BREMEN/EINDHOVEN. Transport/logistics students in Bremerhaven are having a good time testing the best ways to implement logistics theory in practice – by playing a container transport game.

BREMEN. In June, the EMS-Fehn-Group announced its plans to establish EFG EnerLog GmbH. With Andreas Hefler at the helm, the new company based in Bremen offers services in the trade and transport of alternative fuels.

HAMBURG. The percentage of women in the German merchant fleet has increased by 1.3 per cent over the past two years, as announced in May by the German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) during the third International Day for Women in Maritime in 2024.

BREMEN. Stuttgart introduced a daily container service by train from its port to Bremerhaven in August. Operated by Necoss Neutral Container Shuttle GmbH, which is based in Bremen, the trains run at night but are loaded and unloaded during the day.

BERLIN. At the German Ports Reception in Berlin this June, leading politicians and secretaries of the state ministries responsible for the seaports asked the German government to assist with port expansion.

OLDENBURG/ROTTERDAM. In May, Seaports of Niedersachsen appeared alongside partners and other exhibitors from the logistics industry at the world’s leading event for breakbulk and heavy goods logistics, which counted 12,000 trade visitors.

HAMBURG. Dr Matthias Catón was appointed managing director of the German Maritime Centre (GMC) on 1 September, taking over for Claus Brandt, who left the GMC on 30 June.

BREMERHAVEN. From ship unloading and transhipment at the terminal to technical services, BLG LOGISTICS offers the complete logistics package for high and heavy goods at the port – all from a single source.

BRANKE, BREMEN. J. MÜLLER welcomed twelve new apprentices to its Brake and Bremen sites on 1 August.

BREMEN. In June, the smart port community associated with bremenports, the University of Bremen and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) received a letter with some good news from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF):

BREMEN. In April, Nils Fahrenholz (left) succeeded Oliver Oestreich (right) as COO and thus as a management board member in the Leschaco Group.

HAMBURG. The Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) welcomed the European Commission’s decision not to extend the block exemption regulation, which had allowed shipping consortia to agree on which ships could dock at which ports and transshipment facilities and how often.

PARIS. At its annual conference in Paris in late April, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) released the results of its Port Investments Study 2024, according to which the European port management authorities’ investment needs will rise to 80 billion euros in the next ten years.

BERMEN/HAMBURG. In the future, a uniform digital release process that goes by the name “Secure Release Order” will gradually replace the pin code-based process for container import through German seaports.

CUXHAVEN/STADE. The LNG jetty in Stade, the largest port construction project of its time in Stade, was not completed and handed over to the operator until December 2023.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Specially developed for Bremische Hafeneisenbahn, the Port Railway Information and Operation System (PRINOS) now controls all port rail traffic in Bremen and Bremerhaven.

ELSFLETH. Bolstering relevant degree courses is a key component of the national port strategy.

OLDENBURG/BILBAO. In March, Seaports of Niedersachsen and NPorts utilised the WindEurope trade fair in Bilbao, Spain, as a joint platform on which to present their groundbreaking wind energy projects at Lower Saxony’s seaports.

WILHELMSHAVEN. The Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort marketing team has been complete again since early April. André Heim (left), appointed as Director of Sales International, is in charge of marketing space in the Freight Village, whilst Diana Jazik (right) focuses on online marketing.

BREMEN. Climate change poses new challenges for the North Sea, Baltic Sea and hinterland. Besides the probable rise of sea levels, climate researchers also predict more extreme weather events such as flooding, storms and heavy rainfall.

BREMEN. In 2023, BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – offered four business etiquette seminars for apprentices in collaboration with Nadine Hellmold, the certified trainer for business etiquette, thus ensuring a good start to the apprenticeship for more than 50 apprentices.

BREMERHAVEN. Following presentation of the smart port strategy, which had been collaboratively developed in just under twelve months, around 120 participants from companies, authorities and scientific institutions kicked off the next phase of the project at their workshop in Bremerhaven in March. “Today you’ve achieved a real milestone.

ELSFLETH. Time has taken its toll on the control technology installed in 1979 at the Hunte-sperrwerk flood barrier, featuring four floodgates to protect the cities of Elsfleth and Oldenburg as well as parts of the Wardenburg and Bad Zwischenahn municipalities from flooding.

BREMEN. According to the 2023 annual report by Berufs-bildungsstelle Seeschifffahrt (BBS) in April, the number of beginners in maritime shipping increased in 2023.

WILHELMSHAVEN. In May, P3 Logistic Parks, a leading developer and long-term owner of European logistics properties, completed the first of three construction phases in the Freight Village at JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven.

BREMEN. Despite all the challenges, the three divisions of BLG LOGISTICS – Automobile, Contract and Container – ended the 2023 financial year positively.

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.