[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ module_class=”reverse-columns-mobile” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Located around 26 kilometres upstream at the mouth of River Weser,
\nthe multifunctional Brake seaport has a riverside quay some 2.5 kilometres in length with eight berths.<\/p>\n
Credits: J. M\u00fcller (2x), Claudia Behrend (2x), NPorts[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”0px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]If the entrance serves as a calling card, so too should the front garden. The change is already visible here at NPorts in Brake. Since 2022, visitors to the port building have been greeted by yellow flowers and other greenery, rather than gravel and boxwood. Many other types of plant from rosemary to hibiscus grow next to and behind the office building. <\/p>\n
A large field of flowers was also planted in collaboration with NABU, a nature conservation union. Pupils involved in Umwelt-AG at the secondary school in Brake have built and colourfully painted nesting boxes for starlings and tits, which now hang in the trees there. Insects can enjoy deadwood hedges and even a specially built \u201chotel\u201d. But the idea to make the entire area greener and friendlier to insects did not come from the public port operator\u2019s boardroom, but rather the workforce, reports Franziska Walther, Deputy Manager of the NPorts branch in Brake. That includes some employees who have donated cuttings from their own gardens. For larger events such as the official opening of the large berth last year, the tables are adorned with green plants, which are then planted in the garden, rather than with cut flowers.<\/p>\n
The vegetation is watered with rainwater from the company\u2019s water butt. \u201cThe greenery project is ongoing,\u201d emphasises Walther. The project should make sustainability and development more visible and tangible \u2013 also for the sake of the local residents who use the garden as a public park. The space also provides employees with a green environment for breaks and meetings.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Story03_800.jpg” title_text=”Story03_800″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” alt=”Kevin Klahr from the Technical Department planting a hibiscus at the NPorts port garden in Brake as part of an employee group initiative. ” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”-5px||25px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Kevin Klahr from the Technical Department planting a hibiscus at the NPorts port garden in Brake as part of an employee group initiative. [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
There are also numerous sustainability projects underway in the port area itself. One such example is the sweeper, which cleans the grounds, including the rails, to keep particles out of the Weser. Rather than using drinking water as in the past, the sweeper relies on water which has been used to rinse the pipes that deliver fresh water to the ships. <\/p>\n
Elfi Bargmann from the Technical Department is in charge of looking after green spaces in the port area. \u201cWe have 11.2 hectares of lawn here, but now only mow 17 per cent of that \u2013 just once or twice a year,\u201d she explains. Spaces are gradually being transformed, and even vertical surfaces like noise barriers are being planted with climbing hydrangeas and grape ivy. This is also the case with new premises by port customers, which is subject to the same requirements.<\/p>\n
To ensure that NPorts and its customers in Brake are not working independently on similar ideas potentially with comparable challenges, Walther has established a regular port event with a focus on sustainability. Though external parties are occasionally invited to attend, the primary purpose of the event is to provide NPorts and companies connected to Brake Port with the opportunity to share information.
\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”dtb-sticky” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_sidebar area=”et_pb_widget_area_7″ show_border=”off” admin_label=”Werbung Startseite \/ Artikel” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_sidebar][et_pb_sidebar area=”et_pb_widget_area_9″ show_border=”off” admin_label=”Werbung Artikel” _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_sidebar][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Story02_1000.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”650px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” alt=”Die gestapelten Container,
\ndie fr\u00fcher der Marine geh\u00f6rten, dienen in Brake seit der Hafenerweiterung West im Jahr 2006 als L\u00e4rmschutzwand und k\u00f6nnten zuk\u00fcnftig ebenfalls begr\u00fcnt werden. Von links: Franziska Walther, stellvertretende Niederlassungsleiterin, D\u00f6rte Schmitz, Leitung Kommunikation, Prassila Tamizuddin, Volont\u00e4rin, Elfi Bargmann, Mitarbeiterin der Abteilung Technik.” title_text=”Story02_1000″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” bottom_divider_style=”waves2″ bottom_divider_color=”#DFE6EE” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”-5px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Since the West port expansion in 2006, the containers stacked in Brake, which used to belong to the navy, serve as a noise barrier and may also be covered in greenery in the future. Left to right: Franziska Walther, Deputy Branch Manager, D\u00f6rte Schmitz, Head of Communications, Prassila Tamizuddin, a trainee, and Elfi Bargmann from the Technical Department.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ custom_margin=”||50px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
The group would have never been able to complete the project that J. M\u00dcLLER is so proud of without the support of partners such as Commerzbank, construction company Bj\u00f6rn & Peter Renken, the developer of the automation concept SCHULZ Systemtechnik and supply company EWE NETZ. This project is the photovoltaic (PV) system spread out across ten hall roofs, which was activated last April.<\/p>\n
With a total surface area of of 62,100 square metres and the modules\u2019 peak power of 12.8 megawatts peak, it is the largest rooftop system in Lower Saxony. \u201cThe solar yield of 959 kilowatt hours per kilowatt peak installed should reduce annual CO2 emissions by 5,804,000 kilograms,\u201d reports Cedric Witten, Head of Technology and IT at J. M\u00dcLLER. A total of eleven million euros was invested. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe idea behind it came about six years ago, but was further established with the attack on Ukraine, when energy was difficult to obtain and became increasingly expensive,\u201d recalls Witten. \u201cWe now produce more than 31 per cent of the electricity we need in-house.\u201d And the next project is already in the pipeline. \u201cExcess electricity fed into the public grid will be used by ourselves from 2025, using a storage battery with one to four megawatts,\u201d says Witten.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Story04_800.jpg” title_text=”Story04_800″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” alt=”Franziska Walther, Deputy Manager of the NPorts branch in Brake, showing off the insect hotel built by her colleagues in the port building\u2019s garden.” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”-5px||25px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]Franziska Walther, Deputy Manager of the NPorts branch in Brake, showing off the insect hotel built by her colleagues in the port building\u2019s garden.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”dtb-sticky” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/J_MUeLLER_Photovoltaik_Seehafen_Brake_2024-3-c-J_MUeLLER_4C_Story05.jpg” parallax=”on” custom_padding=”650px||||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” alt=”Unten vom Gel\u00e4nde aus sind nur die multifunktionalen Lagerhallen zu sehen. Erst der Blick von oben zeigt die 31.000 in verschiedene Himmelsrichtungen ausgerichteten Module, mit denen J. M\u00fcller bereits 31 Prozent des ben\u00f6tigten Stroms selbst erzeugt.” title_text=”J_MU\u0308LLER_Photovoltaik_Seehafen_Brake_2024-(3)-c-J_MU\u0308LLER_4C_Story05″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” bottom_divider_style=”waves2″ bottom_divider_color=”#DFE6EE” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”-5px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]From down on the ground, only the multifunctional storage halls are visible. It\u2019s the view from above that reveals the 31,000 modules installed in different directions, which J. M\u00dcLLER now uses to generate 31 per cent of in-house electricity.[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/J_MUeLLER_Photovoltaik_Seehafen_Brake_2024-3-c-J_MUeLLER_4C_Story05_1200.jpg” title_text=”J_MU\u0308LLER_Photovoltaik_Seehafen_Brake_2024-(3)-c-J_MU\u0308LLER_4C_Story05_1200″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” alt=”The process for counting the approximately 50,000 wagons a year has been digitalised as part of the Radar Project 4.0, which not only reduces the amount of work and improves capacity planning, but also saves energy and therefore reduces emissions. Left to right: Olaf Eden, in charge of electrical engineering in Brake, and Romina Hanisch, Radar Project Manager)” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”-5px||25px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]The process for counting the approximately 50,000 wagons a year has been digitalised as part of the Radar Project 4.0, which not only reduces the amount of work and improves capacity planning, but also saves energy and therefore reduces emissions. Left to right: Olaf Eden, in charge of electrical engineering in Brake, and Romina Hanisch, Radar Project Manager)[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ custom_margin=”||50px||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
With the support of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport through the \u201cDigital Test Beds at Ports\u201d (Digi-Test) funding guidelines, a project for digitalising the wagon counting process was completed at NPorts in late September. Due to the sheer size of the port infrastructure, with 33 kilometres of track and 100 railway points, NPorts was always dependent on figures provided by the railway companies. \u201cIdeally, the companies would provide this information in Excel,\u201d says Romina Hanisch, Radar Project Manager. \u201cChecks could only be performed at random. But we need reliable data.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rather than expensive standard systems with optical character recognition (OCR), NPorts now relies on conventional camera technology. Down-stream OCR can then read the number on containers and hazardous goods seals when trains pass by at 15 to 25 kilometres per hour. That not only increases invoice precision, efficiency in infrastructure use, and savings through fewer dispatcher checks, but also boosts synergy effects such as shorter standing times and reduced energy consumption and emissions. <\/p>\n
Reducing electricity consumption is also high up on the agenda for Olaf Eden, who is responsible for electrical engineering in Brake. For example, all medium-voltage switchgears and 20-kilovolt oil transformers were either built new or renovated between 2019 and 2021. The substantial increase [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.logistics-pilot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/2024_Lupinenwiese_4C_Story06_1300.jpg” title_text=”2024_Lupinenwiese_4C_Story06_1300″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” alt=”In partnership with the nature conservation union NABU, a large field of flowers was planted in the NPorts garden in Brake, offering insects and birds a source of food until the autumn.” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”-5px||25px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]In partnership with the nature conservation union NABU, a large field of flowers was planted in the NPorts garden in Brake, offering insects and birds a source of food until the autumn.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ module_class=”dtb-sticky” _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_blurb title=”More Information” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ header_font=”|||on|||||” header_text_color=”#ffffff” header_font_size=”16px” text_orientation=”center” custom_margin=”50px||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”” custom_margin_phone=”25px||||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_blurb_title=”display: inline-block!important;||background: #002754!important;||padding: 5px 13px 3px 13px!important;||position: relative!important;” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#002754″ global_colors_info=”{}” header_text_color__hover_enabled=”on|desktop” header_text_color__hover=”rgba(255,255,255,0.71)” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ text_font=”roboto-regular||||||||” text_text_color=”#003a7c” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||15px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|tablet” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n www.nports.de <\/a> [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brake Port is a hive of activity for both transshipment and sustainability, with projects ranging from fields of flowers and the recently completed full transition to LED lights at NPorts, to construction of Lower Saxony\u2019s largest rooftop photovoltaic system at port logistics specialist J. M\u00dcLLER.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":66818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-logistics-story-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nin efficiency resulted in energy savings of around twelve per cent. Launched in 2015, the project for replacing the 1,040 exterior lights with LEDs was successfully completed in 2024 with an investment of 500,000 euros. That and the introduction of motion sensor control reduced energy consumption by around 41 per cent \u2013 also good for the company\u2019s reputation. \b(cb)<\/em><\/p>\n
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