PAPENBURG. The Lower Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport and Construction is supporting the town of Papenburg with a grant of around 22.2 million euros. In July, State Secretary Matthias Wunderling-Weilbier (centre) presented the grant notification to Papenburg’s Mayor Vanessa Gattung (second from left).

KIRCHHEIM UNTER TECK. On 1 July 2026, Patrick Oestreich (l.) took over as Chairman of the Executive Board of the Mosolf Group. He had been a member of the Group’s Executive Board since February 2026 and, as part of a succession plan prepared well in advance, had gradually taken over the responsibilities of his predecessor, Dr Jörg Mosolf (r.).

BREMEN. The tugboats that operate daily in Neustädter Hafen and the Industriehafen in Bremen have had a new berth since July 2026. Instead of being moored outside the harbour basin on the opposite bank of the Weser near Seehausen, as was previously the case, there are now two berths directly within Neustädter Hafen.

BREMERHAVEN/LEER. Federal Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius’s traditional summer tour has once again taken him to various Bundeswehr locations this year. Among other places, he visited the Naval Operations School (MOS) in Bremerhaven and the Rapid Response Command of the Medical Service in Leer in July.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Grant Hendrik Tonne (centre), Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport and Construction, visited Jade-Dienst GmbH in early July as part of an event organised by the Wilhelmshaven branch of the SPD.

BERLIN. The ‘German Ports’ Alliance made its public debut on 10 June 2026 at a high-profile event held at the Hamburg State Representation in Berlin. The new alliance comprises the eight German port infrastructure operators.

EMDEN. In mid-June, members of the NPorts Supervisory Board were briefed on the progress of construction work on the new large-vessel berth in Emden’s outer harbour. The large-vessel berth is being built to a length of around 337 metres and will in future enable the handling of large vehicle and general cargo ships.

HOLZWICKEDE / DORTMUND. Rhenus Road Freight received official approval in June 2026 to build a transshipment centre in Dortmund. The new site, which is scheduled for completion and commissioning in 2027, will replace the existing Road Freight site in nearby Unna.

HOLZWICKEDE/CUXHAVEN. The Rhenus Group and Cosco Shipping Specialized Carriers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in June 2026 to enter into a strategic partnership at Rhenus Cuxport’s site in Cuxhaven.

BRAKE. Around 250 personnel from the Havariekommando and the Technisches Hilfswerk (THW) took part in a large-scale exercise in the Brake area from 26 to 28 June 2026 to practise their cooperation in oil spill response.

HAMBURG The terminal operator Hanseatic Global Terminal (HGT) is taking a stake in the Eurogate container terminal CTH in Hamburg. As Hapag-Lloyd announced at the end of June 2026, the parties have agreed on the key terms of a 20 per cent stake for HGT in the terminal.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Wind power, infrastructure and permits – these topics were at the top of the agenda on 23 and 24 June 2026 at the specialist forum on intermodal heavy-haul transport in Bremen and Bremerhaven.

SCHORTENS. On 18 June 2026, Nordfrost was officially awarded the ‘family-friendly company’ quality seal by berufundfamilie during a ceremony at the dbb Forum in Berlin

BREMEN The B.Group has “performed better than expected” in the 2025 financial year, despite difficult economic and geopolitical conditions. This was stated by Chief Executive Matthias Magnor at the 146th Annual General Meeting in June 2026.

HAMBURG. At its annual general meeting in June 2026, WISTA Germany elected a new executive board. Five of the seven board positions were filled by new members. These included the position of President, to which Carolyn Köhler (Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement) was elected as the successor to Cathrin Prikker (Top Glory Marine Service).

WILHELMSHAVEN / PRAGUE For more than ten years, JadeWeserPort has been highlighting the advantages of Germany’s only deep-water container port at various venues as part of the “Hafen trifft Festland” event series.

BREMERHAVEN. Together with Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, Kristina Vogt, BLG CEO Matthias Magnor and Axel Krichel, member of the Executive Board and COO of the BLG Group, officially inaugurated the new BLG Südhafen “Roter Sand” site in Bremerhaven at the end of May 2026.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Mosolf Port Logistics & Services is using rail transport for the first time to move imported cars in Wilhelmshaven. At the Nordfrost seaport terminal, 200 vehicles from the Chinese manufacturer BYD were loaded at the end of May.

Elsfleth. A good day for the seaports of Brake, Nordenham, and Oldenburg: On Monday, the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new railway bridge over the Hunte near Elsfleth took place in the presence of Federal Transport Minister Patrick Schnieder, Lower Saxony’s Minister-President Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony’s Minister of Economic Affairs Grant Hendrik Tonne, and DB InfraGO CEO Philipp Nagl.

HAMBURG. The proposal by Maritime Coordinator Christoph Ploß to extend the Infrastructure Special Fund to include seaports and waterways met with broad approval from the Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) and the German Trade Union Confederation...

The planned discontinuation of the flight connection between Bremen and Frankfurt as of July 1, 2026, is causing major concern within the business community of northwest Germany.

BREMEN. BLG LOGISTICS has once again had its climate targets officially validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) – with significantly more ambitious reduction targets than those set during the initial validation in 2020.

BREMEN. In its 2025 annual report, the Maritime Shipping Vocational Training Office (BBS) presented a differentiated, but overall stable, assessment of developments in maritime training in April 2026.

BREMERHAVEN. The “DigiWeser” project officially launched at the operational level in May 2026 with a kick-off meeting. At the core of the initiative is the establishment of a digital testbed featuring a Port Call Optimization Platform, through which all key stakeholders will be able to exchange information more effectively in the future.

BREMERHAVEN. A study by the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL), commissioned by bremenports, confirmed in May 2026 Bremerhaven’s central role in international container traffic.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Uniper Hydrogen has launched an open season for the allocation of capacity at its planned hydrogen import terminal in Wilhelmshaven. This facility will enable the import of hydrogen via ammonia in future.

HAMBURG The Eurokai Group, which operates 12 container terminals at nine locations in Europe and North Africa through its shareholdings, posted largely positive figures in the first three months of 2026.

BREMERHAVEN. “What emerged from the Business Dialogue of North German Women Entrepreneurs was far more than a professional exchange. It was a powerful demonstration of just how much expertise, a sense of responsibility, creative drive and shared spirit can come together in the north…”

Highs and lows at the NMKEMDEN Many representatives of the maritime sector and the port industry were only partially satisfied with the outcomes of the 14th National Maritime Conference (NMK), which took place in Emden at the end of April 2026. Although it was...

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.