KÖLN. Christian Hoffmann was elected the new president of the Federal Office for Goods Transport (BAG) in mid-August.

BREMEN. The project freight-forwarding company Combi Lift has strengthened its team.

BREMEN/DUBAI. As part of its expansion in Dubai, the Bremen-based Transport Overseas Group recruited Richard Hall in July.

SCHINDELLEGI. In early August, Stefan Paul took over from Detlef Trefzger as CEO at Kühne + Nagel.

BREMEN/VIENNA. In future, the Ports of Bremen will be represented in Austria by the logistics expert Claus Hansen.

BREMEN. In July, the Dettmer Group announced the takeover of Purus Plastics, a company that manufactures completely recycled products such as “Ecoraster” ground reinforcement pavers, as well as rooftop greenery.

WILHELMSHAVEN. The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) of the Canadian port in New Brunswick and the Lower Saxony port of Wilhelmshaven signed a memorandum of understanding in August to work together in the logistics of dry and liquid bulk as well as industrial goods traded between Canada and Germany.

BREMERHAVEN. A building was completed in the small fishing harbour lock in August, which will house the technical equipment for running the lock.

EMDEN. Over the past months, NPorts and Emden Dockyard (EWD) have agreed on a maintenance concept for the dock basins around the former Nordseewerke.

EMDEN. Everything went to plan when Bridge 11 was blown up at the end of July.

WILHELMSHAVEN. The port site on the northwest coast of the Jade Bight is increasingly developing into an important energy hub for Germany.

BREMERHAVEN. A logistics campus, spanning around 70,000 square metres, is being built in the fishing port for A. P. Møller-Mærsk.

CUXHAVEN. In July, after a two-and-a-half year development period, the “SmartKai” project went into trial operation with a berthing manoeuvre of the “Sealandia Seaways” ferry at the RoRo bridge of the Europakai.

OLDENBURG. In 2020, the region surrounding the nine seaports of Lower Saxony employed 47,374 persons in port-related jobs.

BREMEN/LIMA. Leschaco celebrated the opening of its new branch office in Lima, Peru, with over 100 guests on 14 July.

OLDENBURG. For the first time in two years, the “Apprentice Day” at NPorts was once again an in-person event with a potpourri of talks, interactive sessions and networking.

BRAKE. J. MÜLLER expands transhipment of breakbulk goods in Brake.

BREMEN. On 4 September 1972 the Roland Umschlagsgesellschaft started operations with its first loading unit.

BREMERHAVEN. Heavy equipment was in operation at the Lohmanndeich in July.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Bremen has invested heavily in modernising its port infrastructure like never before.

LÜBECK. The Maritime Cluster Northern Germany (MCN) has had a new chairman since June. Prof. Bastian Gruschka (2nd from right) from the Bremen City University of Applied Sciences succeeded Knut Gerdes.

BREMEN. Since June, Michael Guttrof has become the second managing director at Zech Logistics. Previously, he was the managing director of Bremen-based overseas forwarding company Kopf & Lübben.

WILHELMSHAVEN. The team of volunteers of the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) in Wilhelmshaven has had a new foreman since May. Stephan von Wecheln (r) has taken over the honorary post from Erwin Clausen. Von Wecheln is a trained chemical technician, has been involved in disaster relief and has been a volunteer sea rescuer since 2013. The 46-year-old considered himself well prepared for his task before taking office: “Erwin and I have worked together very closely in the past,” said von Wecheln.

SCHINDELLEGI. The Board of Directors of Kühne + Nagel International has appointed Dr Hansjörg Rodi to the management board as from 1 August. Rodi will assume responsibility for Road Logistics.