BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. At the press conference in February to present the port’s annual figures, bremenports’ managing director Robert Howe looked back on an exciting and busy 2021: “There has been a wealth of unusual topics that challenged our team in more ways than one.

BREMEN. Based on provisional company figures, Röhlig Logistics recorded the most successful business year in company history in 2021.

WILHELMSHAVEN. At the start of the year Rail Power Systems, a company based in Munich, was commissioned by JadeWeserPort to carry out the operational planning and the electrification of a four-kilometre feeder section and the 16-track pre-routing group in the port.

OSNABRÜCK/MIAMI. Hellmann Worldwide Logistics is responding to the global e-commerce boom and launched its latest product “Easy eComm Model” in February.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. The Ports of Bremen have managed to offset the decline in the cargo trade experienced in 2020 due to the pandemic.

CUXHAVEN. In February, the Lower Saxony Minister President Stephan Weil (SPD, 2nd from left) visited the Port of Cuxhaven to find out more about port industry concerns relating to the planned construction of three new deep-water berths.

SCHORTENS. In early February, Nordfrost completed the expansion of its logistics centre in Barsinghausen.

OLDENBURG. NPorts has been pursuing a strategy of proactive investment and the maintenance and repair of existing port facilities over the past few years.

BREMERHAVEN. After only eighteen months of construction work, the new quay 66 was officially opened in January.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Since 1989, Turbo-Technik has been the official representative of the Japanese Kemel Group in Germany and provides shipping companies on its behalf with spare parts and related services.

BREMEN. Leschaco, the global logistics service provider with its headquarters in Bremen , has expanded its operations in Latin America and acquired Transantartic S.A.C. (TPL) on 1 February 2022.

OLDENBURG. The increase in cargo handling at the nine Lower Saxony seaports of Brake, Cuxhaven, Emden, Leer, Nordenham, Oldenburg, Papenburg, Stade and Wilhelmshaven in 2021 was mainly attributed to the strong rise in the container segment and general cargo.

BREMEN. Topics including environmental and sustainability issues, land and port development, international projects, IT and marketing are to be brought together under one roof with the newly created ‘Port Development and Innovation’ business unit with a clear external profile.

BERLIN. The civil sea rescue organisation SOS Mediterranee Deutschland appointed a new managing director in December.

LYSAKER. This summer will see Lasse Kristoffersen become the new CEO of the Wallenius Wilhelmsen shipping group.

BREMEN. The next generation is moving in at the Leschaco Group.

HAMBURG. Working together with the federal government in tackling the major challenges facing the German shipping industry.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Late last year Novatek and Uniper signed a benchmark paper for the first German-Russian supply chain for reduced C02 ammonia.

HAIGER. As part of the Logistics Talk series of events, bremenports visited Haiger for the first time last November.

EMDEN. The mobile harbour crane LHM 420 is the core of a new contract between NPorts and epas.

BREMEN. “A sustainable outlook for 2022” – this was the motto of the Project Logistics Expert Forum, hosted by BHV – Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung – on 17 January.

WILHELMSHAVEN. Following a 5-year renovation of the bridge, NPorts completed the works on the Niedersachsenbrücke in Wilhelmshaven on schedule.

LEER. Global Boat Shipping (GBS), specialists in the worldwide transport of yachts and boats, have continued on their growth path in 2021 with a new office in the Mediterranean, new software and additional staff.

BREMEN. How vulnerable are German seaports to the consequences of global warming, and what measures need to be taken to counteract these effects?