BREMEN.  The BLG LOGISTICS GROUP has made a strategic decision to focus on its domestic and international business in its Contract, Automobile and Container divisions in future. Rhenus Air & Ocean is consolidating its position in Germany with the planned takeover...

BREMERHAVEN. At the beginning of January, the start signal was given at the BLG AutoTerminal for unloading the new BMW iX3, the first fully electric SUV from this manufacturer.

HOLZWICKEDE. On 1 January, Heiner Delicat, longtime Managing Director of the Bremen seaport service provider Weserport, moved to Rhenus Ports.

BREMEN. How can shifting freight transport to inland waterways help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and relieve the burden on road and rail networks? Answers to these questions were provided in January in an online seminar held jointly by bremenports and the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany.

BREMEN. The Transport Overseas Group continues to expand. After the company had already announced it was opening new offices in Antwerp, Dubai and Berlin in 2020, it recently added its own subsidiaries in Spain (Bilbao) and Poland (Stettin) at the beginning of this year.

HAMBURG. At the turn of the year, the Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) paid tribute to the successful social partnership in place in the port sector.

OLDENBURG. Shortly before Christmas, NPorts was awarded the certificate of the same name by the board of trustees at berufundfamilie Service GmbH.

HAMBURG. Since December, Sören Frank has been the new managing director of ZIM Germany, a subsidiary of the Israeli shipping company ZIM Integrated Shipping Services.

BREMEN. For 14 years now, experts have been commenting at the “Bremen Shipping Congress” on the current challenges faced by maritime human resources management . The event (here an archive image from 2019) took place for the first time in early December as an exclusively virtual event.

BREMERHAVEN. After 24 years of service, Andreas Mai, long-time port captain and head of the Hanseatic City of Bremen Port Authority, retired at the end of November.

BREMEN. The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) recognised the goals of BLG LOGISTICS to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in November.

BREMERHAVEN. Bremen’s Senator for Science and Ports, Dr Claudia Schilling, together with bremenports Managing Director, Robert Howe, gave the symbolic green light for the new Quay 66 in November. Costpoint: 17.7 million Euros shared by the state and federal government.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. In November, Bremen and Bremerhaven had their exemplary environmental performance certified by Lloyd’s Register again in accordance with the PERS (Port Environmental Review System) management standard.

WASHINGTON. Two new chairpersons were appointed to the Supervisory Board of the World Shipping Council (WSC) in November. They are Rolf Habben Jansen (r), CEO of Hapag-Lloyd, and Jeremy Nixon (l), CEO of Ocean Network Express (ONE).

CUXHAVEN. For the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Group’s deep-sea RORO liner service from Europe to China, Cuxport loaded over 3,500 premium vehicles onto the ships “Tiger” and “Torino” in November.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Within a year, Mosolf transformed the idea of exporting vehicles from Wilhelmshaven by ocean-going vessel into reality: In November, the Grimaldi Group’s first ship, the Grande Portogallo, moored at Mosolf Auto Terminal to load 600 vehicles.

NORTHERN GERMANY. The members of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) elected a new board in November. Since then, the new Chairperson has been Knut Gerdes (r).

CUXHAVEN. In November, the 500th nacelle for an offshore wind turbine was completed at Siemens Gamesa in Cuxhaven.

OSNABRUCK/BREMEN. The full-service provider Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is expanding its Bremen site and building what they describe as a “state-of-the-art digitised freight forwarding facility” in Ludwig-Erhard-Straße.

BREMEN. In November, bremenports announced that the container ship “Al Kharj” had completed its stay at the Kaiserhafen’s west quay and had left the port.

WILHELMSHAVEN. On Tuesday, February 9th, 2021, Jade-Dienst GmbH, together with Jade Car Logistics GmbH, welcomed the PELAGIC PIRANHA to its own quay for the first time.

BREMERHAVEN. From November, Mikkel E. Andersen took over the management of EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven (CTB) in addition to his work as managing director of EUROGATE Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW).

CUXHAVEN. In November, the semi-submersible ship “Rolldock Sea” took the dredging barge “Gian Lorenzo Bernini” on board at Cuxport Terminal in Cuxhaven.

BREMEN. Since November, BLG LOGISTICS and SecureSystem have been testing a newly developed service for smooth and secure transport routes within the framework of the “FastLane” project.

BRAKE. J. MÜLLER organises the first direct train with pulp to Chongqing, China. It provides an additional, faster and above all environmentally-friendly way of connecting Northern Europe with Central China.

BREMEN. A comprehensive academic researcher will examine the market positioning of Bremen’s ports in the coming months in a study commissioned by bremenports.

CUXHAVEN. The “Rolldock Sea”, a semi-submersible vessel flying the Dutch flag, arrived at the Cuxport Terminal in Cuxhaven on 15 November. The semi-submersible vessel took on board the “Gian Lorenzo Bernini” backhoe dredger there and is now transporting it to Mozambique.

CUXHAVEN. Cuxport loaded more than 3,500 premium vehicles on board the “Tiger” and “Torino” vessels for the deep-sea RoRo scheduled services operated by the Wallenius-Wilhelmsen Group from Europe to China at the beginning of November. The handling procedures took place at the terminal’s berth 4 within just one week.