BREMEN. The Bremen Freight Forwarders Association (VBSp) appointed new board members at its AGM in early May.

BREMEN. No time to lose! Recommendations for the Green Focus Award can be submitted until 6 June using the online form at www.bremenports.de/nachhaltigkeit/green-focus.

BRANKE. In April, the J. MÜLLER Group founded J. MÜLLER Chartering GmbH with experienced sea freight partners.

WIESBADEN. Despite a challenging market environment, German seaports increased the volume of import and export transshipment in 2024. As announced by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) in March, around 274 million tonnes passed through the quays last year, equivalent to growth of a good 2.3 per cent compared to 2023.

Oldenburg. NPorts is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. Over the past 20 years, a total of 15 port locations have been expanded, repaired and maintained at a cost of more than 1.5 billion euros.

BREMEN. Sabine Zeller, MD of Berufsbildungsstelle Seeschifffahrt (BBS), was delighted to present the 2024 BBS annual report in Rostock in March.

BREMERHAVEN. According to Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, it is essential that the German government allocates higher funds to German seaports.

BREMERHAVEN. Following a major fire in the machine room of the Bremerhaven bucket chain excavator at the end of 2024, a decision in April meant that repair was not justified given the high costs and age of the ship.

BREMEN. In May, the training work group of BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung launched a new website, the “Kompetenzatlas Weiterbildung”

PAPENBURG. In May, proRC GmbH announced an investment of approx. five million euros in a new processing and transshipment facility at the Papenburg port for building materials sourced from secondary raw materials.

HAMBURG. Dr Florian Keisinger joined the management board of the Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) on 1 April 2025 and took over from Daniel Hosseus as the managing director on 1 May 2025.

BREMEN. “Innovative Waterway Transportation” (InnoWaTr) is the title of an EU-funded Interreg North Sea project dedicated to shifting more cargo from the road to inland waterways.

OLDENBURG. In April, the new Seaports of Niedersachsen career page at www.seaports.de/karriere began advertising training and employment opportunities at Lower Saxony’s new seaports.

WILHELMSHAVEN. In May 2025, JadeWeserPort was successfully certified for the fifth time in accordance with the Brussels-based environmental initiative EcoPorts Port Environmental Review System (PERS), a tool used for the extensive analysis and monitoring of environmental management at ports.

SCHORTENS. The NORDFROST Group expanded its Executive Board in March from two to four members.

CUXHAVEN. Port expansion with the new berths 5 to 7 kicked off in February, and a new heavy-duty bridge should now also provide a direct connection from the transshipment and commercial spaces and the Siemens Gamesa factory behind the quay line to the B 73 federal motorway.

BREMEN. With over 15,800 visitors, Filmfest Bremen set a new record in March. The competition category “Gateways to the World – the Power of Ports” was organised for the first time with bremenports as a partner.

EMDEN. Built at MEYER WERFT, the Asuka III ship was supplied with all the essentials, from sieves to lemon squeezers, at the Emden seaport’s Papenburg shipyard in April before being handed over to its new owner, NYK Line.

Brake. On March 1, Manuela Drews (left) took over responsibility for operations at J. MÜLLER Weser as Managing Director and successor to Martin Krahl.

OSNABRÜCK. At the beginning of the year, the Nosta Group appointed Markus Dodt as its new Chief Operating Officer for the Contract Logistics division.

OSNABRÜCK. Lee L’Ons took over the position of Regional CEO IMEA on the International Executive Board of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics on April 1.

NORDERNEY. In February, NPorts was awarded first place in the “Civil Engineering” category of the “Lower Saxony BIM Cluster Awards” for the renovation of the south pier at Ferry Terminal 1 in Norderney.

BREMERHAVEN. Many people have little enthusiasm for washing up, especially at night.

BREMEN. Project logistics experts from BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung have subdued expectations for the coming year.

EMDEN. Since February, NPorts has been testing the first container wind turbine operated in a German seaport with its partner, the Swiss start-up company FlowGen.

HOLZWICKEDE. In January, Rhenus celebrated a further step towards sustainable shipping.

BREMEN. On 1 January, Transport Overseas Group (TO Group) and Polaris Autoliners intensified their collaboration. As a ship broker and line agent specialising in roll-on/roll-off, breakbulk and project logistics, the Bremen-based company is now the commercial agent for the British shipping company.

CUXHAVEN. The first pile for the berths 5 to 7 was carried out in Cuxhaven in February, thus symbolising the beginning of the major project.

BREMERHAVEN. In late February, bremenports launched a market survey for a seven-hectare site in Bremerhaven’s international port area (Steubenstraße 5) on behalf of the Free and Hanseatic City of Bremen.

BREMERHAVEN. IIn February, the Carl von Ossietzky Secondary School, the Wesermünde Grammar School, the Commercial Training Institute and the Am Leher Markt School took part in a simulated UN Climate Change Conference. Pupils took on the role of delegates and negotiated measures to limit global warming over six teaching units.