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BERLIN.<\/strong> At its annual conference on 11 November 2026, the Zentralverband der deutschen Seeh\u00e4fen (ZDS) made it clear that ports are taking on an increasing number of national tasks. These include, for example, the import of liquefied natural gas for energy supply, offshore wind farms and support for NATO in military operations. However, \u201cnational tasks also require national funding\u201d, emphasised Sebastian J\u00fcrgens, President of the ZDS, adding: \u201cModern cranes cannot be erected on dilapidated quaysides, let alone handle heavy-duty cargo such as military equipment or wind turbine components.\u201d In his view, however, the ports would only be marginally taken into account in the federal government\u2019s proposed allocation of 38 million euros. He therefore called for a new, reliable federal-state funding arrangement: according to the ZDS, around 500 million euros are required annually for public port infrastructure. In addition to this long-term core funding, however, the existing investment and modernisation backlog of 15 billion euros must also be cleared, said J\u00fcrgens, who had previously emphasised that \u201cthe ports demonstrate how successful transformation can be achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Photo: istock\/HyperlapsePro<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BERLIN. At its annual conference on 11 November 2026, the Zentralverband der deutschen Seeh\u00e4fen (ZDS) made it clear that ports are taking on an increasing number of national tasks. These include, for example, the import of liquefied natural gas for energy supply, offshore wind farms and support for NATO in military operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":72620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-news-en"],"yoast_head":"\n