics company NORDFROST has now been delivering its products with a digital delivery note via Cloud4Log and is thus paving the way for an even higher degree in transparency.

CUXHAVEN. The German government adopted its national port strategy in March, thus announcing its financial investment in the Cuxhaven transshipment location, which is key to on and offshore wind energy, with around 100 million euros set aside for berths 5 to 7.

BREMERHAVEN. Following its successful kick-off last year, ENVOCONNECT will, once again, take place on 19 and 20 September 2024.

BREMEN. In April, project logistics companies associated with BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – were cautious about the current year.

DUISBURG. The “Hafen trifft Festland” event series was held in May for the 40th time – in the city of Duisburg, home to Europe’s largest inland port.

BRAKE. In the presence of guests, politicians and business representatives, J. MÜLLER inaugurated its 62,000 m² photovoltaic system at the seaport of Brake in April.

OSNABRÜCK. Hellmann Worldwide Logistics joined forces with the South Korean carrier HMM in March, taking the next step on the company’s path to sustainable transport solutions.

LEER. The EMS-Fehn-Group established the EFG Logistics Services company in Egypt in January.

BRAKE. J. MÜLLER joined the ShortSeaShipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center (SPC) support organisation in early February.

BRAKE. With a workshop on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany launched the initiative for an HVO model region Unterweser this March in Brake.

DEN HELDER/BREMEN. Officially launched in Den Helder, Netherlands, in mid-February, the EU’s North Sea Hydrogen Valley Ports project is funded by the EU’s Interreg programme and aims to develop ports into central hubs for green hydrogen and power-to-X fuels like methanol and ammonia.

BREMEN. In February, actual rocket scientists encountered the world’s oldest maritime form of propulsion, sailing, at Neustädter Hafen.

SCHORTENS, WESEL. With a new cold storage warehouse at NORDFROST Port Terminal Wesel and topping-out ceremony in February, the deep-freeze logistics company plans to set “another milestone on its path to a sustainable supply chain”.

BREMEN. In late January, BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung and bremenports hosted a Meet & Greet with five representatives of the Bremen ports at the Industrieclub.

BREMERHAVEN. At the end of February, Bremerhaven celebrated the launch of the CMA CGM Indianapolis, which was the shipping company’s first car carrier to moor there – at the BLG AutoTerminal.

BREMEN. The Innovative Waterway Transportation (InnoWaTr) project is dedicated to shifting containers off the road and onto the water and thus boosting climate-friendly inland waterway transport.

OLDENBURG. In February, representatives of Seaports of Niedersachsen, bremenports, BLG LOGISTICS, JadeWeserPort and the Institute for Economic Education (IÖB) met up in Oldenburg to take stock of the successes achieved by the “Maritime Wirtschaft und Logistik” (Maritime Economics and Logistics) education project, which was launched in 2006, as well as consider the next steps.

BREMEN. From 1 July 2024, Silke Fischer is Chairwoman of the Executive Board of the Supply Chain Network (BVL) in Bremen.

BONN. After more than 13 years as Managing Director, Markus Nölke left the ShortSeaShipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center (SPC) on 29 February.

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