HAMBURG. In December, Angela Titzrath, President of the Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS), informed the German government in no uncertain terms that the states will need 500 million euros annually to ensure basic funding for the German seaports in the future.

BREMEN. At an official ceremony in Bremen last October, the Ambassador of Finland to Germany, Kai Sauer (centre), presented the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland to Frank Dreeke (left), Chairman of the BLG LOGISTICS GROUP Management Board and Honorary Consul of Finland.

BREMEN. Röhlig Logistics is the first logistics provider to offer Hapag-Lloyd’s Live Position real-time tracking, which it introduced in December.

BRANKE. On 5 December, Nordwest MEDIENGRUPPE, responsible for the Oldenburg Land region, presented the 2024 Award for Innovative Training (PIA) in Aurich.

AURICH/LEER. Since November, Enercon has been working closely with the EMS Chartering shipping company based in Leer to load its multipurpose vessel E-Ship 1.

BREMEN. This year, BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – will be presenting the BHV Project Logistics Award for the third time (photo from 2024).

WILHELMSHAVEN. The Kawa Ningbo vessel arrived at JaderWeserPort at the end of January, establishing a new direct connection (China-Europe Express) between the world’s largest port – measured in total transshipments – in Ningbo, China, and Wilhelmshaven.

BREMERHAVEN. Like the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, the Queen once disembarked at the Columbus Quay. More importantly, however, many emigrants entered Germany at this historical location on their return to their home country.

WILHELMSHAVEN. At the BVL Supply Chain CX event in Berlin, CEO Jörg Mosolf (left) announced that, in the future, MOSOLF will also offer logistics services for vehicles larger than cars such as cranes and tunnel boring machines.

WILHELMSHAVEN. The JadeWeserPort is optimistic about 2025.

OLDENBURG. Inke Onnen-Lübben will return to the port marketing company Seaports of Niedersachsen as Managing Director on 1 January 2025.

BREMEN. “sH2unter@ports” – behind this cryptic name lies a completed project with the question.

CUXHAVEN. After five months of intensive work, NPorts completed the maintenance work carried out on the central gate of the sea lock in Cuxhaven in October.

NORDENHAM. In September, Seaports of Niedersachsen welcomed over 200 guests from the port industry, politics and local government to the 32nd Port Day in Nordenham.

BREMEN. Along with Kestrel Italia and Intermare, the Bremen-based Harren Group has set up the new joint venture KestrelMare.

VIENNA. On 12 September, numerous guests were thrilled by the location chosen by Logistics Talk, notably the event location Juwel in Vienna.

KIRCHHEIM TECK/BREMEN. Mosolf Port Logistics & Services (MPLS) will take over complete control of the Transport Overseas Group (TOG), including the sites in Belgium, Spain, Poland and the United Arab Emirates by the end of the year.

CUXHAVEN. As part of the “Develop Innovative Offshore Logistic” (DIOL) research project, NPorts welcomed a delegation of international experts to Cuxhaven.

BREMERHAVEN. In 2023, bremenports launched the “carbon-neutral international port” project along with local members of the port community. The intention is to develop a joint decarbonisation strategy for Bremerhaven.

BREMEN. Around 300 captains, members of the maritime industry and politicians met up at the 57th Captain’s Day in Bremen.

BREMEN. The BLG Supervisory Board has appointed Axel Krichel to the group’s management board as from 1 January 2025.

BERLIN. As part of the Baltic Week of Action, Verdi inspected around 50 seagoing vessels in German ports along with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) in September and recorded massive abuses.

CUXHAVEN. BREB, a highly diversified shipping company, expanded its portfolio once again in September to include the new Port & Offshore Services division.

EMDEN. The location of next year’s National Maritime Conference has been set.

CUXHAVEN. In September, the European Commission approved the public partial financing of berths 5 to 7 in Cuxhaven.

BREMERHAVEN. The winners of this year’s “Green Focus Awards” were selected at the ENVOCONNECT sustainability conference in September.

BREMERHAVEN. BLG LOGISTICS offers the best conditions for extraordinary projects with the new 60,000-square-metre expansion featuring hall capacity at the so-called “Roter Sand” southern port – in close proximity to BLG AutoTerminal Bremerhaven. The transshipment and assembly of two power plant modules from Siemens Energy in August marked the successful launch of the recently commissioned space. At the deep-water southern port, BLG LOGISTICS assembles systems and machines which, due to their weight and size, can no longer be transported by road.

WILHELMSHAVEN. The Jade-Dienst GmbH management board has comprised three members since September.

PAPENBURG. During their visit to MEYER WERFT in September, Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil reiterated their intention to support the company as part of a restructuring and future concept.

HAMBURG. A highlight at this year’s SMM trade fair was the minister and senator reception at the stand of Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN), the theme of which was “Maritime Transformation”.