BREMEN. In early May, BLG LOGISTICS celebrated the inauguration of the new XXL logistics plant C3 Bremen together with Mercedes-Benz.

CUXHAVEN. With the Offshore Drone Campus Cuxhaven (ODCC), Fraunhofer
IFAM created, in March, a test and development infrastructure for unmanned aviation systems for offshore use.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Numerous digitalisation projects (see “Main Topic”) have already been implemented in Bremen’s ports together with players from the port industry.

HUSUM/HAMBURG. In April, the partner agreement for the “WindEnergy Hamburg” and “Husum Wind” trade fairs, which has been in force since 2014, was extended until December 2029.

BREMEN. In the run-up to the local elections in Bremen on 14 May, the Bremen Chamber of Commerce, BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung, Bremen Freight Forwarders Association, Association of Bremen shipowners, ISH – an initiative of the City of Bremen ports and GVZ Entwicklungsgesellschaft Bremen – presented a catalogue of demands containing ten points.

OLDENBURG/KOPENHAGEN. Seaports of Niedersachsen and Niedersachsen Ports used the “WindEurope” annual event in Copenhagen as a platform to present both onshore and offshore wind energy projects in the Lower Saxony seaports in late April.

BREMEN. In March, the 4th Maritime Research Forum took place at the City University of Applied Sciences (HSB).

WILHELMSHAVEN. Wilhelmshaven With NaturLink, the first food supplier has relocated to Freight Village (GVZ) JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven.

BREMERHAVEN. The immissions from various emission sources of air pollutants in the area of the city of Bremerhaven’s overseas port area do not pose any health risks for the surrounding residential areas.

BREMEN. The “Berufsbildungsstelle Seeschifffahrt” (BBS), a German vocational training institute for maritime shipping, published its 2022 annual report in late April.

BREMEN/BERLIN. In April, the BLG Group started tests with a Volvo FH Electric, an electrically driven tractor unit, for inner-city truck traffic at Falkensee near Berlin.

BREMEN. This year’s “Maritime Research Forum”, which was organised together with the City University of Applied Sciences (HSB) in March, focussed on projects for more sustainability in the future.

BREMEN. In late March, the Bremen Senate gave the go-ahead for the planning of an EnergyPort in Bremerhaven.

MÜNCHEN. “transport logistic”, the international leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and supply chain management, reopened its doors in Munich in May after a four-year break.

BREMEN. On 1 April, Ninette Keller was appointed an authorised officer of Transport Overseas Logistics, thus sending a strong signal in the growth strategy featuring women senior managers.

BREMERHAVEN. Initial works to the Middle Sea Dyke Section began in early May. This is the last section of the sea dyke in Bremerhaven, spanning a stretch of 1.4 kilometres, to be strengthened by building to a height of 8.40 metres above sea level.

EMDEN. The Danish energy company Ørsted opened a project office on the Südkai of the Seaport of Emden in March, in order to coordinate locally the installation works of “Borkum Riffgrund 3” and “Gode Wind 3”.

OLDENBURG. At the annual press conference of the Lower Saxony seaports in late March, Seaports of Niedersachsen, the port marketing company, presented its cargo handling figures for 2022.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Construction of a modern logistics centre in the JadeWeserPort began in April.

BREMEN. The annual conference of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) entitled “European ports as partners in the race towards a net-zero future” took place in Bremen in early June.

BREMERHAVEN. The first construction phase of the new Columbus Quay was completed in late March.

BREMEN/UNTERWELLENBORN. On 27 April, participants of “Logistics Talk” met up in Unterwellenborn, Thuringia.

BREMEN. dbh Logistics IT will be celebrating its 50th anniversary at the
end of this year.

OLDENBURG. With its third sustainability report issued in March, NPorts demonstrated that the ports of Lower Saxony have attained a healthy position for sustainable development in both the region and federal state state, thanks to a variety of measures to save energy as well as innovation projects and compensating for negative repercussions.

BREMERHAVEN. bremenports has started 2023 with a full order book.

BREMERHAVEN. SAMS is now in use at the Stromkaje in Überseehafen. SAMS stands for “ship mooring measurement system” and is intended to provide digital support for mooring manoeuvres at the Stromkaje terminal.

WILHELMSHAVEN. In January, TX Logistik launched a new hinterland connection between Wilhelmshaven and southern Germany – with one round trip per week between JadeWeserPort and the rail terminals in Nuremberg and Kornwestheim.

BREMEN. As from 1 February, Michael Strudthoff was appointed as a further managing director at Schiffahrts-Kontor Detra. Strudthoff has been working for Detra since December 1991 and became an authorised signatory in September 2015.

OLDENBURG. With approx. 54 million tonnes, around six per cent more goods passed through the quaysides of Lower Saxony’s nine seaports in Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Leer, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Papenburg, Stade and Wilhelmshaven in 2022 than in 2021.

OLDENBURG. In late January, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) opened the Institute for Systems Engineering for Future Mobility in Oldenburg.