Colonel Thomas Geßner, Commander of the Bundeswehr’s Regional Territorial Command Bremen, and Uwe Oppitz, Group Managing Director of Rhenus Ports, consider the current situation in the “Key Region North-West” through the lens of the Operational Plan for Germany (OPLAN DEU), a classified strategic Bundeswehr document that governs Germany’s defence in the event of an alliance contingency and crisis situation. In other words, analysis of the status quo from a military and civilian point of view.

If collaboration works, it can generate synergies. However, the result may be the complete opposite if there are no clear structures or mutual trust between partners. Marc-Oliver Hauswald, board member of the association Logistikportal Niedersachsen, and Sven Hermann, Chairman of LogistikLotsen für die Metropolregion Nordwest, report on their experiences regarding this demanding balancing act.

Logistics offers a number of career opportunities – from direct entry into the field to a more academic path. Choosing the right path for you depends entirely on your personality and goals. Considering a few questions beforehand can help you achieve your goal. Juliane Bellstedt has completed her training as a shipping agent and works as an operations manager at SAL Heavy Lift. Markus Ahlfeld, Head of Human Resources at Lloyd Werft, describes how different the career paths can be, the experiences that shape them and the advantages and disadvantages of training vs studying.

Inland waterway transport is considered efficient and climate-friendly. However, everyday business is experiencing declining transport volumes, dilapidated infrastructure and, often, low water levels. Sebastian Poser, Managing Director, B. Dettmer Reederei, and Martin Deymann, Managing Partner, Reederei Deymann, are two experienced transport service providers who offer their very different perspectives on the current situation.

Whether due to a lack of funding for the outdated rail network, route closures or rising costs – combined transport (CT) is currently grappling with a number of problems. However, Niels Riedel, Head of Sales at Eurogate Intermodal, and Philipp Best, Head of Sales at TFG Transfracht, see more rays of hope than dark clouds on the horizon.

In times of complex global challenges, companies are increasingly relying on cooperation and strategic alliances, as the following examples show. But why is this? Dr Lisa Schleker, a business psychologist from Bremen, explains why, arguing that the mammoth task of sustainable transformation can only be achieved together, particularly in the maritime industry and logistics.

The LogisticsConnect event gets underway at the Bremen Congress Centre on 6 March. The concept for the new conference and exhibition event was developed jointly by Congress Bremen, bremenports and the BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung. Hans-Peter Schneider (M3B Managing Director), Robert Howe (bremenports Managing Director) and Dr Patric Drewes (BHV Executive Committee Member) told LOGISTICS PILOT what they feel makes the event so special.

How well do Brussels, Berlin and Germany’s federal states work together on climate and environmental protection? Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, and Mathias Krage, President of the Lower Saxony Transport Association, give their views on what is going well and where they see room for improvement.

It is not just the rules and channels of public communication that are changing at breakneck speed, but also the demands placed on companies. Janina Kovacs from the Mittelstand Digital Centre Bremen-Oldenburg and Reinhard Pfeiffer, owner of the Bremen PR agency 3F Kommunikation, provide guidance through the “jungle of the best possible public image”.

Thomas Manigk, Managing Director of Kopf & Lübben, and his company have been providing transport services at sea, by air and over land for almost 50 years. This means he is familiar with international business supply chains – and the consequences that maritime accidents can have for them.

In August 2022, the USA passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – an investment package worth billions of dollars. This was met with mixed feelings in Europe. David McAllister (CDU) and Joachim Schuster (SPD), both Members of the European Parliament, explain what this package means for the EU and how Germany is handling this challenge.

The heavy goods vehicle toll, imposed as a means to accelerate the transition to climate-neutral drive systems, has been linked to CO2 emission levels since 1 December 2023. Jürgen Resch, Federal Managing Director of Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and Simeon Breuer, Managing Director of L.I.T Speditions GmbH, assess this plan from different perspectives.

Different federal states, similar priorities – Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, and Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Construction and Digitalisation, outline important aspects of the future energy supply as seen by their own states.

The logistics real estate market is currently experiencing a downturn. LOGISTICS PILOT spoke to Professor Alexander Nehm from the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University and Francisco J. Bähr, Managing Partner at Four Parx, about the reasons for this and its impact.

More and more workers find a four-day week appealing. However, scepticism among employers exists in many areas. Andreas Hohnke, Managing Director of Cargo Truck Direct, and Volker Tschirch, CEO of AGA Unternehmensverband, a leading employers’ association in northern Germany, explain their points of view, including the accompanying issues of lack of skilled workers and quality of life.

In an interview with LOGISTICS PILOT, dbh director Marco Molitor discusses the differences in digitalisation in large and small companies, the acceleration of digital change due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the requirement to make the general public more aware of digitalisation.

To what extent are our ports implementing a cooperation concept? Professor Frank Ordemann and Professor Jan Ninnemann give their opinions on this.

Where are globalisation and trade relations heading? And how does this fit with our efforts to protect the environment? Prof. Lisandra Flach and Dr Guido Baldi shed light on the current situation.

The wish for quicker planning and approval processes seems to be at odds with the protection of environmental, nature and consumer rights in debates in terms of reforming the right of associations to take legal action. Jörn P. Makko, Chief Executive Officer of the Construction Industry Association of Lower Saxony-Bremen, and Professor Holger Buschmann, Chairman of NABU Lower Saxony, put forward their respective arguments.

Colonel Thomas Geßner, Commander of the Bundeswehr’s Regional Territorial Command Bremen, and Uwe Oppitz, Group Managing Director of Rhenus Ports, consider the current situation in the “Key Region North-West” through the lens of the Operational Plan for Germany (OPLAN DEU), a classified strategic Bundeswehr document that governs Germany’s defence in the event of an alliance contingency and crisis situation. In other words, analysis of the status quo from a military and civilian point of view.

If collaboration works, it can generate synergies. However, the result may be the complete opposite if there are no clear structures or mutual trust between partners. Marc-Oliver Hauswald, board member of the association Logistikportal Niedersachsen, and Sven Hermann, Chairman of LogistikLotsen für die Metropolregion Nordwest, report on their experiences regarding this demanding balancing act.

Logistics offers a number of career opportunities – from direct entry into the field to a more academic path. Choosing the right path for you depends entirely on your personality and goals. Considering a few questions beforehand can help you achieve your goal. Juliane Bellstedt has completed her training as a shipping agent and works as an operations manager at SAL Heavy Lift. Markus Ahlfeld, Head of Human Resources at Lloyd Werft, describes how different the career paths can be, the experiences that shape them and the advantages and disadvantages of training vs studying.

Inland waterway transport is considered efficient and climate-friendly. However, everyday business is experiencing declining transport volumes, dilapidated infrastructure and, often, low water levels. Sebastian Poser, Managing Director, B. Dettmer Reederei, and Martin Deymann, Managing Partner, Reederei Deymann, are two experienced transport service providers who offer their very different perspectives on the current situation.

Whether due to a lack of funding for the outdated rail network, route closures or rising costs – combined transport (CT) is currently grappling with a number of problems. However, Niels Riedel, Head of Sales at Eurogate Intermodal, and Philipp Best, Head of Sales at TFG Transfracht, see more rays of hope than dark clouds on the horizon.

In times of complex global challenges, companies are increasingly relying on cooperation and strategic alliances, as the following examples show. But why is this? Dr Lisa Schleker, a business psychologist from Bremen, explains why, arguing that the mammoth task of sustainable transformation can only be achieved together, particularly in the maritime industry and logistics.

The LogisticsConnect event gets underway at the Bremen Congress Centre on 6 March. The concept for the new conference and exhibition event was developed jointly by Congress Bremen, bremenports and the BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung. Hans-Peter Schneider (M3B Managing Director), Robert Howe (bremenports Managing Director) and Dr Patric Drewes (BHV Executive Committee Member) told LOGISTICS PILOT what they feel makes the event so special.

How well do Brussels, Berlin and Germany’s federal states work together on climate and environmental protection? Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, and Mathias Krage, President of the Lower Saxony Transport Association, give their views on what is going well and where they see room for improvement.

It is not just the rules and channels of public communication that are changing at breakneck speed, but also the demands placed on companies. Janina Kovacs from the Mittelstand Digital Centre Bremen-Oldenburg and Reinhard Pfeiffer, owner of the Bremen PR agency 3F Kommunikation, provide guidance through the “jungle of the best possible public image”.

Thomas Manigk, Managing Director of Kopf & Lübben, and his company have been providing transport services at sea, by air and over land for almost 50 years. This means he is familiar with international business supply chains – and the consequences that maritime accidents can have for them.

In August 2022, the USA passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) – an investment package worth billions of dollars. This was met with mixed feelings in Europe. David McAllister (CDU) and Joachim Schuster (SPD), both Members of the European Parliament, explain what this package means for the EU and how Germany is handling this challenge.

The heavy goods vehicle toll, imposed as a means to accelerate the transition to climate-neutral drive systems, has been linked to CO2 emission levels since 1 December 2023. Jürgen Resch, Federal Managing Director of Environmental Action Germany (DUH), and Simeon Breuer, Managing Director of L.I.T Speditions GmbH, assess this plan from different perspectives.

Different federal states, similar priorities – Kristina Vogt, Bremen’s Senator for Economic Affairs, Ports and Transformation, and Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Construction and Digitalisation, outline important aspects of the future energy supply as seen by their own states.

The logistics real estate market is currently experiencing a downturn. LOGISTICS PILOT spoke to Professor Alexander Nehm from the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University and Francisco J. Bähr, Managing Partner at Four Parx, about the reasons for this and its impact.

More and more workers find a four-day week appealing. However, scepticism among employers exists in many areas. Andreas Hohnke, Managing Director of Cargo Truck Direct, and Volker Tschirch, CEO of AGA Unternehmensverband, a leading employers’ association in northern Germany, explain their points of view, including the accompanying issues of lack of skilled workers and quality of life.

In an interview with LOGISTICS PILOT, dbh director Marco Molitor discusses the differences in digitalisation in large and small companies, the acceleration of digital change due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and the requirement to make the general public more aware of digitalisation.

To what extent are our ports implementing a cooperation concept? Professor Frank Ordemann and Professor Jan Ninnemann give their opinions on this.

Where are globalisation and trade relations heading? And how does this fit with our efforts to protect the environment? Prof. Lisandra Flach and Dr Guido Baldi shed light on the current situation.