A Whole Lot of Transportation 50 Years of Container Logistics Through Germany’S Seaports

Magazine for Ports, Shipping and Logistics June 2016

A Whole Lot of Transportation 50 years of container logistics through Germany’s seaports

Accurate Insights 16 | Good Advice on the High Seas 20 Congratulations on your first 50 years in the german logistiCs world. where would we be without you.

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“The Weser-Jade area is well placed with the ports of Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven.”

Ulrich Malchow Professor at the Centre of Maritime Studies at Bremen University of Applied Sciences Main Topic

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The container has been helping advance world trade – and, with it, globalisation – for 50 years now. It has facilitated a considerable reduction in unit transport costs, fuelling its own global spread. The world – not just ports – would look quite different today without the container. It is certainly one of the most significant inventions of the last century, but was also inevitable because the “general cargo ship” system had reached its limits in terms of size and handling efficiency. Equally, growth in the size of container ships has now reached a stage where further reductions in slot costs are not to be expected. The current market situation, with its “home-grown” underutilisation of capacity, is actually sending the profitability of giant ships the opposite way. Nevertheless, growing ship sizes are still posing a greater and greater challenge for ports and their terminals. The German exception is Wilhelmshaven. Logistics Story It will be interesting to see whether the growth in container ships actually comes to a halt at the current 16 size of 21,000 TEU. Regardless of the direction that development takes, the Weser-Jade area is well placed with the ports of Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven. However, as the recent stranding of a 19,000 TEU ship on the Unterelbe showed, a quick-access piece of rescue equipment must be made available on the German coast as a matter of urgency, in order to be able to relieve megaships of their containers in emergencies.

Yours, Ulrich Malchow

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Types of containers and their uses

Whether it be crates, parcels or machinery, the majority of general cargo is now transported by sea in containers. Very different types of containers are used depending on the load.

General purpose container/ high cube

Around 92 per cent of containers used around the world are standard containers. The options available are 20 or 40 foot GP (general 20' 40' purpose) and 40 or 45 HC (high cube). They are used to transport various types of general cargo in boxes, crates or barrels or on pallets.

40' 45'

Open top container/high cube

In OT (open top) containers, the roof is a tarpaulin. Firstly, this makes it possible to load the container through the roof using a crane. In addition, it means that the standard height of the container can be exceeded (with or without the tarpaulin). 20' 40'

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Refrigerated container/high cube

RF (refrigerated) containers, “reefers” for short, are required for temperature-controlled loads. Refrigeration units ensure a constant temperature of between –35 and +30 degrees Celsius during transport. 20' 40'

Ventilated container Tank container

If the product – for example, coffee Tank containers (TC) are used – doesn’t require a certain tempera- to transport liquids and granular ture, but does require regular materials. They have a steel ventilation, ventilated containers frame into which a cylindrical (VT) are used. These have splash- tank is fixed. proof ventilation slits. 20' 20'

Flat/high cube

FR (flat racks) are made up of a base, and sometimes foldable end walls. These transport platforms are used for particularly heavy and/ or oversized (“out of gauge”) project loads.

20' 40'

Platform

Platforms (PF/PL) comprise only a container base. They are used when large areas need to be created on container ships to transport bulky goods.

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SUMMARY NEWS

BREMEN. Port company bremenports is committed to gender equality within the firm – and to women and men being paid the same for the same Bremen celebrates work. bremenports recently “50 years of container received a prize from the handling in Germany” “Business and Professional BREMEN. 5 May 1966 is an historic date: it Women Germany – Club marks the start of the age of container transport Bremen” (BPW) for this in Germany. On this day 50 years ago, the first full commitment. This was the container ship to be unloaded in Germany was unloaded in Bremen’s international port by first time that the award has Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft (now: BLG enjoyed an entertaining evening programme, plus been given. Logistics). From there, the container began its the announcement of the award for the prettiest HAMBURG. Logistics service triumphal march, revolutionising transport and 50th anniversary container. Senator Günthner had trade routes. It made a real contribution towards invited companies in the state of Bremen to take provider TFG Transfracht Germany’s rise as an exporting nation. After all, part in the competition. The aim was to artistically integrated Austrian Container the idea was as revolutionary as it was simple: the design 20-foot containers according to the motto Terminal Enns (CTE) into the load was packed into a standardised steel box and “50th anniversary container for the state of

AlbatrosExpress network at the could be transferred onto any desired mode of Bremen”. The transport containers were presented start of April, therefore transport anywhere in the world at any time. The at the party and will now go on tour as ambassa- standardisation of workflows accelerated the dors for Bremen. The winners were the firm increasing frequency of international transport chain and facilitated Friedrich Tieman and the school Oberschule trains to Austria from 28 to globalisation. Under the aegis of Bremen’s Ohlendorf, whose pupils presented a colourful 32 departures per week. Since Senator for Economics, Labour and Ports, Martin container featuring the Town Musicians of Bremen. then, the AlbatrosExpress has Günthner, BLG and Eurogate celebrated “50 years The “50 years of containers in Germany” exhibition been connecting Ennshafen with of container handling in Germany” at the BLG- taking place in parallel and organised by Bremische the German seaports one to Forum in Bremen on 4 May 2016. The jubilee event Hafenvertretung (BHV) and VIA BREMEN at the was supported by port management company Domshof, directly in front of the city hall, attracted several times a day. bremenports, as well as other firms. Guests thousands of interested visitors. BREMERHAVEN. Cutting up ships and lengthening them is nothing new for Lloyd Werft Interesting facts about the container

Bremerhaven. And from 1 July it WILHELMSHAVEN. How much sea freight does the northern German will have a chance to prove this ports handle, and how can the terminals be even better connected to once more when DFDS ro-ro the hinterland? What benefits would there be to a collaboration between ferry “Primula Seaways” the German container seaports, and how many TEU can the worldwide container fleet actually transport in total? Answers to these and other comes into the shipyard for questions about container shipping and the maritime economy can be 31 days. The task: to lengthen found at www.mehrcontainerfuerdeutschland.de, the innovative the vessel amidships, and repair internet portal run by Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeser- some collision damage. Port-Marketing Gesellschaft. The website is updated on a weekly basis, J. MÜLLER, HANSEKAI, EUROGATE, CUXPORT, RHENUS MIDGARD WILHELMSHAVEN GMBH & CO. KG GMBH & CO. WILHELMSHAVEN MIDGARD RHENUS CUXPORT, EUROGATE, HANSEKAI, MÜLLER, J. PHOTOS: BLG, BREMISCHE HAFENVERTRETUNG E.V., WWW.MEHRCONTAINERFUERDEUTSCHLAND.DE, PANATTONI EUROPE, EUROPE, PANATTONI WWW.MEHRCONTAINERFUERDEUTSCHLAND.DE, E.V., HAFENVERTRETUNG BREMISCHE BLG, PHOTOS: so it’s worthwhile dropping by regularly to take a look.

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BLG launches new 40 years of coal handling Handling facility expanded logistics centre under the Rhenus flag at the Hansakai

BREMEN/DÜSSELDORF. Just seven months WILHELMSHAVEN. The first coal carrier BREMEN. J. Müller put a new crane into after the first cut of the spade, BLG Logistics put docked at Bulk Terminal Wilhelmshaven (BTW), operation in Bremen at the end of April. the first,32,000 m2 section of the new logistics run by Rhenus Midgard, in April 1976. Since This is the centrepiece of the expansion and centre in the port of Düsseldorf into operation at then, over 60 million tonnes of coal have been development of the Hansakai trimodal handling the end of April. With 10,000 square metres of handled for local power plants and customers facility, in which the logistics provider has useable space to begin with, BLG will provide in the hinterland. 2015 was a record year: invested around six million euros. By renovating logistics services for the export of unfinished 3.65 million tonnes were unloaded at the bulk further areas and expanding the facility, the components and assembly parts, which – goods handling terminal. In Germany, BTW is J. Müller Group – to which Hansakai Umschlag- alongside lorry control on site – will include the only place fully loaded capesize vessels betriebe belongs – is pursuing the goal of loading and unloading of trailers, cross-docking with a load capacity of up to 250,000 increasing transport by inland vessel. There and repackaging processes, as well as handling tonnes and a depth of 18.50 metres can is great potential in containers, as currently of empties. The logistics centre will serve as a berth. The facility is also home to Europe’s just five per cent of hinterland transport from supplier for one of BLG’s customers’ automotive latest waggon loading station, with an output of Bremerhaven is carried out using this mode factories. 2,000 tonnes an hour. of transport.

EMS begins work on the TAP project

BRAKE. Stevedores, logisticians and shipping experts from numerous companies of the EMS-Fehn-Group have begun work on the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). Pipes weighing 130,000 tonnes are to be shipped from More business blows in at the Cargostore uses Brake to the Albanian port of Durrës in southern tip of Bremerhaven Cuxport terminal 13 partial loads as part of the project, which is to run until 2017. BREMERHAVEN. Eurogate is to be the CUXHAVEN. Container rental company base port for the erection of wind turbines Cargostore has been using Cuxport’s terminal as at the “Nordergründe” offshore wind a depot for its rental containers for the farm – a project of wind farm developer and offshore industry, such as bottle racks, 10-foot operator wpd. The client for the 18 offshore refrigerated containers and 20-foot half height wind turbines to be erected to the east of the and 20-foot open top containers, since the start island of Wangerooge is Senvion. The turbines of the year. All of the containers are certified and will be taken out into the North Sea from equipped with slings for lifting onto platforms Bremerhaven. and installation vessels.

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SUMMARY NEWS Beeken offers container weighing in JadeWeserPort BREMEN. The Cypriot Ministry of Transport and the WILHELMSHAVEN. Medium-sized firm Meta & Peter Eurogate consortium signed a Beeken, which is headquartered in Hamburg and has a contract for takeover of the branch at JadeWeserPort, will be offering the weighing Limassol Container Terminal of loaded containers in accordance with the Solas at the end of April. The partners regulations that will come into force on 1 July daily between 8am and 4pm, to begin with, in Wilhelms- of the consortium are Eurogate haven. This service will be offered at the freight village International (60 per cent), halfway along the road to the container terminal. Interorient Navigation Company New logistics centre Scales and reach stackers provided by Linde will form (20 per cent) and East Med for F.W. Neukirch the interface with the Sysing computer system, through Holdings (20 per cent). The which the weight is forwarded to the client digitally. Limassol Container Terminal has OYTEN. Benedikt Oberholz (Goldbeck), 800 metres of quay space and Bruno Kruth (F.W. Neukirch), Friedrich Brinkmeyer an area of 35 hectares, with an (F.W. Neukirch), Michael Schmidt (Tepro) and annual handling capacity of Felix Zilling (Panattoni Europe) (from left) recently 500,000 TEU. The entrance to laid the keystone for the new logistics facility the port is 17 metres deep and owned by Internationale Spedition F.W. Neukirch. the water depth by the berths is Panattoni Europe is currently creating a multi-user 16 metres. Limassol will take warehouse with around 21,000 square metres Eurogate’s network to twelve of logistics space and 500 square metres of office container ports. space in Oyten, near Bremen, expected to be completed in summer this year. BREMERHAVEN. A working group made up of the companies Ed. Züblin (Hamburg) and Green light to start construction of berth 4 Heinrich Hirdes (Bremen) is CUXHAVEN. Lower Saxony’s State Secretary for Economic Affairs Daniela Behrens recently gave the to build Offshore Terminal go-ahead for the construction of berth 4 in Cuxhaven. This will be a multi-purpose terminal in the ship-depth Bremerhaven (OTB). “In Züblin water of the Elbe, as an extension of the Cuxport terminal. The new berthing offers the possibility of handling and Hirdes we have found two new vehicles, wind power systems and other goods. It has a quay length of 240 metres and will be suitable efficient partners who meet all for ships up to a maximum depth of 14.30 metres. The downstream 8.5-hectare quay facility offers a variety of of the conditions required logistics options. Completion is planned for 2017. to implement this challenging contract according to our specifications,” said bremenports’ Managing Director, Robert Howe. Despite the legal disputes, he is convinced that the terminal will be handed over to BLG Logistics at the end of 2018/ start of 2019. “As a hub for industry, business and shipping, Bremerhaven needs this facility desperately.” EUROGATE, ANDREAS BURMANN/NPORTS, BLG LOGISTICS, SEAPORTS LOGISTICS, BLG BURMANN/NPORTS, ANDREAS EUROGATE, PHOTOS: PANATTONI EUROPE, BEEKEN, BREMENPORTS, STADT PAPENBURG, PAPENBURG, STADT BREMENPORTS, BEEKEN, EUROPE, PANATTONI PHOTOS:

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Royal Bodewes founds LNG-operated dredged material barge shipyard site in Papenburg “greenports 1” launched PAPENBURG. The Royal Bodewes shipyard in Hoogezand, FOXHOL/BREMERHAVEN. 70.50 metres long, 10.50 metres wide, 2.90 metres the Netherlands, has announced that it will now be finishing deep and with a contract value of 4.9 million euros – that’s the modern dredged off various ships in the port of Papenburg. In collaboration with material barge that port service provider bremenports will be integrating into its fleet Papenburg-based firm Schulte & Bruns, Royal Bodewes has in the second half of the year. The working ship, believed to be the first owned by founded a new company specially for this, named a European seaport to run on the environmentally-friendly fuel of liquefied Bodewes Papenburg. The Dutch firm, which specialises in natural gas (LNG), will transport silt out of the port of Bremerhaven to the dredged the construction of multi-purpose and special vessels of material depot in Bremen-Seehausen on a regular basis. The ship was completed at between 2,000 and 14,000 tonnes, says that it hopes to kit Shipyard Constructions Hoogezand Nieuwbouw (SCHN) in Foxhol, in the province of out ten ships here over the next three years. Groningen in the Netherlands, at the end of March.

A solid end to fiscal 2015 Rhein-Umschlag invests Eurogate increases for BLG 12 million euros annual surplus

BREMEN. The board of BLG Logistics OLDENBURG. Long-standing Oldenburg-based BREMEN. Eurogate can now look back on presented the results of the last financial year firm Rhein-Umschlag is currently driving forward a good financial year 2015. Despite difficult at the press conference for the financial the expansion and modernisation of its market conditions, the European terminal statements in Bremen at the end of April. The handling facilities and the construction of an operator group increased its annual surplus company generated turnover of 938.6 million administration building at a cost of around twelve by 13.4 per cent to 73.5 million euros (previous euros in 2015 – up 6.3 per cent. All three million euros. Among other things, investments year: 64.9 million euros). Container handling business divisions – automobile, contract and have been made in a new full gantry rotary crane in at the German Eurogate sites grew faster container – chalked up increases in turnover, the Osthafen and in the construction of a further than the market. In Bremerhaven, Wilhelms- some considerable. However, the pre-tax result trimodal handling terminal for building materials in haven and Hamburg, Eurogate handled 1.5 per (EBT) remained slightly behind that of the the commercial zone of Dalbenstraße, to facilitate cent more containers last year than in 2014, previous year at 29.7 million euros (–1.3 per further optimisation of handling processes. The at 8.2 million TEU. The North Range ports as cent). The key factor in this was the lower over expansion measures will also involve the company a whole showed a drop of 1.6 per cent in the all result in the contract division. moving within the port of Oldenburg. period studied.

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Thinking inside and outside the box

The era of the container began 50 years ago. Virtually all goods are now transported by container. A lot has changed in the maritime sector in fifty years, and a lot is still changing.

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he “Fairland”, owned by American shipping company Sea-Land, made history when it entered Bremen’s international port on 5 May 1966. The 110 containers T on board the freighter were the first to be set down on land in a German port. Bremen was also the first German port to be visited by container ships on a regular basis. A lot has happened since then. Instead of Bremen, container ships have long since begun going to Bremerhaven – as well as Wilhelmshaven since 2012. If we look at ship arrivals in both ports exactly 50 years on, it is clear how much things have changed: for example, on 5 May this year the “MSC New York”, owned by shipping company MSC with a load capacity of just under 16,000 TEU, sailed out of Wilhelmshaven. At the same time, container giant “Merete Maersk”, a Triple-E class from Maersk at over 18,000 TEU, was handled in Bremerhaven.

Ship sizes

Currently the largest ships – also known as ultra large con- 34 tainer vessels (ULCV) – can hold over 19,000 TEU. It is es- ULCVs will be delivered timated that ships with a capacity of more than 10,000 TEU this year in total. now make up as much as 25 per cent of the global commer- SOURCE: NEW SHIPS ORDERBOOK cial fleet. The trend of increasingly large units began at the end of the 80s, when the German shipyards constructed the first ships with a capacity of 4,500 TEU. By the mid-90s this had increased to 7,000, and a decade later to 14,000 TEU. More big freighters with capacities of over 20,000 TEU have been ordered from the Korean shipyards and will be delivered in 2017. However, whether the vessels will get even bigger is a topic of dispute. Cargo rates have dropped since the start of the financial and economic crisis nine years ago, as have charter rates. Ship owners are being forced to save costs, which means that everything is having to become ever more efficient. One option is larger ships. However, these only really save big money when they are fully loaded – which is not always the case. On the contrary, capacity is increasing on the market due to the large number of large container ships being manufactured. In fact,

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Intelligent containers

Apples red, bananas yellow: that’s what fresh fruit should look like when it’s eaten. When transporting bananas, this means that the fruit has to be transported when it is green, or unripe. In order to ensure ripening at the right time and reduce transport losses, very specific temperatures have to be carefully maintained during both storage and transport. Bananas are increasingly being imported in refrigerated containers, some of which also act as temporary storage. With this in mind, those that want to optimise the logistics chain have to look to the container. This is exactly what is happening with the 15 million TEU were handled at the German seaports in 2015. “Intelligent Container” project at the University of Bremen. Researchers from the Institute for Microsensors, -Actuators and -Systems (IMSAS) have been studying how sensors can contribute towards self-regulation within logistics since 2004. One aspect of this is more accurate monitoring of temperature, as when talking to NDR in February this year, ship fi- although there can be great differences within a container, there are only two nancer Hermann Ebel said that he believed that every sensors inside. In the Intelligent Container there are twelve, which continually 15th ship worldwide is laid up – with this figure increasing. measure the temperature and communicate it to a central computer. With the Regardless of utilisation of capacity, there is also the help of model calculations, this results in a very precise, three-dimensional question of the point at which increasing ship size ceases image of temperature distribution. The computer in the container is also able to to make further cost savings possible. According to experts, interpret the data: the system identifies whether transport is going as planned the economies of scale effect does not increase infinitely or whether there are any problems. In addition, the software makes it possible with increases in load capacity. Giant containers take longer to predict the development of the fruit based on models previously created by to be loaded and unloaded in ports. What’s more, the or- biologists. Should the temperature be too high or should premature ripening ganisational, technical and financial cost and effort on land start, the temperature can be regulated remotely via satellite. Contrary to a also has to be taken into account. For example, megaships predefined expiry date, the remaining life becomes a dynamic value: if the fruit require considerable investment in the expansion of port is stored somewhere warm, its remaining life reduces accordingly. However, the infrastructure, such as docks, terminals and cranes, as well fruit itself also provides information on ripening. For example, a banana gives as connections to the hinterland. And this outlay does not off ethylene as it ripens. This, in turn, triggers the ripening of the other bananas. necessarily lead to ports handling any more containers. As Those involved in the “Intelligent Container” project have even developed a new such, it is unclear who will make such investments and how ethylene measuring device – a miniature gas chromatograph – that can work they will be financed. Investment costs for port and terminal independently in the container. operators have to be taken into account alongside operational This can help to reduce transport losses of fruit and contribute towards benefits for charterers and ship owners. better quality for customers and lower costs for producers, as well as reducing the transportation of spoiled goods. Port development The project, costing nine million euros, was initiated by the University of Bremen through the research associations MCB (Microsystems Center Ports have also been developed alongside increases in Bremen) and LogDynamics (Bremen Research Cluster for Dynamics in ship size. Today’s big container ships would have had Logistics) and is being sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and great difficulty being unloaded in a German seaport 50 Research. New assignments for the scientists have already arisen from this years ago. There were no gantry cranes back then; vessels project. MCB has been working on a new sensor project to detect mould in like the “Fairland” had their own cranes on board. Work- containers since October 2013. ing on an eight-hour shift, a nine-man bridge crew moved around 2,000 tonnes (to make that easier to picture: a loaded standard container weighs up 30 tonnes, including the weight of the container itself). As several times this volume is handled today, the quay in Bremerhaven has grown from 700 metres at the first cut of the spade in 1968 to around five

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14 berths for container ships measuring up to 400 metres in length and over three million square metres of space for containers available. How dramatically the significance of the container for ports has increased even over the last 20 years becomes clear when you look at the handling figures for Bremerhaven: the figure in 1995 was 1.5 million TEU; in 2015 the three terminals clocked up over three and a half times this: 5.5 million TEU. Forecasts state that handling figures at the German seaports will increase by a total of 2.8 per cent each year between now and 2030. At the same time, the number of visits from sea-going vessels is decreasing. The figure for the ports of Bremen in 1995 was 8,241; in 2014 it was only 6,230, due to ships being bigger and bigger. Even very large container ships up to 430 metres in length and up to 16.50 metres deep can moor in JadeWeserPort. Nautical and technical requirements

The rivers Weser and Elbe need to be expanded in order to continue to be able to handle these large container ships man of the Eurogate Group Management Board, who is re- in Bremerhaven and Hamburg in future. Whether this will sponsible for three terminals in Hamburg, Bremerhaven and happen is being decided by the courts, on whom the process Wilhelmshaven, among other areas. “Cooperation between currently depends. Wilhelmshaven has a unique deep-water the German seaports is a matter of course for Eurogate. To be- container terminal with a capacity of 2.7 million TEU per year gin with, cooperation could simply be demonstrating greater and a directly connected freight village. Thanks to a water solidarity, in order to set the wheels in motion for important depth of 18 metres in the Jade and an approach not affected by infrastructure projects together,” says Schiffer. the tides, even giants of up to 430 metres in length and 16,50 In the Netherlands there has been a general agreement in metres deep can moor here. The port still has considerable place between the two largest state ports of Rotterdam and potential for expansion, and could double its capacity by 2025. Amsterdam since 2010. This agreement was extended until 2020 at the start of the year. The aim: to develop strategic Cooperation goals in order to strengthen international competitiveness.

Whether and to what extent the three German seaports in Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg should cooperate more closely in future has been a subject of great discussion for many years. Until now collaboration has been largely limited to exchange and joint trade fair appearances, particularly abroad. One person that is advocating more cooperation between the ports is Eurogate boss Emanuel Schiffer, Chair-

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Interview with Werner Pöser, Managing Director of CHS Container Handel in Bremen Werner Pöser has been working for CHS How important are containers? Container Handel They have become indispensable. At our company, everything has been since 1979. revolving around the container for almost 40 years now: we sell, rent, lease and build them. The range goes from standard sea containers to storage containers to specially adapted workshop containers. We stock sea You also purchase new containers. Where are they built? containers not only in the ports but also in the German hinterland and in We exclusively procure containers from China. There are now no other many locations worldwide. producers in the world that can produce good quality at these prices and in the required volume. New container prices are very low in China due to As Managing Director, you are responsible for trade in second-hand competition and low demand. containers. What exactly does this mean? We purchase the containers from shipping and leasing companies, repair Is trade in second-hand containers a barometer of the them if required, then sell them to our customers. Customers use them economic climate? primarily for project business. Yes, definitely. Container prices have been almost 3,000 euros for 40-foot containers and 1,500 for 20-foot containers in the past. If container demand Why in this area? is high among ship owners, there are few discards and purchase prices It makes it possible to save packaging, and the container is taken directly to increase. Then, if there is a shortage, things get really expensive. Currently we where it is needed without lead times or interim handling. have an excess of containers on the market, which mirrors the economic situation for ship owners. This means that the prices are very low. However, How old are the containers you trade in? the material value still forms a natural limit for new containers. Because steel 12 to 18 years old on average. However, it depends on the shipping prices are also very low at the moment, the price can’t drop any further. In the companies’ internal systems, as well as what goods are to be transported case of second-hand containers, on the other hand, prices are currently just and what signs of use or damage have been caused by handling. 1,000 euros or so for a 40-foot high cube container. You pay around 900 euros for a 20-foot container. However, 20-foot containers and 40-foot general And how many containers do you trade in each year? purpose containers are being scrapped more and more because loads from We sell some 10,00 to 12,000 containers to end consumers each year. the Far East are high in volume and the ships are becoming ever larger. Of these, ten per cent are destined for the domestic market, and 90 per cent for export. In terms of turnover, container trade makes up around To what extent has use of these ships, for example on routes between two thirds of our total volume. Asia and Europe, had an effect on the container market? Large ships with a load capacity of 20,000 TEU are seldom completely Is it possible to plan trade in containers at all? loaded with full containers. This is because it is often nautically impossible. We work with our customers’ export figures, and have a lot of experience Usually there is space for 1,000 empty containers on board, sometimes up after 38 years. So it works well. In addition, we have around 600 containers to 2,000. This wasn’t the case before. As a result of this, there are now much constantly available at the Bremen depot, for example. fewer imbalances.

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Cross-regional relevance Container weighing The extent to which ports and the country’s interior are linked and the districts depend on one another in Germany too is demonstrated in a special evaluation of the shipping forecast Correct stowage is essential for the stability of container ships. In doing carried out by the chamber of industry and commerce for this, the stowage planner depends on the weight information available northern Germany (IHK Nord) last year. There are around to him. Even though the shipper has an obligation towards the ship 700 kilometres between the town of Böblingen, near Stutt- owner, the information isn’t always correct. In the past this has led to gart, and the German coast. Nevertheless, the German sea- slipped loads, load losses, and even shipping accidents. The solution of ports secure growth and employment even in this district in checking container weight before loading was obvious, but has taken Baden-Württemberg: according to the forecast, over 90 per negotiations lasting over four years. 1 July is the date: the new cent of foreign trade by sea from the district of Böblingen regulations for the International Convention for the Safety of Life at – particularly machinery and vehicles – is to be handled at Sea (Solas) concluded in 1974 will enter into force. They will have to be the German seaports by 2030. This represents a goods value implemented in each of the 50 member states. Whilst this has not yet of around 19 billion euros a year. Even today, around two happened in some countries, Germany implemented them with the thirds of Germany’s foreign trade by sea is shipped through “Guidelines regarding the verified gross mass of a container carrying its ports – and this is set to increase. cargo (MSC.1/Circular 1475)”. According to this, the verified gross mass It expected that the goods flow at the ports of Bremen (VGM) of a freight container has to be communicated to the shipping will increase by as much as 183 per cent, to 27,277 mil- company before it is loaded on board a ship. If this doesn’t happen or if lion euros, between 2010 and 2030; forecasts state that the the weight information is incorrect, as of 1 July the container will no goods flow through the ports of Lower Saxony will grow by longer be allowed to be loaded. The regulation will bring a change in 91 per cent, to 118,387 million euros, in the same period. processes for those involved because, for example, containers used to “According to a feasibility study on the expansion of Con- be loaded not at the shipping company’s terminals but rather during tainer Terminal Wilhelmshaven presented at the start of the loading or at a handling site. year, the port will reach the limits of its capacity by 2027. We Various methods are available for the weighing process: either the are going to drive forward plans for expansion as soon as a loaded container is weighed or the weights of the container and its stable handling rate of a million TEU per year is permanently contents – including packaging units, aids and dunnage – are added established,” says Andreas Bullwinkel, Managing Director of together. The shipper generally communicates the verified total weight Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort-Market- to the ship owner electronically. ing Gesellschaft. Accordingly, the economic significance of One provider of technical solutions associated with Solas is Tally the German seaports for the entire country is set to increase Tech. The firm, based in Bremen, offers an app that can be used to

PHOTOS: CHS, MSC, ILLUSTRATION: ZHAOLIFANG ILLUSTRATION: MSC, CHS, PHOTOS: even further. (cb) record weighing data via Bluetooth and link it with a container number. “The Solas expansion requires precise allocation of a certified weight to a container. Simple weighing technology simply no longer cuts the mustard, particularly in the case of a high export volume – and certainly not in a certified context,” explains Riccardo Hilpert, The “MSC Oscar”, currently the world’s largest container ship, entered Wilhelmshaven for the first time on 7 March 2015. Managing Partner at Tally Tech. His company’s data centre then forwards the weighing information to the ship owner with encryption. Thanks to collaboration with providers of weighing systems, the entire data set can also be determined directly on the reach stacker or chassis, or through the forks on forklifts or trolleys and pallet trucks. The ship owner is billed by means of a weight note, including shipping and confirmation.

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Accurate insights It’s not just for luggage at airports that X-ray is used for security. Customs officers at the German seaports have been screening containers for many years now. Bremerhaven has been using one of the most modern systems in the world since April, delivering amazingly sharp images.

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ver 80 per cent of cross-border goods are transported by sea. Universal and standardised vessels for transport, it is no longer possible to imagine O shipping without containers; they are used for the majority of cargo. Their steel walls provide protection for the transported goods, but at the same time obscure the view of their contents. The charterer has to provide information on what he is transporting in his bill of lading (B/L). However, there are many reasons why he might choose not to specify or to lie about the contents in the B/L, for example if the load is illegal or to avoid paying customs duty. Bremen’s customs office recently inspected a container that should have contained trainers, according to the B/L. What it actually contained was navigation devices. The reason for the lie: trainers are only taxed at 5.7 per cent, whilst navigation devices are taxed at 14 per cent, says Andreas Heuer, Head of Bremerhaven’s

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The X-ray images are shown in a high degree of detail and in a variety of tones on the monitor.

 According to a report by the OECD and the EU department for intellectual property, 2.5 per cent of all global imports and 5 per cent of goods imported into the European Union are fakes.

LOGISTICS PILOT June 2016 17 system (TMR) mobile X-ray Terminal FACTS (in 24-hour operation) screenings perday rows onthe13,000 m 18 platforms intwo There are current security technology) transmission and infrastructure (office, euros including (system); 2.5million 1.6 millioneuros Purchase price loads as non-containerised container types aswell Possible to checkall 480 container to be24 platforms. site. Infuture there are which ispart of themaincustoms authority for Bremen. Andreas HeueristheHeadof theBremerhaven customs office, 18 LOGISTICS STORY LOGISTICS PILOT June 2016

screens them from sides all using linear electron acceleration. arm drives along platforms the that containers the are on and arm. To out theinspection, carry with theextension thetruck and equipped has with been an extendable U-shaped X-ray ted in China; it has adiesel both engine and drive an electric This system’s centrepiece that retrofit is a lorry was specially terminal mobile X-ray system (TMR) at of thestart April. corresponds to thestate and theart was replaced of by anew years. 15 for However, scanning for longer no Freihafen this facility locatedspection at Bremerhaven’s end northern the of The Bremen customs a stationary container used office in- X-ray inspection ship’s entire load. a limited extent. can, They however, involve a inspection of procedure. Random checks are out, carried also but only to forthen selected more careful using inspection X-ray the attention. on this information, Based containers certain are product groups, loading and ports routes require particular routes and EUdata is brought together to determine what transport Germany, over of all from notifications declarations in Münster. Here, information such as data from customs the central for office customs risk analysis, headquartered and other across officers Germany, rely on information from individual container. This is why Bremen the customs office, Bremen last year, it is not possible to check or open each With ahandling volume 5.5million TEUat of of the ports Risk analysis the containercanbescreened from allsides. The U-shapedextension isusedfor armof thelorry the X-ray inspectionsothat - international transport goods caused by terrorist activities it their to goal more effectively combat the growing risks in With X-ray the new system, thecustoms have officers made Efficiency the X-ray inspection group at Bremerhaven’s customs office. items, reports Sonja Tolle, Head theevaluation of group and an evaluationquarter hour of of to additional identify these in thecontainer. and experience alot at needed of They least images, thecustoms and saw agrenade also arifle specialists but an armoured vehicle. After evaluation a detailed the of have clearly on thescreen, seen) however, was not furniture, the customs officers saw (and what any layperson could even a container declared as removal was scanned. goods What was demonstrated as early as during phase, thetrial when and thehandling system. How well system thenew works to images, access scanned the used be relevant all information the evaluation room is equipped with three monitors that can (currently 30)within seconds. six the workstations of Each in via WLAN, and read can be out by the customs employees The images generated are fed into thenetwork immediately Evaluation of thedata hour. per inspected be container. This means that up to 2540-foot containers can process takes 45to 60seconds, depending the on thesize of travel,of in order to ensure asmooth X-ray. The scanning its drive uses electric forThe lorry an extremely evenspeed

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and cost pressure. It will be possible to almost double the number of containers scanned as compared with the system previously in use: the new system can manage around 480 per day or 175,000 per year if used around the clock. It screens more containers in less time. This speeds up container release, meaning that they can generally be processed and dispatched on the same day. In addition, there should be more screenings and fewer unloadings in future, due to the images being More information: The complex lorry was converted in China. Apart from the www.zoll.de driver’s cab, the truck has nothing in common with a normal more accurate. Even if the system did cost a pretty penny at transport vehicle. 1.6 million euros, it is efficient. (cb)

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» Die Amerikaner brauchen vielleicht das Telefon, wir aber nicht. Wir haben sehr viele Eilboten.«

Sir William Preece, Chefingenieur der britischen Post, 1896

Auch Experten können sich irren!

Deutschland braucht einen Tiefwasserhafen, um wettbewerbsfähig zu bleiben. Während der Trend zu immer größeren Containerschiffen ungebrochen ist und viele Häfen an ihre Auslastungsgrenzen stoßen, verfügt der JadeWeserPort über erweiterbare Hafenkapazitäten am tiefen Wasser.

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LOGISTICS PILOT June 2016 Container ships are notonlyexciting places to work –they are also dangerous places to work. Medical advice comes from Cuxhaven by radio, mobileorsatellite telephone –to theends A won’t going be into for aport days several yet? a container ship out theIndian in themiddle of that Ocean lems on board is broad. “We receive different awhole host of 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The range health prob of - is available service for medical This specialist patients at sea operating or under for theGerman flag German seafarers. phone or calls emails asking for advice medical for aship around 15doctors at theHelios are Klinik constantly getting Cuxhaven: Medic Manual Chief Burkert and his team of This for is acase Medico telemedical assistance in service Constantly oncall However, ifsomething happens onboard, even outatsea, thecrew isnotalone. strongly advised. But the patient what if is on board tobegins feel hot and swells up, adoctor seeing is rious, the wound but becomes inflamed, if or the leg little cut to theleg during aroutine activity. Not- se on thehighseas Good advice of theearth ifneeded. merchant ships (“Anleitung Krankenfürsorge zur Kauf auf many situations with thehelp theguide to healthcare of on well trained, meaning that thecrew can help themselves in says Burkert. He highlights that the naval are officers very questions –from ingrown toenails to serious emergencies,” reason for this is that it is easier to get in touch by email. times as many as in 2003,” says Burkert. He says that the 1,000 patients took advantage our advice medical –four of communication place is taking by email. “Last year around radio room in theformer city hospital, today more and more onwas made frequency high at Norddeich very Radio, to a since the case 1931.has been Whilst in the beginning contact this case, there assistance is medical from Cuxhaven –that captains do their best, there are often follow-up questions. In the World Health Organisation (WHO). But though even the and the See “International Medical Guide for Ships” issued by fahrteischiffen”) issued by Berufsgenossenschaft German the -

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Chief Medic Manuel Burkert is an anaesthetist specialising in intensive and emergency medicine, and also has an additional travel medicine qualification.

Advice is generally provided in writing for reasons of legal things,” reports the trained ship’s doctor, who spent some FACTS security as well. Telephones are primarily used for initial time at sea as a marine. He will be kept up-to-date on the contact and in emergencies. patient’s health by the captain daily over the next few days, Telemedical and will monitor the wound’s development and the heal- maritime Emergency medical care ing process from Cuxhaven – in principle working more or assistance less as a doctor in a practice or hospital would. Should the service Medico In critical situations one of the doctors comes to the phone situation deteriorate, Burkert would prompt emergency and advises the patient and the captain remotely. For exam- measures, such as treatment on land or rescue. The biggest Founded in Cuxhaven ple, an automatic defibrillator has been used under Burkert’s difference from normal medical activity – the lack of visual in 1931 instruction. This most likely saved the patient’s life, as too contact – does, however, remain a challenge. Burkert: “In Available much time would have passed by the time the paramedic a typical day as a doctor you use all of your senses. That 24 hours/day, arrived on the ship by helicopter 20 minutes later. doesn’t apply here.” 365 days/year Technically speaking, only the staff on German ships and Financed by the German seafarers are treated. However, “anyone that calls Intercultural skills Federal Ministry of will receive advice,” says Burkert. An older solo sailor several Transport and Digital nautical miles away from Cuba who had been suffering from Sometimes the doctors at Medico are pushed to their limits. Infrastructure (BMVI) severe sickness and diarrhoea for days recently benefitted One patient who was suffering from head trauma after a from the service. “Our responsibility stops when a ship is in fall and desperately needed to be referred to a neurosur- 2015: 1,000 patients port. Then the port doctor or local healthcare system takes geon was unable to leave the ship in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Between four and over.” Telemedicine couldn’t be better than healthcare on land, because there it is not customary for a woman to move eight instances of even if the place doesn’t have the best healthcare system, says around without being accompanied by a man. Following contact per patient Burkert. “We offer advice, not treatment.” several negotiations, Burkert and his team managed to convince the port authorities that the patient should be Lingua franca is Telemedicine taken off the ship to hospital in a different Saudi Arabian English, but port. communication also Burkert is currently advising a patient with a large spot on With this in mind, it is important to have not only the pro- takes place in German his abdomen. To a layperson, the wound looks very enflamed fessional medical qualifications, but also a lot of experience and Russian and worrying in the digital photo. Could this develop into and instinct in dealing with institutions all over the world, an emergency? The experienced doctor believes everything as well as ship owners. After all, serious illnesses can lead to is fine. The patient can even work: the man should avoid an unplanned interim stop – which costs time and money – strenuous physical activity, but working on the bridge won’t in the event of uncertainty. “This is what makes a good More information: be a problem as it is air-conditioned, says Burkert. “I only relationship with ship owners and captains so important,” 04721-785 (available 24 hours a day) www.deutsche-flagge.de/de/notfall know this because I’ve been on board myself and can judge emphasises Burkert. (cb)

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“ ‘Green logistics’ also involves ‘green ports’ ”

An interview with Holger Banik, Spokesman for the Management Board of Niedersachsen Ports and Managing Director of JadeWeserPort Realisierungsgesellschaft, about the importance of environmental protection in Lower Saxony’s seaports.

How important are environmental protection warder Groden is attached to the mainland by the main and sustainability for JadeWeserPort and Lower embankment and confined from the sea via an overflow Saxony’s seaports? dam. Through a partial opening of the overflow dam, an area The demands placed on seaports are increasing with growing of Langwarder Groden has been exposed to the tidal cur- exchange of goods and networking around the globe. This rent again. A valuable salt marsh landscape should develop particularly applies to requirements concerning environ- there. The extensive construction work required to transform mental and climate protection. More and more consumers Langwarder Groden was carried out under the direction and producers of goods are pursuing the aim of sustainably of JadeWeserPort from 2013 onwards. The IAPH (Interna- manufactured goods and demanding a logistics chain that tional Association of Ports and Harbors) gave the project a also corresponds to the values of climate and environmental silver “Port Environment Award” in 2015. This recognition is protection. This means that the importance of environmental granted to organisations that distinguish themselves through protection and sustainability is continuing to increase for outstanding projects regarding environmental management, our ports. environmental protection or sustainability.

You had to compensate for the impact on nature As a relatively young port, is it easier or more difficult caused by the construction of JadeWeserPort. for you to make progress in environmental protection At Langwarder Groden, for example, than it is for long-standing sites? 140 hectares of space has been exposed to When it comes to energy efficiency, a young port does, of the tidal current again. What exactly does course, have the advantage that its systems are state-of-the- this mean, and what is the aim? art and meet requirements – for example the provisions of JadeWeserPort has contributed considerably the energy saving act and the associated ordinances. On the to creating a valuable salt marsh area to im- other hand, however, established ports have often already prove the ecosystem and landscape. Lang- invested a lot in their infrastructure and in expertise, and optimised their systems and operations in order to be able to work as efficiently as possible. You can always benefit from the experience of the established ports when conducting new port projects. We see this as a great benefit. Holger Banik, Spokesman for the Management Board of Niedersachsen Ports At the start of last year, NPorts founded the label and Managing Director of JadeWeserPort hafen+ together with JadeWeserPort and Seaports of Realisierungsgesellschaft Niedersachsen. What is the philosophy behind this? Under this label we pool results, which we use to achieve SUSTAINABILITY

The seaports of Lower Saxony have pooled their many different sustainability activities in logistics together under the label hafen+.

improvements in ecology, economy and social matters in the ports; and by publishing them we help to create broad- er awareness of these issues. “Green logistics” also involves “green ports” that provide their customers with innovative and clever solutions. We are making our contribution to- It is expected that the number of ships run on LNG will wards this. increase to 1,500 by 2025. What conditions still have to be created by the port operators in Germany, and In 2015 JadeWeserPort drafted an environmental report more specifically, at JadeWeserPort and Niedersachsen for the first time, and was the second German port – Ports, for this to happen? after bremenports – to be certified in accordance with Since June and December 2015 the Lower Saxony sea- the PERS (Port Environmental Review System). ports of Emden and Cuxhaven have been the first ports What advantages does this certification offer you? in Germany to be home to ferries run on LNG. For the PERS is a certification specially developed for ports, which ports belonging to Niedersachsen Ports and for Jade- takes account of the specific factors affecting ports and is WeserPort, the conditions for approval to use LNG ships have awarded by the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO). 98 already been created. This means that LNG bunkering that ports around the world have already become part of ESPO’s is safe for both man and environment is possible. As soon EcoPorts network. This facilitates comparison with other as there is enough demand for LNG, corresponding LNG ports and can lead to valuable exchange between the ports. infrastructure will be established within the seaports. The This is why this certification is perfect for our ports. More state of Lower Saxony has already created a funding proof NPorts ports are now going to follow in JadeWeserPort’s gramme to improve supply of alternative fuels and energy in footsteps and obtain PERS certification. seaports, which should promote facilities for supply of LNG to sea-going and inland vessels, for example. What are the most important areas for action within your environmental strategy? In structural terms, JadeWeserPort is already prepared The most important areas for action within the environmen- for supplying ships with shore power. If a ship owner tal strategy are to be found in the divisions of operations and and his container ship should need power suddenly – planning and development. When it comes to port operations, how quickly could you handle this?

reduction of CO2 emissions is the priority. In terms of the Future demand for shore power was taken into account in planning and development of port facilities, the aim is pri- the planning and building of the port. Empty pipes were marily to consider ecological aspects and manage the natural installed, which can be fitted with cables in order to supply More information: landscape through coherence and compensation measures, as ships with shore power from the quay. Shore power is already www.nports.de www.jadeweserport.de PHOTOS: NPORTS PHOTOS: well as to plan for efficient use of port infrastructure. used at the service port at JadeWeserPort.

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New prospects for empty containers A cloud application from Belgian IT logistics provider Avantida makes it possible to reuse empty containers quickly, and is therefore contributing towards a reduction in container transport runs. This relieves some of the strain on both the hinterland infrastructure and the environment.

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t is estimated that every fifth container transported by lorry, rail or inland vessel is empty. This results in high costs for shipping and forwarding companies. In I addition, it causes unnecessary traffic on already con- gested roads and railway tracks and places additional strain on the environment. With this in mind, IT logistics pro- The IT logistics provider started up in Germany last year, FACTS vider Avantida, headquartered in Antwerp, has developed three and a half years after the founding of Avantida and a cloud-based application that facilitates rapid reuse of market launch in Belgium and the Netherlands. Since then, Avantida empty containers. The principle of the IT solution, “reUse”, the system has been able to be used for import containers Founded in Antwerp at is simple: when a transport operator needs to transport an in all German seaports. This means that forwarders that, for the end of 2012 empty container back to a depot, he can register this need example, transport containers to and from Bremerhaven, on an internet platform. The system then checks wheth- Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg can redeploy empty containers Specialises in cloud er there is a matching transport request from the same straight away instead of taking them back by lorry, rail or platforms for shipping company and whether the set parameters – such inland vessel. “Transport companies are linked with shipping containers, security, as container type and ship’s cut-off date – are met. If the companies via the platform, facilitating not only the reuse of customs and result is positive, the request is granted and the forwarder empty containers but also delivery to or collection from alter- optimisation of is given authorisation. All that transport firms need to use native locations,” says De Clerck. “This allowed us to prevent workflows this platform is an internet connection and to register on seven million kilometres of empty runs across all European 18 employees the company’s website once. countries last year.” In Germany, the company plans to pre- (8 in Belgium and vent 25,000 empty container runs per year, therefore relieving 10 in Poland) pressure on hinterland transport and reducing emissions of Benefit A total of 16 shipping CO and other substances considerably. 2 companies and “The shipping company generates additional income, opti- 2,000 transport and mises its processes and reduces administrative effort. What’s Growth logistics firms use the more, the transport company reduces its costs in transport- service ing empty containers back, at the same time as improving Even though the system is currently only in use with shipping its workflows,” says Luc De Clerck, Managing Director of companies’ own containers and not across companies, the Turnover in 2015: Avantida, summarising the business model. As a result, the company has already expanded since it was founded. There 2.8 million euros service is used by small (up to 10 lorries), medium-sized are currently almost 2,000 transport and logistics firms – of (10 to 100 lorries) and large (over 100 lorries) transport which around 200 German firms – registered on the platform. firms alike. The system is used by 16 shipping companies in total at pres- When a transport run is successfully brokered, payment ent, including many industry giants. “We are now cooperating takes place through a prepaid account. Prices are set by the with ten shipping companies in Germany, including OOCL, shipping companies themselves and are 25 to 30 euros per Cosco and Hamburg Süd,” reports De Clerck. “After a slightly

PHOTO: AVANTIDA PHOTO: transaction, depending on the company. slow start, we are now very happy. In March we had a total of 9,500 transport runs – 82 per cent more than in the previous year.” Avantida has had an office in Hamburg since May, in order to increase its presence in Germany. But the company is growing across Europe. France, Spain, Portugal and Italy have all come on board in recent months. “Where we will expand next will be decided primarily by our customers,” says De Clerck. “For example, there has been strong demand in Russia and the Ukraine in recent times.” The range of services is also growing: “With ‘depotX’, we are now making it possible for transport companies to make changes when delivering or collecting empty containers.” The application Photo of the Avantida management team: Patrick De Deken, President of the Board, was opened for all shipping countries in all countries for and More information: Luc De Clerck, Chief Executive Officer, and in which Avantida is active in April following a successful www.avantida.com Mark De Keyser, Chief Operating Officer (from left) trial in Belgium and the Netherlands. (cb)

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SUMMARY NEWS

ELECTION. The New head of contract Advisory Council logistics at BLG of the Federal Network Agency APPOINTMENT. The Supervisory Board of Bremer LagerhausGesellschaft – a stock recently unani- corporation dating back to 1877 – has unanimously appointed Jens Wollesen mously elected Lower Saxony’s as a member of the Board of Management with joint power of representation. Minister for Economics, Labour Effective from 1 July 2016 onwards, Wollesen will assume responsibility for the and Transport, Olaf Lies, as business division of Contract Logistics. He succeeds Andreas Wellbrock, who Chair. The 49-year-old was left BLG Logistics on 31 December 2015. The qualified industrial engineer is appointed as a member of the currently responsible for contract logistics in Germany and Switzerland and Advisory Council by the federal for real estate as a member of the Board of Directors at Kühne + Nagel government for the first time Deutschland, and is also a member of the Management Board at Stute in 2013, and succeeds Logistics. Before commencing his degree in transport at FH Bremer- Klaus Barthel, a Member of haven, Wollesen, who was born in 1967, completed training as a Parliament. Lies and his Deputy, forwarding agent with the firm J.H. Bachmann in Bremen. MP Joachim Pfeiffer, declared that the Advisory Council would continue its constructive Lloyd Werft heads for collaboration with the Presi- the future with its four- dent’s Office. man management team HANDOVER. ADDITION. Finn Jarmo Laakso Heiner Heseler (2nd from right) has been part of has been the Executive Board at Lloyd Werft Managing Director since 1 March. In future, he will be of Initiative managing the rapidly growing Stadtbremische Häfen (initiative shipbuilding company along with for the ports of the city of Outstanding up-and- Rüdiger Pallentin (2nd from left), HWG’s board Bremen, ISH) since March. He coming shipping talent Carsten J. Haake (right) re-elected succeeds Werner Maywald, who and Dirk Petersjohann (left). His has retired. Heseler spent eight AWARD. The three shipping asso- particular remit is to link up shipyard VOTE. The board of years as State Advisor for ciations represented in Bremen – and shipping company interests. Cuxhaven Port Business Economics and Ports in Bremen Vereinigung Bremer Schiffsmakler In future the new Lloyd Werft Group Community (HWG) was up until his retirement last year. und Schiffsagenten, Bremer Rheder- will comprise the sites of Bremerhaven, re-elected for the next two Before that he was in charge of verein and Schiffsmakler-Vereinigung Wismar, Warnemünde and Stralsund, years at the 43rd members’ planning at Bremen’s city hall für Küsten- und Seeschiffsbefrachter with a good 1,700 employees meeting recently. The position and worked at the University of – have honoured the trainees from between them. of Deputy Chairman was Bremen. The ISH represents the winter examinations. Christian newly filled by Captain 50 small and medium-sized von Georg (left), Chairman of Arne Ehlers, Managing companies in the maritime Vereinigung Bremer Schiffsmakler Director of BREB (left), sector in the state of Bremen und Schiffsagenten, and Peter who was welcomed into that operate regionally, Grönwoldt (right), Member of the his new position by nationally and internationally, Board at Bremer Rhederverein, gave Chairman Hans-Peter Zint. and pools their interests across Maximilian Gustav Schrader from Ehlers replaces Mayor sectors. shipping company CMA CGM the Ulrich Gestch, who shall VEREIN BREMER SPEDITEURE, MEYER & MEYER, BBS ELSFLETH BBS & MEYER, MEYER VEREIN BREMER SPEDITEURE, PHOTOS: THIEMO JENTSCH, BREMENPORTS, BLG LOGISTICS, CMA CGM, SASSEN, LLOYD WERFT, WERFT, LLOYD SASSEN, CGM, CMA LOGISTICS, BLG BREMENPORTS, JENTSCH, THIEMO PHOTOS: award for best in the year. remain on the board.

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Fashion logistics provider gains CEO

MANAGEMENT. Osnabrück- based fashion logistics specialist Meyer & Meyer appointed Jan Weber as Managing Director back in February. Weber is now CEO, and has been the New chair at sole operative head of the Verein Bremer corporate group since 1 April. Spediteure At the same time, Managing Partners and cousins Michael CHAIR. The board of Verein Bremer Meyer and Rolf Meyer and Spediteure (the association of Holding Managing Director shipping companies in Bremen) Clemens Haskamp have moved elected a new Chair at its inaugural to a newly founded advisory meeting in mid-April. Oliver Oestreich committee. Up-and-coming seafarers from Elsfleth (Leschaco Group) has replaced Simon Reimer (reimer logistic). Reimer SUCCESS. Lots of young people began their dual training as prompted the change at the head of ship’s mechanics once again this spring. They will be supervised the association himself after twelve by the Berufsbildungsstelle (vocational training centre, BBS) in years in the role, but will remain on Elsfleth. The BBS also offers vocational retraining as a ship’s mechanic the board. Oestreich has been on the and a practical training qualification specially aimed at the profession board since 2009 and has been of ship officer, as well as sea time as a nautical or technical assistant Deputy Chair since 2010. officer.

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The second half of the year holds many special highlights in the maritime sector: “Windforce” at the start of June will be followed by the “logistics talk” in Enns, Austria, and the “transport logistic China” trade fair. 2 September will see the “26th Lower Saxony port day” take place in Brake, along with the long-running “Captains’ Day” in Bremen.

he “Windforce” conference in Bremen remains an Selection of events 2016 (subject to change) important meeting point for the wind power and offshore industry in Germany. Held between 7 and Windforce Bremen Kapitänstag logistics talk T 9 June 2016, the specialist international presentations 7. – 9. 6. 2016 (Captains’ Day) 12. 10. 2016 2. 9. 2016 will be all about the latest technology, as well as services Bremen, Germany Graz and Vienna, Austria concerning wind power and energy generation. http://windforce.info/ Bremen, Germany www.bremenports.de/ The container terminal in Enns, Upper Austria, is also windforce2016/de/ www.bhv-bremen.de veranstaltungskalender focused on eco-friendliness. Extensive modernisation and logistics talk Maritime Woche ECG Conference expansion work for the trimodal handling facility was complet- 9. 6. 2016 (maritime week) 20. – 21. 10. 2016 9. – 18. 9. 2016 ed at the end of last year. bremenports will be inviting visitors Enns, Austria Hamburg, Germany to the town on the Danube for the “logistics talk” on 9 June, www.bremenports.de/ Bremen/Bremerhaven, www.ecgassociation.eu to mark the official opening of the terminal. The fact that veranstaltungskalender Germany Hafen trifft Festland the link to the ports of Bremen is very close is illustrated www.maritimewoche.de transport logistic China (port meets mainland) by the four block trains that will be leaving the terminal for 14. – 16. 6. 2016 Hafen trifft Festland 27. 10. 2016 Bremerhaven on that day alone. (port meets mainland) Shanghai, China Bielefeld, Germany “transport logistic China” 14. 9. 2016 Shortly after, the trade fair www.transportlogistic- www.seaports.de will be taking place in Shanghai once again. The ports of china.com Cologne, Germany www.jadeweserport.de Bremen and Lower Saxony will be putting in a cross-state www.seaports.de ShortSeaShipping Days Hafen trifft Festland appearance under the brand “German Ports” in China be- www.jadeweserport.de 22. – 23. 6. 2016 (port meets mainland) tween 14 and 16 June 2016. The event has developed into Cool Logistics Global 8. 11. 2016 Lübeck, Germany an important trade fair for the transport and logistics sector 26. – 28. 9. 2016 www.shortseashipping.de Dresden, Germany over recent years. In 2014 the international exhibitors’ varied Bremen, Germany www.seaports.de offering managed to win over more than 16,000 visitors. 26th Niedersächsischer www.coollogisticsresourc- www.jadeweserport.de The Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and Hafentag (Lower es.com/global/de Saxony port day) logitrans Bremische Hafenvertretung will be opening an invitation to 2. 9. 2016 Breakbulk Americas 16. – 18. 11. 2016 the upper town hall for the 52nd time for the “Captains’ Day” 26. 9. – 29. 9. 2016 Brake, Germany Istanbul, Turkey in Bremen. The reception for captains and chief engineers www.seaports.de Houston, USA www.logitrans.com.tr/ from shipping and air transport takes place on the first Friday www.breakbulk.com english in September every year, so on 2 September in 2016. Each WindEnergy year, donations are collected for a good cause. 27. – 30. 9. 2016 The “Lower Saxony port day” will also be taking place Hamburg, Germany on 2 September 2016. The host port for the 26th edition, www.windenergyham- organised by the port marketing company Seaports of Nie- burg.com dersachsen, is Brake. Once a year, this long-standing event offers representatives from the worlds of business, politics, administration and the media a great opportunity to discuss Joint trade fair appearance under the developments in the seaports of Lower Saxony. umbrella brand of German Ports.

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Joint appearance of the seaports of Bremen and Lower Saxony under the brand “German Ports” at Intermodal South America in São Paulo. PHOTOS: BREMENPORTS, SEAPORTS OF NIEDERSACHSEN OF SEAPORTS BREMENPORTS, PHOTOS:

Review of events

“Intermodal South America” from 5 to 7 April 2016 in São Paulo

PRESENCE. “Intermodal South America” is one of the most significant import and export activities between South America and Europe,” said Inke transport and logistics trade fairs in South America. The seaports of Bremen Onnen-Lübben, Making Director of the port marketing company Seaports of and Lower Saxony exhibited at it under the umbrella brand of “German Niedersachsen. During the three-day event, port handling companies from Ports” for the tenth time, showcasing their logistical offerings. Brazil is Brake and Emden, the Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort Germany’s most important trading partner in South America. The main marketing firm and Europe’s biggest terminal operator, Eurogate, accompa- import goods are cars and automotive parts, as well as chemical products nied the port marketing teams from Bremen and Lower Saxony and utilised and machinery. Brazilian exports to Germany are dominated by raw the joint stand for customer discussions and contact maintenance. “Despite materials and products from the agricultural and food sector, as well as iron the palpable and much-talked-about economic and political crisis in Brazil, ore, cellulose and crude oil. “Goods that the seaports of Lower Saxony are the visitor numbers and quality were satisfactory once again this year,” well accustomed to handling, making them perfect European hubs for summarised Michael Skiba, bremenports’ Head of Marketing.

“logistics talk” on 10 March 2016 “Breakbulk Europe” from 23 to 26 May 2016 in Düsseldorf in Antwerp

SUCCESS. Spring was rung in by the “logistic talk” in Düsseldorf, PARTICIPATION. Both the ports of Bremen and Seaports of Niedersachsen organised by bremenports and BLG Cargo Logistics. The focus of the presented once again in Antwerp, Belgium, with stands at the specialist panel discussion presented by Uwe Will, Chairman of the Board and “Breakbulk Europe” trade fair. The international event in the Belgian port city Managing Director at the VIA BREMEN Foundation, in the Esprit- is the biggest trade fair and conference in the world that specialises in break bulk Arena was trends and developments in breakbulk terminals. Events and project loads. It draws in a specialist audience every year and offers a take place several times a year in various regions of Germany and great forum for discussion on current trends and news in the piece goods and neighbouring European countries as part of the “logistics talk” series. project loading sector. This gives the companies within Bremen’s seaport economy the opportunity to maintain existing customer relations and form new The seaports of Bremen and Lower Saxony contacts in the regions relevant to them. stood out in Antwerp with their spacious and modern stands.

A round of discussions with Sven Riekers, Horst Rehberg, Uwe Will, Prof. Otto Jockel and Oliver Wittig (from left)

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Every year, the terminals in Bremerhaven handle more than five million standard containers. A five-kilometre long quay, 14 berths for mega-container vessels and efficient cargo handling companies make the seaport one of the world’s leading hubs for intermodal transports.