EMDEN. Swedish shipping company Wallenius Marine christened its new 200-metre car carrier, “Future Way”.

BREMERHAVEN. In September, BLG LOGISTICS and EUROGATE announced their future collaboration under the new “Eco Power Port” brand based in Bremerhaven.

BREMERHAVEN. “Liao He Kou”, a new COSCO SHIPPING Lines vessel, docked at BLG AutoTerminal Bremerhaven in September, and that is after the shipping company’s new vessel, “Cosco Shengshi”, docked at the terminal in August 2023.

BREMERHAVEN. There’s no other sustainability conference for ports and logistics anywhere in Germany that comes even close to ENVOCONNECT, which was held at Hotel Sail City in Bremerhaven in September.

BREMEN. The Bremen Freight Forwarders Association (VBSp) reelected its chairman Thorsten Dornia (Brelog) during its General Meeting in May.

BREMEN/HAMBURG. As part of his “Skilled Labour Mission”, the Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Hubertus Heil (left), stopped by at BLG in Hamburg in July.

BREMEN. Röhlig Logistics expanded its digital portfolio in May with the customer reporting platform “Röhlig Insights”, an all-in-one reporting solution for air, sea and road transport.

SCHORTENS/WESEL. Nordfrost opened its new deep-freeze facilities in Wesel am Niederrhein in early July.

ROTTERDAM. With a large joint stand, bremenports and 16 co-exhibitors from the region showed their colours at the Breakbulk Europe in Rotterdam in May.

BREMEN. JAKARTA. HOUSTON. After P. T. Leschaco Logistic Indonesia was awarded the recognised AEO (Authorized Economic Operator) certification in July in the fields of environmental protection, health as well as safety and sustainability, Leschaco Inc. USA received the Responsible Care certification.

BRAKE. The LIT Group has kept its promise to expand sea and airfreight activities not only overseas but in Europe too.

EMDEN. In May, Eric Oehlmann (6th from left), Head of Directorate-General of Waterways and Shipping, met with representatives of the local port industry at the invitation of the Emden Port Development Company.

BREMEN. Since August, bremenports has also held training courses for boatmen and captains on inland waterways.

BREMEN. The flash survey published in June by BHV – Bremischen Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – did not show a clear trend.

SHANGHAI. transport logistic China was a huge success for German seaports. After a six-year hiatus due to the coronavirus, the trade fair was held in Shanghai in June and officially opened by Dr Volker Wissing, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport.

OSNABRÜCK. In July, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics announced its plans to further expand its sustainability department and named Şükran Gencay (right) and Daniel Hülemeyer (left) Heads of Sustainability.

OLDENBURG. In May, the EcoPorts environmental initiative awarded NPorts the Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certificate for the third time in a row, acknowledging the port company’s environmental and social efforts.

BREMEN. With the communication and digitalisation dialogue, BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – has offered its members two new formats for meeting up with like-minded professionals since 2024.

BREMEN/EINDHOVEN. Transport/logistics students in Bremerhaven are having a good time testing the best ways to implement logistics theory in practice – by playing a container transport game.

BREMEN. In June, the EMS-Fehn-Group announced its plans to establish EFG EnerLog GmbH. With Andreas Hefler at the helm, the new company based in Bremen offers services in the trade and transport of alternative fuels.

HAMBURG. The percentage of women in the German merchant fleet has increased by 1.3 per cent over the past two years, as announced in May by the German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) during the third International Day for Women in Maritime in 2024.

BREMEN. Stuttgart introduced a daily container service by train from its port to Bremerhaven in August. Operated by Necoss Neutral Container Shuttle GmbH, which is based in Bremen, the trains run at night but are loaded and unloaded during the day.

BERLIN. At the German Ports Reception in Berlin this June, leading politicians and secretaries of the state ministries responsible for the seaports asked the German government to assist with port expansion.

OLDENBURG/ROTTERDAM. In May, Seaports of Niedersachsen appeared alongside partners and other exhibitors from the logistics industry at the world’s leading event for breakbulk and heavy goods logistics, which counted 12,000 trade visitors.

HAMBURG. Dr Matthias Catón was appointed managing director of the German Maritime Centre (GMC) on 1 September, taking over for Claus Brandt, who left the GMC on 30 June.

BREMERHAVEN. From ship unloading and transhipment at the terminal to technical services, BLG LOGISTICS offers the complete logistics package for high and heavy goods at the port – all from a single source.

BRANKE, BREMEN. J. MÜLLER welcomed twelve new apprentices to its Brake and Bremen sites on 1 August.

BREMEN. In June, the smart port community associated with bremenports, the University of Bremen and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) received a letter with some good news from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF):

BREMEN. In April, Nils Fahrenholz (left) succeeded Oliver Oestreich (right) as COO and thus as a management board member in the Leschaco Group.

HAMBURG. The Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) welcomed the European Commission’s decision not to extend the block exemption regulation, which had allowed shipping consortia to agree on which ships could dock at which ports and transshipment facilities and how often.