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.

BREMEN. For the sixth time, ESPO successfully certified the Bremen Ports according to the EcoPorts environmental management standard PERS in February.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Germany’s only deep-water container port, JadeWeserPort, has been a member of the “Power of Logistics” initiative since January.

OSNABRÜCK. At Nosta Logistics, Sven Hornig has taken on additional responsibilities.

BREMEN/MOERDIJK. Following the inauguration of a new chemical and hazardous goods warehouse in Malaysia in January 2022, Leschaco signed a lease with industrial space developer David Hart Beheer (DHG) this January, in order to build a new ADR warehouse in Moerdijk, Netherlands.

BREMEN. The Bremen-based project logistics and heavy cargo expert LS Cargo Logistics strengthened its management team in the first quarter with the appointment of managing directors Thomas Meisner and Holger Hinrichs.

BERLIN. Since January, Dieter Janecek has been the new federal government coordinator for the maritime economy and tourism.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN/HAMBURG. Since January, the new joint project “sH2unter@ports” has been addressing the question of how the operation of shunting locomotives in the port can be implemented in a climate-neutral way.

BREMEN. In February, BLG LOGISTICS took over the logistics of supplying the Mercedes-Benz Vans assembly plant in Charleston (USA).

VAREL-DANGAST. In January, the Schutzgemeinschaft Deutsche Nordseeküste (SDN), which translates as Association for the Protection of the German North Sea Coast, celebrated its 50th anniversary, and its chairman Gerd-Christian Wagner said: “SDN has now been around for over 50 years. It is concerning that the threat to the North Sea from increasing industrialisation and its effects has not diminished, despite all the specific individual successes.

WILHELMSHAVEN/HAMBURG. To meet the increasing demand for sustainably produced energy as well as the related need for well-engineered logistics concepts for the storage and transport of components, Deugro and Nordfrost combined their strengths in a partnership in January.

ELSFLETH. In January, Dr Georgios Athanassiou was appointed as Professor for Human-Machine Interaction in autonomous ship navigation systems at Jade University of Applied Sciences.

NORDDEICH. Digital solutions are to be used in the future in such a way to control light that ensures safe port operations for goods handling and passenger movements, as well as reducing the impact on the Wadden Sea.

BRAKE. In the presence of Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Construction and Digitalisation, and NPorts Managing Director Holger Banik, the first birth for large ships was inaugurated at the south pier in Brake in February.

BREMERHAVEN. In February, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Maersk Logistics Campus took place in Bremerhaven’s fishing port: a modern and sustainable logistics centre is due to be built on an area of almost 70,000 square metres for the storage of sporting goods and other goods.

BREMEN. Matthias Magnor, COO and member of BLG LOGISTICS board of management (2nd from left), and Dekra Germany CEO Guido Kutschera (2nd from right) agreed on a long-term partnership between their companies in January.

STADE. After the inauguration of Germany’s first LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven on 17 December, the first pile was rammed into the ground in January for the construction of the next LNG jetty in Lower Saxony.

BREMEN. Bahri Logistics recently launched a new liner service with RoRo ships, connecting Asian ports with India and Northern Europe.

BREMERHAVEN. Construction of the first of the new passenger bridges for the cruise terminal began at the Columbus Quay in January.

CUXHAVEN. Robert Habeck (left), the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, visited the Siemens Gamesa plant in Cuxhaven in late January, which was inaugurated in 2018 and manufactures wind turbines for offshore farms.

BREMERHAVEN. The entrance to the Geeste outer harbour and fishing harbour was brought up to date with nautical regulations in December.

BREMEN. In light of the provisional 2022 figures published by the Bremen Ports in December, BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – has called for cooperation among North German seaports.

BREMEN. As part of the four-part workshop series “Branchendialog Logistik” (Logistics Industry Talk), around 30 experts from the logistics and maritime sectors met up in late 2022 to discuss how to effectively face the changing working world.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Due to the global economic slowdown and the economic impact of Russia’s war of aggression on Ukraine, the turnover figures for Bremen’s ports fell in 2022.

BRAKE. Christian Helten took over as head of the NPorts seaport in Brake early in 2023, and was shown the ropes by his predecessor Harald Ludwig from last September.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Nordfrost, a frozen food logistics and solutions company, and the Eurogate subsidiary Remain Container-Depot and Repair have been working together in German container seaports since December.