Hamburg News 09/2011 Hamburg‘s flying star 29 new hotels Harburg rejuvenates Stage for new talents No other plane provided Airbus The booming Hamburg tourism After the success of Channel This month, Reeperbahn Festival with so many orders in such a stimulates many new invest- Hamburg, Harburg‘s castle island will once again turn Germany‘s short time: the Airbus A320 is a ments into hotels, attractions, and bridge quarters now under- most creative neighbourhood success made in Hamburg. (p. 2) and exciting events. (p. 3) go an extensive facelift. (p. 3) into a stage of new music. (p. 4) Newsflash Hamburg Metropolitan Area to grow Hamburg reborn: Not Lübeck, Neumünster, Ostholstein and two rural districts from Mecklenburg to join only companies, but also families increasingly ap- The Hamburg Metropolitan preciate Hamburg‘s assets. Area is reaching out to new ho- For the first time since 1968, rizons: Following the example there is a birth surplus of of the counties surrounding 307 people, and also the fi- the Elbe metropolis Hamburg, gures of weddings and new also Neumünster, Lübeck and families are climbing up. the rural district of Osthol- In 2010, Hamburg saw stein in Schleswig-Holstein as 17,060 obituaries, whi- well as the rural districts of le 17,377 new residents Ludwigslust and North-West- saw the light of day. Matrimony increased by Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg- three per cent in the same Pomerania have applied for period. On 31 December membership in the strong 2011, a total of 1,786.448 Northern German regional al- citizens lived on the banks liance. Following the approval of the river Elbe, and thus of the region‘s steering com- 12,224 more than in 2009, mittee and the drafting of a according to the Office of new management agreement, proval of all participants, the tings of work groups and the Statistics North. the state cabinets of Hamburg, Hamburg Metropolitan Area Hamburg Metropolitan Area‘s But it was not the births, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower would grow to Germany‘s se- steering committee. Further but the arrival of migrants Saxony and the so far 14 rural cond-largest with more than growth will bring the next de- from other parts of Ger- counties are now asked for ac- five million inhabitants and be cade. After the construction of many or abroad that led Hamburg‘s population ceptance. In addition, a new Germany‘s only one to extend the Øresund bridge between grow significantly. In 2011, treaty for the new member over four federal states. Copenhagen and Malmö, the 186,585 people moved to states will be required. The Hanseatic city of Lübeck fixed Fehmarn Belt link sche- the Elbe metropolis, and Founded in 1997, the Ham- and Mecklenburg‘s rural duled to be finalised by 2018 thus as many people who burg Metropol Area currently district of Ludwigslust have al- will create a new powerful live, for instance, in the comprises 800 locations in ready been co-operating with trans-national European me- German cities of Hagen or 14 districts and three federal the Hamburg Metropolitan tropolitan region in the North. Karlsruhe. states and is the home of 4.3 Area since 2003. All candidates www.hamburg.de million people. Given the ap- also take part as guest at mee- http://metropolregion.hamburg.de European Green Capital Hamburg to host the Intelligent Cities Expo 2011 Elbe metropolis to present pilot projects of sustainable urban development in an interactive exhibition The “Intelligent Cities Expo ring sustainable development: ble waste and water systems, the green energy-powered ro- 2011“ is the world‘s only trade Hamburg, Europe‘s Green Ca- smart security and sustainable, bot of Hamburg Hafen & Logi- show dedicated to the develop- pital 2011. An essential part of urban infrastructure. stik AG (HHLA) as well as pro- ment of intelligent, connected the Intelligent Cities Expo 2011 These include the city‘s largest jects for electric mobility in the and sustainable cities of the will be its interactive exhibition solar power plant in the port Elbe metropolis and the North 21st century. presenting intelligent solutions of Hamburg, the “at home po- Sea region. The unique trade fair will be for transport and mobility is- wer plants“ by the muncipal held in a city that is pionee- sues or clean energy, sustaina- housing company SAGA GWG, www.intelligentcitiesexpo.com Hamburg News 09/2011 Page 2 The green port – a Hamburg vision Shortcuts Maritime Cluster Northern Germany opened office in Hamburg Flight to Shanghai The Port of Hamburg turns to organise and optimise the personnel are major targets Hamburg has its first flight con- green. Its largest operator, flow of goods by the touch of of the Maritime Cluster Nort- nection to the Middle Kingdom. Hamburg Hafen & Logistik AG finger on the screen. The port hern Germany that officially Once a week, China Eastern (HHLA) already uses green model also allows to move took up residence at the Cen- Airlines‘ Airbus A330-200 takes energies to operate its Con- around cranes and contai- tre of Economy in Hamburg, off from the Elbe metropolis to its twin city Shanghai. Ham- tainer Terminal Altenwerder ners online. Their system also Habichtstraße 41. Founded in burg is China Eastern Airlines’ (CTA) and to test the world‘s makes it possible to track down January 2011 by the states of second German destination first automated container the kilometres passed by the Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein next to Frankfurt and the sixth transport vehicles powered by goods handled, or to calculate and Lower Saxony, the clu- European one. 440 Hamburg a fuel-cell. the CO2 footprint of each con- ster aims at strengthening the companies maintain business HHLA‘s vision is shared by tainer. Fraunhofer‘s expertise competitiveness of the mari- ties with China. Hamburg‘s Fraunhofer Insti- in Hamburg is also recognised time industry within the regi- www.flychinaeastern.com tute of Maritime Logistics, lo- by the German government, on by consolidating existing www.hamburg-airport.de cated at the University of Tech- with the institute being asked networks and co-operation be- nology Hamburg-Harburg. The to contribute to the marine yond state borders. Members Still expanding innovative concept for a green traffic forecast 2030 by the Fe- include shipyards and ship- The KION Group, one of the port will be presented by the deral Ministry of Economics ping agents, the offshore and world‘s leading manufac- scientists at the Green Port and Technology. industry as well as research turer of industrial trucks, is Congress held in the Elbe me- To create a sustainable mari- and academic partners. strengthening its Hamburg site in the course of its pan-Euro- tropolis this month. Their vir- time industry and to meet the www.fraunhofer.de pean consolidation. Production industry‘s demand for skilled www.maritimes-cluster.de tual planning software allows at Bari will be closed and relo- cated to Hamburg, where the assembly of counterbalanced The new flying bestseller made in Hamburg: Airbus A320neo fork lifts of the brands Still and Hamburg‘s aviation research leads the way to sustainable air traffic OM will be merged. www.kiongroup.com The star of the Paris Air Show A main objective in research engines during taxiing. Fur- www.still.de at Le Bourget makes Airbus of the Aviation Cluster Ham- thermore, Lufthansa is testing rejoice at the new record or- burg Metroplitan Region is the bio fuels on a six-month test Jungheinrich steps up ders. Following the order of reduction of energy consump- run on services between Ham- Jungheinrich has also continu- the Malaysian carrier AirAsia tion and emissions. The Ger- burg and Frankfurt. One of the ed its growth course in 2011 of 200 A320neo aircraft, the man Aerospace Center (DLR), A320‘s engines runs on regular and expects an increase in the U.S. carrier American Airlines Lufhtansa Technik and Airbus Jet A-1 fuel, the other one on global market by more than ordered further 260 A320s, thus successfully conducted a 50/50 mix of Jet A-1 fuel and ten per cent to 900,000 vehicles in the current fiscal year. Inco- including 130 neos. Meanwhi- the first test run of a fuel cell- biosynthetic kerosene. During ming orders are expected to le, Airbus reports more than powered electric nose wheel. the 1,400 test flights, Lufthansa grow to two billion euro (pre- 1,200 orders. All A320 Family Weighing 47 tonnes, DLR’s test will research how the alterna- vious year: 1.924 billion euro). members are being assem- A320 ATRA (Advanced Tech- tive fuel will affect the engines Consolidated revenue is antici- bled in Hamburg, a hothouse nology Research Aircraft) was and the emissions, and change pated at 1.95 billion euro (pre- of the aviation industry also easily moved across the apron the company’s CO2 footprint. vious year: 1.81 billion euro). promoting avation research. without the support of the main www.luftfahrtstandort-hamburg.de Further growth will be secured by a new spare parts center to be built by 2013 for 35 million euro north of Hamburg. How does human multi-tasking work in the brain? www.jungheinrich.de DFG sets up second collaborative research centre at the University Clinic Hamburg What makes man able to per- mory, emotion or motivation new methods of treatment for Cocoa king to invest The Hamburg-based compa- form several tasks simultane- require cooperation between strokes. ny H.D. Cotterell continues its ously? What‘s happening in many areas of the brain. These The new CRC is already the se- investment in Hamburg. The the human brain during this networks are extremely com- cond one granted to UKE.