EMDEN/OLDENBURG/STADE. In late April the Lower Saxony Seaports working group published a position paper for the election in Autumn 2022 (see https://www.seaports.de/en/) and named key areas of action at a federal state level concerning the seaports for the coming legislative term.

BREMERHAVEN. In March the management of the Lloyd shipyard in Bremerhaven withdrew its application for bankruptcy.

BREMERHAVEN. bremenports has been using the Seabin, a floating rubbish bin, to skim the water surface in the Kaiserhafen for over a year.

BREMEN. The BLG LOGISTICS GROUP published their results for the 2021 financial year at their press conference on financial statements in late April.

BERNE. Just before Easter, Fassmer delivered an all-electric boat made of aluminium to the “Systems Engineering for Future Mobility” institute, which is part of the Germany Aerospace Centre (DLR).

BREMERHAVEN. In early April the planning authority of the Waterways and Shipping Directorate-General (GDWS) reversed the old planning decision for adjusting the fairways of the Outer and Lower Weser, thus clearing the way for the procedure to recommence by virtue of the Measures Act.

HAMBURG. In March, Johannes Stelten was appointed as managing director of EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg (CTH).

DUISBURG. Besides Markus Bangen (left) and Thomas Schlipköther, Dr Carsten Hinne (right) also joined the board of Duisport in 2022.

SCHINDELLEGI. On 1 February, Kühne + Nagel (K+N) announced that Thomas Krøyer is the new country manager in the Netherlands. Krøyer took over from Diederick de Vroet, who left the company on 31 January by mutual agreement.

BREMEN. In early March, a long expected generation change took place in marine hull insurance at Lampe & Schwartze Marine Underwriting, an insurance intermediary. Michael Lott, who retired after more than 46 years of service, was succeeded by Louis Ravens as Head of Marine Hull.

BREMEN. Frank Dreeke was reappointed chairman of the board of the “Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft” by the supervisory board in late February.

BREMEN. Combi Lift, an expert in project logistics and in transporting heavy goods, strengthened its management team early in 2022 by appointing Klaus Hilpert as managing director and company spokesman.

BERLIN. Claudia Müller (The Greens) was appointed as the federal government’s coordinator for the maritime industry early in the year.

BREMERHAVEN. In March, three pupils at the Geschwister-Scholl school in Bremerhaven – Danny Dolinski, Mohannad Sarha and Rebal Issa – picked up first prize at “Jugend forscht” (youth researches), a regional competition for geo and space sciences.

BREMERHAVEN. Unusual help took place in Bremerhaven in late February/early March: During a cruise to Oslo, the TUI Cruises’ “Mein Schiff 1” had to be towed into dock at the Kaiserhafen III, as it was no longer possible to retract a stabiliser on the cruise ship’s starboard side.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. At the press conference in February to present the port’s annual figures, bremenports’ managing director Robert Howe looked back on an exciting and busy 2021: “There has been a wealth of unusual topics that challenged our team in more ways than one.

BREMEN. Based on provisional company figures, Röhlig Logistics recorded the most successful business year in company history in 2021.

WILHELMSHAVEN. At the start of the year Rail Power Systems, a company based in Munich, was commissioned by JadeWeserPort to carry out the operational planning and the electrification of a four-kilometre feeder section and the 16-track pre-routing group in the port.

OSNABRÜCK/MIAMI. Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is responding to the global e-commerce boom and launched its latest product “Easy eComm Model” in February.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. The Ports of Bremen have managed to offset the decline in the cargo trade experienced in 2020 due to the pandemic.

CUXHAVEN. In February, the Lower Saxony Minister President Stephan Weil (SPD, 2nd from left) visited the Port of Cuxhaven to find out more about port industry concerns relating to the planned construction of three new deep-water berths.

SCHORTENS. In early February, Nordfrost completed the expansion of its logistics centre in Barsinghausen.

OLDENBURG. NPorts has been pursuing a strategy of proactive investment and the maintenance and repair of existing port facilities over the past few years.

BREMERHAVEN. After only eighteen months of construction work, the new quay 66 was officially opened in January.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Since 1989, Turbo-Technik has been the official representative of the Japanese Kemel Group in Germany and provides shipping companies on its behalf with spare parts and related services.

BREMEN. Leschaco, the global logistics service provider with its headquarters in Bremen , has expanded its operations in Latin America and acquired Transantartic S.A.C. (TPL) on 1 February 2022.

OLDENBURG. The increase in cargo handling at the nine Lower Saxony seaports of Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Leer, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Papenburg, Stade and Wilhelmshaven in 2021 was mainly attributed to the strong rise in the container segment and general cargo.

BREMEN. Topics including environmental and sustainability issues, land and port development, international projects, IT and marketing are to be brought together under one roof with the newly created ‘Port Development and Innovation’ business unit with a clear external profile.

BERLIN. The civil sea rescue organisation SOS Mediterranee Deutschland appointed a new managing director in December.

LYSAKER. This summer will see Lasse Kristoffersen become the new CEO of the Wallenius Wilhelmsen shipping group.