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Photos: Volkswagen Werk Emden, Anker Schiffahrt<\/p>\n
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When the company was founded in 1956 at the Bremen site, the world was a different place. VW Beetles were hoisted by crane on board conventional ships, and Jan Remmers hadn\u2019t even been born. After 35 years at Anker Schiffahrt, the 57-year-old, who was appointed deputy managing director in 2016, can still talk about the time before he joined the company in 1985 as if he had actually been there. He knows Scharbau (Leschaco), the wholly owned Bremen-based subsidiary of international logistics service provider Lexzau, inside out.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe first important milestone in our company\u2019s history was certainly the takeover of car loading for VW in Bremen in December 1960,\u201d says Remmers. Four years later, when the car manufacturer moved to Emden, the headquarters of Anker Schiffahrt was also opened there. In 1987, the company Autoport Emden was founded with partners Volkswagen Transport, EVAG Emder Verkehrs und Automotive, and Gerd Buss. \u201cSince then volumes have risen continuously,\u201d says Remmers. \u201cIn 1965, 98,480 VW Beetles were being handled for export. In 2019 over 900,000 vehicles were imported or exported via Autoport.\u201d The automotive products sector, for which authorised signatory S\u00f6nke Kempe is also responsible along with Remmers, is therefore still a key part of the company\u2019s business.<\/p>\n
For this year, however, Remmers is expecting a decline in automobile turnover due to the pandemic: \u201cVW stopped production in mid-March. We continued to work for another ten days, but then had to announce short-time working on April 1.\u201d In the meantime, however, there is reason for optimism. \u201cFrom September, turnover is expected to pick up again strongly,\u201d says Remmers. Forecasts for 2021 are currently difficult, as there are too many unknown factors, but due to the continuous increase in handling volumes to date, the company is currently in the process of doubling the capacity of the existing parking lot for loading and unloading new vehicles from the VW Group to accommodate 40 trucks.<\/p>\n
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Anker Schiffahrt Group:<\/strong> 100% sub\u00adsidiary of Lexzau, Scharbau (Leschaco) [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.5.7″ background_image=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/in-Emden-verankert-c-VOLKSWAGEN-WERK-EMDEN.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”325px||325px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”150px||150px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ title_text=”in-Emden-verankert-c-VOLKSWAGEN-WERK-EMDEN”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||”][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.7″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n In 1965, 98,480 VW Beetles were handled. In 2019, over 900,000 vehicles were imported or exported via Autoport Emden.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.8″ custom_padding=”0px|||||”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.4.3″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.7″ hover_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n With the arrival of a pulp ship in 1983, the key market of forest products was added. Tilo Hoff and Jan Remmer\u2019s authorised signatory have responsibility for this market. What links Anker Schiffahrt with Nordland Papier, a subsidiary of the Finnish UPM-Kymmene Group, is tradition and very close integration with the customer\u2019s supply chain. There is a special feature here. \u201cThe logistics concept has always involved the pulp imported from Finland and South America being transshipped in an environmentally neutral way directly from ocean-going vessels to inland waterway vessels and transported to Nordland Papier\u2019s D\u00f6rpen\u00ad mill,\u201d says Remmers. However, the flow of goods and the demands on logistics have changed. \u201cIn the meantime, new markets have been added, so that goods in Europe are distributed using trimodal transport, i.e. inland waterways, rail and road.\u201d<\/p>\n Terminal and transshipment operations are mainly carried out at the Emskai berth and terminal. \u201cUp to 30,000\u202ftonnes are regularly unloaded here per call, then temporarily stored in our halls and delivered to customers,\u201d says Remmers. The company currently operates 30,000 square meters of special warehouses equipped with sprinkler systems for fire protection. Additional space in the Emden outer harbour can be rented if required.<\/p>\n All this has once again impressed the Finnish group UPM-Kymme Oyi, which is a leading company in the bio and forestry products industry. In January this year, the contract for handling forest products was re-awarded to Anker Schiffahrt.<\/p>\n In addition to the handling of VW automobiles and forest products, the company\u2019s portfolio also includes a large number of other maritime seaport services. \u201cA long-standing customer of ours is Meyer Werft,\u201d says Remmers. \u201cWe\u2019ve been working with our partner Omya for around twenty years on the final outfitting of the smaller cruise ships built in Papenburg. This includes all the logistics during berthing periods in the Emden inland port.\u201d Other key business areas are offshore logistics, project cargo and ship brokerage.<\/p>\n These two main pillars, in conjunction with the many other services the company provides, have also helped Anker Schiffahrt during the pandemic. \u201cSo far we have come through the crisis well,\u201d says Remmers, \u201cnot least because our staff have been very supportive.\u201d Another advantage is that, in the future, the owner-managed group is to be transferred from J\u00f6rg Conrad to his son and current CDO Constantin. Succession is therefore guaranteed.<\/p>\n Anker Schiffahrt has not yet been confronted with the widespread concern about attracting new talent. \u201cSo far we have always been able to find the right staff. Boredom isn\u2019t really a problem for us. Industrial staff are deployed as required, for example as crane operators or forklift or HGV drivers.\u201d<\/p>\n
Founded:<\/strong> 1956
Head office:<\/strong> Emden
Business areas: automotive handling, forestry products, port-specific services and shipping agency
USP:<\/strong> only seaport terminal within the Leschaco Group
Machinery:<\/strong> forklift trucks, industrial trucks, terminal tractors with trailers, special traverses and mobile ramps
Employees:<\/strong> 110<\/p>\nStill environmentally neutral<\/h2>\n
\u201cTo date we\u2019ve handled around fifteen million tonnes, mainly cellulose and paper,\u201d says Remmers. Forest products hand\u00adling is still completely conventional and is carried out either with ship cranes or mobile cranes.<\/p>\nPort-specific services<\/h2>\n