Northern Germany. How can domestic shipping be further modernised and made more efficient, and how can awareness of it be raised?

OLDENBURG. From now on, sea and inland waterway vessels will benefit from a new, powerful turning facility on the Hunte shipping route near Oldenburg. The new turning point has a diameter of 165 meters.

LEER. During the docking of the multi-purpose freighter MS “Annika Braren”, the latest addition to the Rörd Braren ship management fleet, a wind assistance rotor sailing system was installed by Eco Flettner company in Leer.

OSNABRÜCK. As of 01.01.2022, Jens Wollesen will become a member of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics’ Management Board, taking on the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) alongside Reiner Heiken (CEO) and Martin Eberle (CFO).

HAMBURG. At the end of the first quarter, a change at the top of the shipping company Hamburg Süd took place, which has been part of the market leader Maersk for over three years. After more than 20 years with the company.

OSNABRÜCK. On March 1, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics succeeded in recruiting Jörg Herwig as its new Chief Operating Officer Road & Rail (COO).

BRAKE. J. MÜLLER was originally founded on May 1, 1821 and celebrates its 200th birthday this summer.

WILHELMSHAVEN. As part of its campaign “More containers for Germany”, JadeWeserPort invited participants to attend the online event “Review & Outlook” in February.

GENEVA. For the first time, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has selected a woman to lead it.

BREMERHAVEN. “H2Bx.MariTransGate”: This abbreviation stands for an ambitious climate protection and transport transformation project.

CUXHAVEN. Since February, the German Offshore Industry Centre in Cuxhaven has had a Liebherr LHM 600 mobile harbour crane.

HANOVER/VAREL. At the beginning of February, Lower Saxony’s Energy Minister Olaf Lies (l) gave the starting signal for the Offshore Wind Energy Foundation’s “Green Hydrogen with Offshore Wind Energy” project.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Nordfrost continues to expand its seaport terminal in Wilhelmshaven as a food hub.

BREMEN/HAMBURG. At the beginning of February, Dirk Schneider (c), who headed the German entity of Röhlig Logistics since April 2020, reorganised his management board by adding four experienced logistics experts.

BREMERHAVEN. In the course of preparing to scrap the “Seute Deern”, workers are currently removing paint that contains toxic asbestos from the hull of the museum ship.

BREMEN. In January, Broder Hinrichsen was appointed Professor of Structural Analysis and the Design of Ships and Marine Systems at Bremen University of Applied Sciences (HSB).

BREMERHAVEN. The cruise terminal on Columbus Island is to be expanded with the construction of a new multifunctional reception building planned for this purpose.

WILHELMSHAVEN. When the terminal operators HHLA and EURO­GATE explore possibilities for closer cooperation, JadeWeserPort should not be missing from their considerations.

BRUSSELS. Since the beginning of this year, Annaleena Mäkilä has been the new chairperson of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO).

BREMEN. BLG LOGISTICS has been one of Bosch’s preferred suppliers since the beginning of the year.

HAMBURG. Change in state representation on the board of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN).

BREMEN. In January, BLG LOGISTICS was awarded the title “Climate-conscious company”.

HAMBURG. Owing to the temporary reduction in VAT from July to December 2020 and the membership fees already paid to the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) at the beginning of 2020, a surplus has resulted.

WILHELMSHAVEN. While full terminals in western ports and other German seaports are currently causing restrictions in the delivery of containers, JadeWeserPort still has free capacities to maintain international supply chains without interruption.

NIEDERSACHSEN. The new website of Seaports of Niedersachsen GmbH is impressive. In addition to the new look and the revision of the content, it offers some new features.

BREMERHAVEN. “Everything counts in large amounts”. In this case, the large amounts are made up of garbage and plastic. And the bin that is intended to fish the waste out of the harbour basins is called Seabin.

BREMEN. The year 2020 was dominated by the Coronavirus pandemic, which naturally also left its mark on the ports of Bremen.

BREMEN. In order to cover the increasing demand for their customers and partners, the company has opened the next Bremer Lloyd Branch at São Paulo and are more than excited to have Marcio Fallakha on board!

Photo credit: Bremer Lloyd Logistics

HAMBURG. Philipp Best (37) has taken over as Head of Sales at TFG Transfracht in Hamburg with retroactive effect from January 1, 2021.

CUXHAVEN. From February 1, the Danish shipping company and HWG member DFDS is expanding its schedule for regular freight traffic between Cuxhaven and Immingham to include a further departure to a total of six weekly ship calls.