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BHV awards lorry partner site

BHV awards lorry partner site

BREMEN. The “Project Logistics Award 2025” was awarded by BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung during LogisticsConnect. It went to the online platform HeavyBoost and the software development company HEC for a software solution with which empty journeys in the...
Ports of Bremen ready for Methanol

Ports of Bremen ready for Methanol

BREMEN. “After being able to bunker LNG since 2015, the Ports of Bremen have now also been equipped to bunker methanol,” announced Kristina Vogt, Bremen Senator for Economic Affairs, Port and Transformation in March. Bunkering involves special safety aspects, and...
“Gates to the world” in dry dock

“Gates to the world” in dry dock

BREMERHAVEN. This year started with an unusual sight at the 220-metre-long Dock I of the Lloyd shipyard. It was not a docked ship but rather two huge lock gates from the port of Bremen which, together, weighed nearly 3,600 tonnes. The spare gates of the Kaiserschleuse...
Cuxhaven honours mariners

Cuxhaven honours mariners

CUXHAVEN. The Seamen’s Mission Cuxhaven and the St.-Petri-Parish held a “Sunday for Sailors” in the St. Petri Church on 2 March. The event honouring mariners took place for the 32nd time. “Sailors often work under the most adverse conditions – despite heavy storms,...
Significant growth recorded in Lower Saxony’s seaports

Significant growth recorded in Lower Saxony’s seaports

OLDENBURG. Last year, the seaports of Lower Saxony were able to increase their volume of sea freight by ten per cent to 55.5 million tonnes (2023: 50.6 million). This was announced by Olaf Lies, Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport, Construction and...