PARIS. At its annual conference in Paris in late April, the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) released the results of its Port Investments Study 2024, according to which the European port management authorities’ investment needs will rise to 80 billion euros in the next ten years.

BERMEN/HAMBURG. In the future, a uniform digital release process that goes by the name “Secure Release Order” will gradually replace the pin code-based process for container import through German seaports.

CUXHAVEN/STADE. The LNG jetty in Stade, the largest port construction project of its time in Stade, was not completed and handed over to the operator until December 2023.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Specially developed for Bremische Hafeneisenbahn, the Port Railway Information and Operation System (PRINOS) now controls all port rail traffic in Bremen and Bremerhaven.

ELSFLETH. Bolstering relevant degree courses is a key component of the national port strategy.

OLDENBURG/BILBAO. In March, Seaports of Niedersachsen and NPorts utilised the WindEurope trade fair in Bilbao, Spain, as a joint platform on which to present their groundbreaking wind energy projects at Lower Saxony’s seaports.

WILHELMSHAVEN. The Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort marketing team has been complete again since early April. André Heim (left), appointed as Director of Sales International, is in charge of marketing space in the Freight Village, whilst Diana Jazik (right) focuses on online marketing.

BREMEN. Climate change poses new challenges for the North Sea, Baltic Sea and hinterland. Besides the probable rise of sea levels, climate researchers also predict more extreme weather events such as flooding, storms and heavy rainfall.

BREMEN. In 2023, BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – offered four business etiquette seminars for apprentices in collaboration with Nadine Hellmold, the certified trainer for business etiquette, thus ensuring a good start to the apprenticeship for more than 50 apprentices.

BREMERHAVEN. Following presentation of the smart port strategy, which had been collaboratively developed in just under twelve months, around 120 participants from companies, authorities and scientific institutions kicked off the next phase of the project at their workshop in Bremerhaven in March. “Today you’ve achieved a real milestone.

ELSFLETH. Time has taken its toll on the control technology installed in 1979 at the Hunte-sperrwerk flood barrier, featuring four floodgates to protect the cities of Elsfleth and Oldenburg as well as parts of the Wardenburg and Bad Zwischenahn municipalities from flooding.

BREMEN. According to the 2023 annual report by Berufs-bildungsstelle Seeschifffahrt (BBS) in April, the number of beginners in maritime shipping increased in 2023.

WILHELMSHAVEN. In May, P3 Logistic Parks, a leading developer and long-term owner of European logistics properties, completed the first of three construction phases in the Freight Village at JadeWeserPort Wilhelmshaven.

BREMEN. Despite all the challenges, the three divisions of BLG LOGISTICS – Automobile, Contract and Container – ended the 2023 financial year positively.

OLDENBURG. NPorts is pursuing a progressive balance between work, family and private life, as confirmed in May for the third time in a row by the berufundfamilie Service GmbH certificate.

HAMBURG. On 1 April, Mario Janssen took over management of the ro-ro carrier division of the Japanese shipping company MOL for the Europe and Africa regions. Janssen had been the sales director for the segment he now oversees in Hamburg with around 80 employees.

BREMEN. According to reports by Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung (DVZ), Alexander Global Logistics (AGL), a Bremen-based freight forwarder, is planning a huge expansion of storage and transshipment capacity for pulp and paper in Bremerhaven.

WILHELMSHAVEN. At a press conference in early April, NPorts Managing Director Holger Banik announced that the company is planning to invest roughly another four million euros at their Wilhelmshaven site, Hooksiel, in 2024, with another approximately six million euros allocated for the maintenance, renovation and repair of the existing port structures.

SCHORTENS. Since March, the frozen food logistics company NORDFROST has now been delivering its products with a digital delivery note via Cloud4Log and is thus paving the way for an even higher degree in transparency.

CUXHAVEN. The German government adopted its national port strategy in March, thus announcing its financial investment in the Cuxhaven transshipment location, which is key to on and offshore wind energy, with around 100 million euros set aside for berths 5 to 7.

BREMERHAVEN. Following its successful kick-off last year, ENVOCONNECT will, once again, take place on 19 and 20 September 2024.

BREMEN. In April, project logistics companies associated with BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – were cautious about the current year.

DUISBURG. The “Hafen trifft Festland” event series was held in May for the 40th time – in the city of Duisburg, home to Europe’s largest inland port.

BRAKE. In the presence of guests, politicians and business representatives, J. MÜLLER inaugurated its 62,000 m² photovoltaic system at the seaport of Brake in April.

OSNABRÜCK. Hellmann Worldwide Logistics joined forces with the South Korean carrier HMM in March, taking the next step on the company’s path to sustainable transport solutions.

LEER. The EMS-Fehn-Group established the EFG Logistics Services company in Egypt in January.

BRAKE. J. MÜLLER joined the ShortSeaShipping Inland Waterway Promotion Center (SPC) support organisation in early February.

BRAKE. With a workshop on hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany launched the initiative for an HVO model region Unterweser this March in Brake.

DEN HELDER/BREMEN. Officially launched in Den Helder, Netherlands, in mid-February, the EU’s North Sea Hydrogen Valley Ports project is funded by the EU’s Interreg programme and aims to develop ports into central hubs for green hydrogen and power-to-X fuels like methanol and ammonia.

BREMEN. In February, actual rocket scientists encountered the world’s oldest maritime form of propulsion, sailing, at Neustädter Hafen.