Bright Prospects Germany’S Ports Focus on Working Together

LOGISTICS PILOT Magazine for Ports, Shipping and Logistics October 2013

Bright Prospects Germany’s ports focus on working together

Sea emergencies under control 20 | Hinterland cooperation 24 Bremen Bremerhaven

Ports are drivers of the global economy. Their infrastructure has to be kept permanently in good condition – and that is where we come in. bremenports attends to locks, water areas, bridges, rail infrastructure, buildings and embank- ments. We guarantee the necessary water depths, ensure safety thanks to flood barriers and dykes, market the port location all over the world and provide consulting services for partners beyond the boundaries of Bremen and Bremerhaven. We set standards in questions of marine environment protection and are currently establishing the Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven (OTB) to equip Bremen’s ports for a future as wind energy centre.

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OCTOBER Download the new LOGISTICS PILOT kiosk app This edition is also available as an e-paper EDITION2013 and read our magazine in German and English. Scan the code or go to offline on your smartphone or tablet. www.bremenports.de/logisticspilot. Sassnitz 1 Impression Main theme Stralsund 3

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Wismar 13 Lübeck 16 10 Brunsbüttel Martin Günthner (l.), Senator for Cuxhaven 11 Economics, Labour and Ports of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, and Olaf Stade 2 Lies (r.), Minister for Economics, Labour Bremerhaven 43 Hamburg 103 Wilhelmshaven 3 1 Nordenham and Transport of Lower Saxony Brake 10 Emden 15 Leer 4 Interview Oldenburg 3 Papenburg 1 Bremen 21 16 Cooperation is the future

Things are changing in the world of ports. In the past, the different sites of northern Germany were happy to think of themselves as competitors. Now, however, we are focussing on cooperating. After all, cooperation between sites is the way to create a stable future. The ports in the north each have their own special features and strengths. Together they are unbeatable. We market our skills in ports and logistics on a national and international scale. The more closely linked we are in doing this, the better we will be perceived – in China, in Brazil, in Russia, in the USA. The brand is called “German Ports”, and will group together the maritime north. We are stronger together. Together we can market ourselves better abroad. And together we can represent Sustainability our interests convincingly at federal level. 18 The north can speak with one voice. The magazine “LOGISTICS PILOT” is intended to make a further contribution towards shaping this common identity.

We wish the new logistics magazine great success – and a large readership. 200

Martin Günthner and Olaf Lies 150

Security Logistics story Facts & figures 20 24 28 100 News in Brief 6 People 30 50 Appointments 32 Imprint 34 PHOTOS: TRISTAN VANKANN, THIEMO JENTSCH; THIEMO JENTSCH; VANKANN, TRISTAN PHOTOS: BONUM/OLDENBURG, BREMENPORTS, NASA, PHOTO: HEINS, MANUELA ILLUSTRATION: SIEMENS AG ENERGY SECTOR, CCME, ACOS CCME, SECTOR, ENERGY AG SIEMENS Preview 34

0 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 3 IMPRESSION

Motorways of the sea along the German coast Thousands upon thousands of ships come into the German ports every year. 42,000 ships cross the Kiel Canal between Brunsbüttel on the river Elbe and Kiel on the Baltic Sea each year alone. The position data for cargo and passenger ships at a certain point in time (here: as at 03. 09. 2013, 14:30) highlight movements on the waterways and depict the routes from and to the German ports.

Legend: Sassnitz 1

Cargo ships Passenger ships/ferries

Tankers Ships in port Stralsund 3

ILLUSTRATION: MANUELA HEINS; PHOTO: NASA HEINS; PHOTO: MANUELA ILLUSTRATION: Kiel 12

Rostock 20

Wismar 13 Lübeck 16 10 Brunsbüttel Cuxhaven 11

Stade 2 Bremerhaven 43 Hamburg 103 Wilhelmshaven 3 1 Nordenham

Brake 10 Emden 15 Leer 4 Oldenburg 3 Papenburg 1 Bremen 21

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Sassnitz 1

Stralsund 3

Kiel 12

Rostock 20

Wismar 13 Lübeck 16 10 Brunsbüttel Cuxhaven 11

Stade 2 Bremerhaven 43 Hamburg 103 Wilhelmshaven 3 1 Nordenham

Brake 10 Emden 15 Leer 4 Oldenburg 3 Papenburg 1 Bremen 21

LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 5 NEWS IN BRIEF

World’s largest container ship at NTB

BREMERHAVEN. Container handling company NTB has just served what is currently the world’s largest ship, “Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller”, in Bremerhaven on its maiden voyage. Stromkaje is the only port SUMMARY NEWS of call for the mega liner in Germany. With its loading capacity of 18,000 TEU, a length of 400 and a width of 59 metres, the ship is the first of the so-called Triple E Class. Four others will be delivered to Maersk this Cuxhaven year, with the other 15 following in 2014 and 2015. Thanks to the latest technology, CO2 emissions savings offshore appeal of up to 50 per cent can be achieved on the Asia-Europe route on which the ship is used. In future, the CUXHAVEN. In order to “Maersk Mc-Kinney Moeller” will be stopping regularly in Bremerhaven. improve the framework conditions for offshore wind power, which is an essential component in the transforma- tion in German energy policy, the northern coastal states, towns and cities have issued a plea to the German government under what is known as the “Cuxhavener Offshore- Appell” (“Cuxhaven offshore appeal”). The signing parties are demanding concrete framework conditions and long-term planning security in order to meet the require- ments of the planning and investment scenarios of the offshore wind power sector. Offshore Basis Cuxhaven has been in place since 2007, allowing for the optimum setup of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. bremenports relies on LNG BREMERHAVEN. An Eighth All foundations Trianel Wind- LNG (liquefied natural gas) fuelling point is to be put Fednav ship delivered for Windpark park Borkum into operation in Bremerhaven in Brake Meerwind Süd on the up in 2014/2015. In order to promote the environmental- BRAKE. The “Federal CUXHAVEN. All 80 monopiles (foundations) BREMERHAVEN. The ly-friendly energy source of Shimanto” was the the eighth and transition pieces, which are to function company Areva Wind liquefied gas, port company ship of Canadian shipping as the link between the foundation and the tower has completed the con- bremenports intends to company Fednav to be handled of an offshore wind turbine, were recently deliv- struction work on the gradually convert working this year at the break bulk ered via Cuxhaven to Windpark Meerwind Süd, first of 40 wind turbines ships from its fleet to this terminal in Brake. Every located to the north of the island of Heligoland. at Trianel wind farm, alternative fuel. The first new month, Fednav connects Brake The 80 wind turbines are to feed up to 288 meg- around 45 kilometres build to be driven by LNG, a with the Great Lakes in the awatts into the electricity grid, allowing around from Borkum. Commer- barge, is to be put into USA and Canada. The operator 360,000 households to be supplied with energy. cial commissioning of of the seaport is the J. Müller A million tonnes of CO will be saved per year, as the wind farm is planned operation by 2015. 2

PHOTOS: MAERSK, J. MÜLLER, HWG CUXHAVEN, AREVA WIND TRIANEL, JADEWESERPORT (2) JADEWESERPORT TRIANEL, WIND AREVA CUXHAVEN, HWG MÜLLER, J. MAERSK, PHOTOS: group. compared with coal-fired power stations. for the end of 2013.

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Handling record at RTB

BREMERHAVEN. For the first time in the history of Rail Terminal Bremerhaven (RTB), more than 30,000 containers have Gauck visits Container Terminal been handled in a Wilhelmshaven single month. Six platforms with a WILHELMSHAVEN. German President Joachim Gauck loading length of has visited Germany’s only deep-water container port as New marketing strategy successful around 760 metres part of the 34th Deutscher Seeschifffahrtstag (German each and four Ocean Shipping Day), organised by the German Nautical JADEWESERPORT. As part of the marketing offensive for container loading Association in Wilhelmshaven. JadeWeserPort announced by Economics Minister Olaf Lies, bridges are available He was welcomed by Olaf Lies, the Minister for Eco- the new internet presence at www.jadeweserport.de has gone for container handling. nomics, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony. During online in German and English. The portal now also offers RTB handles around the subsequent visit to the port with the Eurogate a Chinese-language version. Initial successes are also being 130 trains a week and container terminal, Gauck was accompanied by Wilhelms- seen in economic terms: from now on, plastics company B-Plast handled a total of haven’s mayor Andreas Wagner, Managing Director of 2000 from Aurich will be shipping a large proportion of its more than 330,000 the JadeWeserPort companies Axel Kluth, chair of the products to the Far East via Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven. containers, or executive board of the Eurogate group Emanuel Schiffer The medium-sized company already transports six containers 550,000 TEU, in 2012. and Managing Director of Eurogate Container Terminal to Wilhelmshaven daily; the annual total is expected to be Wilhelmshaven Mikkel Andersen. 3,200 TEU or more.

LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 7 NEWS IN BRIEF

SUMMARY NEWS Positioning northern Germany in Berlin More cruise passengers CUXHAVEN. IHK Nord, one of the 13 chambers in Bremerhaven of industry and commerce in northern Germany, wants issues affecting northern Germany to BREMERHAVEN. A total be even better placed in Berlin. To this end, of 62,580 passengers were it has called for the ministers of the five northern served in Bremerhaven in federal states – Schleswig-Holstein, Lower 2012. This represents an Bard Offshore 1 open Saxony, Bremen, Hamburg and Mecklenburg- increase of 21.8 per cent in Western Pomerania – to be even firmer in BORKUM. The first completed open sea wind farm, passenger volumes in representing their interests in Berlin. In the field Bard Offshore 1, has been officially opened in the comparison to the previous of transport, they are expected to fight for a North Sea in the presence of Federal Minister of year. These are the results special investment in “seaport hinterland Economics and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler. With of the Annual Statistical transport” under the new Federal Transport its output of 400 megawatts, Bard Offshore 1 can Report of the Chamber of Infrastructure Plan (BVWP). supply over half a million private households with power Commerce of Bremen and and is the most high-performance wind farm to be Bremerhaven for 2012. built in open sea. It is located 100 kilometres to the Expansion of north west of the island of Borkum and already supplies Middle Weser around 80 per cent of the electricity that is produced a must offshore in Germany. The components required for construction were delivered via the ports in Cuxhaven MINDEN. As part of the and Emden, among others. cross-association Wesertag (Weser Day) 2013 in Minden, the head of department for shipping and waterways within Keel laying and steel cutting bremenports the Federal Transport Ministry, Reinhard Klingen, has at Meyer Werft GRI certified announced that transport PAPENBURG. The construction of “Quantum of the Seas” PORTS OF BREMEN. The foundation with large motor vessels for Royal Carribean (RCI) has officially begun with keel laying in Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has (GMS) will only be possible construction dock II of Papenburg-based Meyer Werft. At 167,800 certified the sustainability strategy of port under certain restrictions from GT, it is the largest ship that the shipyard has ever produced in its company bremenports, making it the first 2015. The federal government building docks. Before this, the first steel cutting for the sister ship German port to be certified according to and the state of Bremen have “Anthem of the Seas” took place in the laser centre of Meyer Werft. strict international criteria. In cooperation been criticised due to the The “Anthem of the Seas” will be delivered in spring 2015, whilst with Senator for Economics, Labour and delays in the expansion of the the dispatch of “Quantum of the Seas” is planned for autumn 2014. Ports, Martin Günthner, bremenports has Middle Weser region. already implemented numerous ecological- Indian branch ly-oriented plans as part of the “Greenports” BREMEN. Bremen-based initiative. For example, the environmental forwarding group V. Alexander management of Bremen’s ports has been International Logistics has certified in accordance with the European opened its own branch in port standard, the Port Environmental Mumbai. Alongside India, Review System (PERS), and the Environ- the company is already mental Ship Index (ESI) has been intro- represented in China, Brazil, duced, allowing ship emissions to be Mongolia, the USA and Russia. calculated and evaluated. The sustainability

PHOTOS: RINGFOTO SCHATTKE GMBH & CO KG CUXHAVEN, M. WESSELS/MEYER WERFT, BARD-GRUPPE, J. MÜLLER, DIETMAR HASENPUSCH MÜLLER, J. BARD-GRUPPE, WERFT, WESSELS/MEYER M. CUXHAVEN, KG GMBH & CO SCHATTKE RINGFOTO PHOTOS: report for 2012 was published recently.

8 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 NEWS IN BRIEF

Tandem handling at Niedersachsenkai

BRAKE. Two mobile port cranes were required in Brake in order to handle a 150-tonne cylinder for a new paper production line in Alfeld in Lower Saxony. The two cranes, LHM 550 and LHM 500, “Green Award” for inland vessel handled the bulky part in tandem “Dettmer Tank 140” and loaded it onto a bush barge following temporary storage. The BREMEN. The independent organisation Green Award two mobile port cranes on Foundation has awarded the new build from the shipping Niedersachsenkai in Brake are to company B. Dettmer a “Green Award” certificate for the be “synchronised” following this proactive implementation of environment-protecting first successful tandem handling: measures in shipping. The 86 metre-long and 11.45 metre- they will be electronically connect- wide type C double-hull tanker with a load capacity of ed and will be able to lift up to 2,046 tonnes is, technically speaking, one of the most modern 280 tonnes in future. in its class and has particularly high-grade safety equipment.

TODAY‘S GLOBAL MARKET NEEDS REAL STRENGTH IN DEPTH

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NO TIDE. NO LIMITS. MAIN THEME

Time for a new Hanseatic League? Why closer networking of the different seaports in Germany holds many opportunities.

FIGURES ne in three jobs in a country low in raw materi- and is authorised to make concrete decisions in accordance als like Germany is dependent on foreign trade. with basic law. It can therefore happen that investments are Market shares The German seaports are the main handling made in competing port projects. in container O centres for this, and are of crucial importance This competition offers numerous advantages for port traffic of the for the competitiveness of the German economy. Over customers. Depending on the loading or target location, for- North Range the last few years, the seaports have expanded their ca- warders and shipping companies can select the optimum port ports, 2012 pacity on the basis of a considerable increase in loading with the best hinterland connections for the relevant task and volumes. At the same time, competition between the ports offer their customers various options. They have a means to Rotterdam 29.8 % themselves has intensified. This is particularly affecting apply pressure if they can choose between several ports – with Hamburg 22.3 % what is known as the North Range, which encompasses a positive effect on prices. For example, the ports of Bremen Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp and Bremerhaven – the re- charge their customers lower fees than JadeWeserPort. Even Antwerp 21.7 % gion with the highest regional concentration of seaports the port of Hamburg, where the fees are already lower than Ports of in the world. In addition, there is particular competition those in Wilhelmshaven, had to reduce fees in order to remain Bremen 15.4 % between the two biggest seaports of Bremen/Bremerhaven competitive against the deep-water port. Le Havre 5.8 % and Hamburg. Since September 2012, the container terminal in Wilhelmshaven has also been in operation, which, Specialisation Zeebrugge 4.9 % however, represents a logical complement to the existing German container ports due to being located in the deep However, outside of the city states, the competition between

Amsterdam 0.2 % navigation channel. Seaports such as Brake, Cuxhaven, Stade, the ports has also led to the individual ports specialising in Wilhelmshaven 0.1 % Nordenham, Emden and Brunsbüttel are also being further very different areas and therefore expanding the overall range Together, the ports expanded for their core business. of services offered by Germany. Due to their geographical of Bremen, Hamburg location, the North Sea ports are characterised by oversea and Wilhelmshaven Port planning is a matter traffic, whilst the Baltic Sea ports are characterised by fer- have a market share for the federal states ry and roll-on/roll-off traffic to the Baltic countries and of 37.8 % and therefore Scandinavia. Whilst Bremen/Bremerhaven and Hamburg occupy 1st place This means that local interests have priority over nation- have established themselves as universal ports, the Baltic in Europe. al interests. All federal states are striving to maintain the Sea ports are focussing on ferry traffic. The ports in Bremer- position of their ports in the very competitive market, in- haven, Emden, Hamburg and Cuxhaven and their terminals, SOURCE: HAFEN HAMBURG MARKETING, AS AT FEBRUARY cluding against their (German) competitors. This becomes on the other hand, have specialised in car transport. Kiel, 2013 clear not only in the case of Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Lübeck-Travemünde, Rostock-Warnemünde, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, but also in the competition between the sites Hamburg and Cuxhaven are the six sites that have specialised of Lübeck and Kiel or Brake and Nordenham with Bremen in cruise ship travel. Wilhelmshaven could establish itself as and Bremerhaven. The reason for this is that under the Ger- the German handling point for fresh fruit and vegetables – ILLUSTRATION: HEIKE HENTSCHEL ILLUSTRATION: man federal system, every federal state is partially sovereign a business sector where over 85 per cent is currently SHUTTERSTOCK/ER_09, DAVIDSON, GETTYIMAGES/KELLY MONTAGE: PHOTO

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Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg exhibited together Working together to promote stronger cooperation between German seaports (l. to at Intermodal South America 2012 in São Paulo (Brazil) r.): Olaf Lies, Minister for Economics, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony and Frank under the umbrella brand “German Ports”. Horch and Martin Günthner, Economics Senators of Hamburg and Bremen. Here at the second German Bight port development meeting in June 2013 in Hamburg.

FIGURES being handled in Rotterdam and Antwerp for the na- to be enough to achieve the market potential that such tional market. partnerships can generate. An OECD study carried out in Number of What develops into a benefit for the customer costs the 2012 also sees better cooperation between the two port sites uses of German taxpayer money. So how is port planning controlled at fed- of Bremerhaven and Hamburg as beneficial. It is believed seaports by eral level? It simply isn’t. The federal government does not that the fact that the two ports complement one another cruise ships, own any of the ports, nor does it run any. It therefore does could bring synergies and offer a competitive advantage 2012: not take a position on infrastructure policy or ports’ forms over other ports throughout the world. In concrete terms, of operation. Because the federal government is essentially it is recommended that the two ports be marketed together Rostock- obliged to remain neutral, it cannot control port compe- on an international level. Warnemünde 197 tition through its investments in transport infrastructure. However, action is also being taken at state level: the Hamburg 173 Whilst it does take responsibility for defining routes for Economics Senators of Hamburg and Bremen, Frank Horch network-relevant road infrastructure, the federal states plan and Martin Günthner, as well as the Minister for Econom- Kiel 136 their airports and seaports themselves. In air transport, it ics, Labour and Transport of Lower Saxony, Olaf Lies, have Bremerhaven 53 is clear what result this can have if we consider regional declared themselves to be in favour of closer cooperation airports that have some very considerable deficiencies, such between the ports on several occasions in the past. During Lübeck- as Frankfurt-Hahn or Lübeck-Blankensee. But even if the the Hafenentwicklungsdialog Deutsche Bucht (German Travemünde 11 federal government wanted to, it cannot specify certain sites Bight port development meeting) at the start of June in Cuxhaven 2 for airports or ports under applicable law. Hamburg, the three politicians said that awareness of the German seaports needs to be increased abroad. SOURCES: ROSTOCK PORT, HAMBURG CRUISE CENTER, WWW. It still remains to be seen whether the new government KREUZFAHRTTERMINE-KIEL.DE, The position of politics WWW.SCHIFFSSPOTTER.DE, will support the course taken by the coastal states at federal LÜBECKER HAFEN-GESELLSCHAFT, HAFENVERWALTUNG CUXHAVEN, And what is the position taken by politics? With the national level and promote the networking of ports across regions. AS AT FEBRUARY 2013 ports concept of 2009, the action plan for goods transport and logistics and the agreements from the National Mar- Positive approaches itime Conferences, the German government emphasised during the legislative period of 2009 to 2013 how important A good example of cooperation on company level is Eu- it is for the competitiveness of Germany’s seaports to be rogate, whose pivotal divisions are in Bremerhaven and promoted. Hamburg. However, initial approaches to more coopera- According to the national ports concept, the affected tion are also appearing in the field of marketing of German federal states could cooperate more closely: “… there is seaports. The Logistics Alliance, an initiative of the German considerable economic potential in the systematic net- government, has set itself the aim of marketing Germany’s working of sea and inland ports”. The existing partner- logistics skills better abroad. In 2012, the German seaports ships between ports, for example between Hamburg and exhibited once again on the joint stand “German Ports” at

Lübeck or Mannheim and Ludwigshafen, are not believed international trade fairs, for example in São Paulo and ARNDT ECKHARD BREMENPORTS, PHOTOS:

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MAIN THEME

Meeting in Cuxhaven at the end of August 2013 on the hot topic of “cooperation” (from left): State Ministers and Senators Frank Horch (Hamburg), Reinhard Meyer (Schleswig- Holstein), Martin Günthner (Bremen), Olaf Lies (Lower Saxony), Harry Glawe and Volker Schlotmann (Mecklenburg- Western Pomerania).

FIGURES Shanghai. Economics Senators Günthner and Horch Eurogate are positive examples. In its analysis of the cooper- and Economics Minister Lies also campaigned for the ex- ation opportunities for German ports, the Bremen Institute Total handling pansion of activities surrounding an umbrella brand called of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) recommended by German “German Ports”. Another positive example are the seaports back in 2005 that both business and politics cooperate more seaports, of Hamburg, Stade, Glücksstadt, Brunsbüttel and Cuxhaven, closely. Perhaps it is now time for a more comprehensive 2012: which are already cooperating in the fields of space man- ports policy in Germany, and perhaps even for a link back agement and technology in order to increase their compet- to the time of the Hanseatic League. After all, partnerships Hamburg itiveness. On a company level, the partnership of Hamburg increase the competitiveness of the port companies and 130.9 mil. t and Lübeck as well as the merger of the container business increase their chances on international markets. All those Ports of Bremen of Bremen-based BLG and Hamburg-based Eurokai into involved will benefit: ports, customers and the taxpayer. 84 mil. t Ports of Lower Saxony 50.1 mil. t All-in-one port of POINT OF VIEW Lübeck 26.1 mil. t “The German seaports would do well to create Port facilities of Rostock a strong community”. 21.2 mil. t Emanuel Schiffer, chair of the executive board of the Eurogate group Kiel 6.3 mil. t Close cooperation between the states. Roads, railways, waterways, German seaports is important in legislation, employment and SOURCES: HAFEN HAMBURG MARKETING, VIA BREMEN, order to strengthen the international education – these are all topics that LÜBECKER HAFEN-GE- SELLSCHAFT, SEAPORTS OF competitiveness of the individual go beyond borders. There’s no two NIEDERSACHSEN, ROSTOCK PORT, PORT OF KIEL, AS AT sites, as well as the German North Sea ways about it: those that think it FEBRUARY 2013 coast as a whole, in the long term. is possible to limit port policy to a Germany is an exporting nation, and single site have not read the signs of foreign trade does not work without the times. The German seaports logistics. And in turn, logistics is would do well to create a strong all about networking. It doesn’t end at community and implement a joint borders, including those of federal policy. PHOTOS: BONUM/OLDENBURG, EUROGATE BONUM/OLDENBURG, PHOTOS:

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t the end of August, the Economics Ministers and Strong together Senators of the five northern German coastal states met in Cuxhaven. The focus? A common In future, the northern German coastal states A transport, tourism and energy policy. “An important topic of our discussions was strengthening and making wish to position themselves and their interests better visible the skills of the ports on Germany’s North Sea and by presenting jointly at federal and EU level. Baltic Sea coast,” says Bremen’s Senator for Economics, Labour and Ports, Martin Günthner. “Our maritime identity must be given greater importance in German and European policy!” Günthner was delighted to now be able to involve Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-West- ern Pomerania in the collaboration that had already been implemented between his state and Lower Saxony. Dur- ing the Coastal Economics Ministers’ Conference, the BRIEF CVS LOGISTICS PILOT editorial team got a chance to speak to Günthner, Economics Senator Frank Horch from Hamburg and Economics Minister of Lower Saxony Olaf Lies about the future joint activities and measures of the German seaports.

LOGISTICS PILOT: Mr Günthner, what is the main focus with which the big ports in Bremen, Hamburg and Lower Saxony want to gain more attention in future – particularly together – in federal Olaf Lies, Frank Horch, Martin Günthner, and European policy? born on 8 May 1967, born on 25 February born on 25 January GÜNTHNER: We want to ensure the performance and acces- is a trained radio 1948, is an engineer, 1976, studied cultural sibility of the northern German ports for the future, on both electrician and manager and politi- history of eastern Eu- the land and sea side. At the end of the day, according to the qualified electrical cian. rope, history, philosophy latest forecasts, they are going to continue to develop – even engineer. and public relations. Since 23 March 2011, more strongly than the competitor ports in the Netherlands Since February 2013, he has been an inde- The chair of the SPD and Belgium. Alongside the railway tracks, which are to be Lies has been the pendent Senator for party in Bremerhaven implemented finally, the coastal motorway, the A 20, is one Minister for Eco- Economics, Transport has been Senator for of the most important transport infrastructure projects for nomics, Labour and and Innovation in Ham- Economics, Labour and linking the east and west of northern Germany … Transport of Lower burg within the Senate Ports as well as Senator Saxony. of Olaf Scholz (SPD). for Justice and the LOGISTICS PILOT: … which, due to a lack of funds, Constitution in Bremen has, however, been delayed several times. Lies enjoys spending Horch is married and since 2010. LIES: That is true, but we still definitely see opportunities his time with his has two grown-up that must be grasped by the northern German coastal states wife and two daugh- daughters and two Günthner is married together with the federal government. We will also be looking ters. grandchildren. and has two children. carefully at new forms of financing. HORCH: What essentially links us federal states is the discussion about the new Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (BVWP). In our opinion, both the east-west connections and, in particular, the north-south axes represent a great challenge. On both road and rail. To come back to your initial question: we have essentially begun discussions on many topics that affect the common interests of northern

16 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 PHOTOS: THIEMO JENTSCH, FLORIAN JAENICKE/BWVI, CITY OF BREMEN, BONUM/OLDENBURG Does thismeanmore cooperation instead of competition? “joint marketing of Germanseaports” ontheagenda. cooperation under competition. competition. under cooperation ent visibility theports, of and this is asuccessful example of Ports” logical, guaranteeing very to be still whilst independ under theGerman seaports theumbrellaof brand “German customers. However, joint believe I international marketing stop this, as, at theday, theend of it theport benefits also able growth for and companies. ports port We won’t to seek basis for and considerable innovation driver of and sustain- in thefuture. Competition is, remain, and will an essential Wilhelmshaven continue will in acompetitive to be situation HORCH: LOGISTICS PILOT: example. for Germany. Kiel Canal, the includes This expansion the of The ports of Bremerhaven, of The ports Hamburg and now You have alsoplacedthetopicof - proceed together.proceed taken place in thepast. We we most be successful if will approach, which, for a range reasons, of has simply not This is what we understand by ajoint “German Ports” and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in our concept. LIES: German Baltic Sea ports? LOGISTICS PILOT: another, but rather takeajoint stance. conferences. We do not want to distance ourselves from one more well-known services atof international fairs trade and example, to make and the German ports their entire spectrum three sites.all the The aim of “German Ports” initiative is, for has its roots in Bremen and Hamburg and already works at this for years. As ajoint venture, terminal operator Eurogate GÜNTHNER: We expressly Schleswig-Holstein include of ports the There another has been successful example of And what aboutthe

LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 “Our maritime identity Saxony), Frank Horch tance inGermanand needs to gain impor (Bremen, from left): INTERVIEW European politics”. Martin Günthner Olaf Lies (Lower (Hamburg) and 17 -

SUSTAINABILITY

Reserved friends: ports and shore power Emissions caused by ships in port are increasingly meeting criticism. Help could be at hand with a shore-based power supply.

akland, California: the “Dallas Express”, owned by the “Queen Mary 2” require an enormous amount of power. German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd, docks by In stand-by operation by the quay wall, such a ship consumes the quay in the port city – and turns off its engines. more electricity in a day than a city the size of Oldenburg. O Even the auxiliary diesel engines are off. Normally, And this will only become more of an issue in future, as these are needed for generating power when in port. However, sea transport and demand for cruises is growing. In 2011, the port now takes care of this. The “Dallas Express” is sup- more than 20 million people worldwide booked a cruise. plied with shore power via cable. There is no longer smoke This represents a growth of ten per cent. In 2012, the port of billowing out of the ship’s funnel. Hamburg was used 160 times by cruise ships. 176 uses have been recorded for 2013. The power consumption of a small city Oakland is one of the few ports in the world to offer shore power. And shipowners must react to this, as from 2014 The situation at most German ports is different. When cruise onwards, a shore power connection will be a prerequisite ships such as the “Queen Mary 2” or the “Queen Elizabeth” are here for a certain proportion of a shipping company’s port welcomed to Hamburg, the metropolis on the river Elbe, for visits. If shipowners in Oakland want to stay in business, example, the inhabitants of the port city – which is located this is associated with considerable costs, as the ships must Model of a directly on the quay – spend a lot of time rubbing their eyes. have the technical equipment required to process and use shore power Thick soot particles coat the balconies. Luxury liners such as the shore power. system

The aim of the shore power supply is to provide the entire ship with If applicable, transformer shore-based power so that the auxiliary engines can be switched off. for converting voltage to a 440/400 V low voltage Connection to the national mains on-board power supply power supply (20–100 kV) Transfer station Fuel If applicable, frequency adjustment tanks Transformer station from 50 Hz to 60 Hz for converting voltage from for the on-board power supply 20–100 kV to 6–20 kV Consumer Plug connection On-board power Underground ~ supply cable ducts Auxiliary diesel PORT AREA generator

18 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 40 Years of Experience in Shore power is increasingly becoming a topic of public Port Telematics discussion. Thus far, the German ports have been rather sceptical. and Logistics

However, Oakland is no longer unique in the world. In Oslo, The current status the cruise ships “Color Fantasy” and “Color Magic” are sup- of ports: plied with shore power. In Rotterdam, ships owned by shipping company Stena Line can switch off their engines at the Hamburg: In mid-September, ferry terminal, and the port of Gothenburg in Sweden is also the Hamburg Senate devel- equipped with shore power connections. 20 million euros oped a concept for setting up a are being invested in the cruise port of Venice, in order to be stationary shore power facility at able to offer shore power to two to three large cruise ships at the cruise terminal in Ham- once. Other ports: Vancouver in Canada and the World Cruise burg-Altona and for creating the Center in Los Angeles. And Germany shouldn’t miss out on infrastructure for mobile power the shore power revolution, either. Lübeck is the forerunner. In supply to cruise ships with power the Hanseatic city, ships owned by shipping company Transat- barges. lantic are supplied with shore power at Nordlandkai. Hamburg could soon follow suit. Here, a concept was recently created for Bremerhaven: There is currently the construction and operation of a shore power facility at the no shore power supply planned. Altona cruise terminal. Alongside this, there are alternatives in Wilhelmshaven: At the contain- the private sector. The Eckelmann Group, a specialist in mari- er terminal, structural prepara- time environmental protection, is working on the construction tions have already been made for

of a floating power plant, known as the E-Power Barge, which a shore-based power supply. will supply ships on the water with power. Lübeck: Lübeck is currently the only port in Germany to Efficiency is important supply seagoing vessels with Paperless communication shore power. Other ports are observing the development. “We are defi- between all participants nitely friends of shore power,” states Ulf Jahnke, spokesman from authorities to for the seaport of Kiel. However, he highlights that the sit- transport companies. uation in Germany is different to that in Scandinavia, for example, where, in contrast to Germany, the electricity prices are extremely cheap. Jahnke: “Generally speaking, it must be remembered that for a ship in Germany, it is economically cheaper to generate power on board than to get shore power from outside.” The port of Kiel is also on the hunt for solutions, but the use of shore power would be easier to implement in dbh Logistics IT AG ON THE BASIS OF THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION 2006/339/EC UNION 2006/339/EC THE EUROPEAN OF JOURNAL THE OFFICIAL OF THE BASIS ON PHOTO: SIEMENS AG ENERGY SECTOR, INFOGRAPHIC: HEIKE HENTSCHEL, HEIKE HENTSCHEL, INFOGRAPHIC: SECTOR, ENERGY AG SIEMENS PHOTO: Germany if it were more economical, says Jahnke. [email protected] +49 421 30902-700 www.dbh.de SECURITY

The “emergency management room” of the Havariekommando (Central Command for Maritime Emergencies, CCME) in Cuxhaven. Emergency deployments are coordinated from here. The Central Command for Maritime Emergencies: a saviour for those in need

The German CCME plays a leading role in Europe. But it is sea emergency of a slightly different kind shook the German North Sea coast at the end of August this high time we had an international emergency concept. year: the container feeder ship “Maersk Valletta” A (180 metres long, 14-man crew), anchored close to the island of Wangerooge, was on the verge of “blackout”: all of the engines and generators were under threat of breaking down as there was no longer enough fuel on board. The “Maersk Valletta” was not alone: alongside it, the “Maersk Vigo” and the “Maersk Vancouver” were lying in

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The Central Command for Maritime Emer- gencies (CCME):

a roadstead and not being used – and had been for several Began service on weeks. The shipping company, based in Morocco, was in 1 January 2003 with financial difficulty; the former charterer, Danish shipping an initial number of 25 company Maersk, no longer had financial responsibility. The employees. unfortunate result: the crews of the ships did not receive pay or money for supplies and maintenance of ship oper- Joint venture between ation. They were living from the reserves on board and on the federal government humanitarian aid from Danish shipping company Maersk. and the five northern Due to the threat of blackout in “Maersk Valletta”, the Office German coastal states for Water and Sea Travel of Bremerhaven finally asked for of Bremen, Hamburg, the Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME) Mecklenburg-Western to assume overall responsibility for the case. Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Schleswig- Rapid assistance from the CCME Holstein. for a reason yet to be established, a fire broke out in hold 4. Made directly subor- “We are responsible for the planning, preparation and im- At the time, the “MSC Flaminia” was in the middle of the dinate to the Federal plementation of measures for providing for the injured, for Atlantic, around 1,800 kilometres (1,000 nautical miles) Ministry of Transport, preventing accidents caused by harmful substances, for fire from the British coast. Whilst the fire was being extinguished Building and Urban fighting, for providing aid or for preventing risks on the sea,” by the called salvage tugs, there was an explosion, causing Development. states press spokeswoman Dr. Ulrike Windhövel, describing the death of the First Officer. At the start of October 2012, a the complex remit of the CCME. “Both in the German North second member of the crew died as a result of his injuries. A In the event of serious Sea and the German Baltic Sea.” further seaman is still missing. A total of 50 days passed on ship accidents in the A short time after the call for help arrived, the CCME open sea until the damaged cargo ship was finally towed to North Sea and Baltic sent a team aboard the three ships. “An operations manager, the container terminal in Wilhelmshaven under the man- Sea, the CCME coor- a doctor, a ship engineer and a specialist in psychosocial agement of the CCME. Britain and France had previously dinates the deploy- emergency care provided medical and psychological aid and refused entry to an emergency port. ments of the federal got an overview of the condition of the crews and ships,” The German Shipowners’ Association (VDR) and the government, the states says Windhövel, describing the deployment. “Luckily, the German government severely criticised the neighbouring and private institutions crew did not require any medical help, and the ships were countries and the European Maritime Safety Agency, EMSA. and companies. in good condition. With the multi-purpose ship ‘Mellum’, How was it not possible for the “MSC Flaminia” to be taken This includes: the Ger- we got the required cylinder oil onto the ‘Maersk Valletta’, to a nearby emergency port sooner? Why did the emergency man navy, the federal supplied all ships with fresh water and collected the waste concept not come into play? What needs to change as soon police, the German from on board. The CCME did everything possible to make as possible at European level in cases such as this maritime Maritime Search and the situation of the 41 members of the crew as bearable as accident? Rescue Service possible.” (DGzRS), the Federal Agency for Technical A happy ending in Wilhelmshaven Relief (THW), firefight- ers and paramedics The ending was a happy one for the crews and their ships: from the local emer- all three container ships have now found a berthing place gency services. in Wilhelmshaven, where the Deutsche Seemannsmission (German Seaman’s Mission) is looking after the crews. Around 50 deploy- Wilhelmshaven was also the rescuing port for a more ments have been tragic case over a year ago: the drama began in July 2012 managed so far. and concerned the “MSC Flaminia”, which was sailing under There are currently the German flag. 2,876 containers, with 153 having been around 40 people declared as hazardous goods, were to be transported from A safe port: all three feeder ships, here “Maersk Vigo”, working at the CCME.

PHOTOS: CCME PHOTOS: Charleston on the east coast of the US to Antwerp. However, have now managed to tie up in Wilhelmshaven.

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One of the most spectacular cases of the CCME so far: the “MSC Flaminia” ties up at the container terminal in Wilhelmshaven, burnt out and following a long odyssey.

“In future, we will continue to do everything Michael Cramer, member of the European Parliament and spokesman for the Greens on travel policy, has been dealing possible to minimise and remedy the with the “MSC Flaminia” case for some time and is bringing the situation to the forefront: “The ‘Flaminia’ disaster has consequences of a serious ship accident uncovered scandalous defects in international crisis man- on the German coast.” agement. And this despite the European emergency concept.” For weeks, he states, the member states pushed the problem Hans-Werner Monsees, head of the CCME case from pillar to post, denying the ship in dire need access to a protected berthing space. “We can no longer look at such cases from a national perspective,” states Cramer, continuing: The environmentally hazardous disasters of the two “What needs to be done – immediately – is to clearly allocate oil tankers “Erika” and “Prestige” in the years 1999 and 2002 responsibilities. Ships in danger must be given aid from the prompted the member states of the European Union to de- nearest port – without exception!” He states that, despite the velop a joint emergency concept for ship disasters. According catastrophe, the necessary steps have not always been taken. to this, nearby emergency berthing places must be allocated Even if the open sea doesn’t know any national bound- in the event of accidents. The catch: the acceptance of ships aries, the CCME has contributed to ships in danger being where the disaster occurred outside the territorial waters of able to be assisted quickly and non-bureaucratically from the EU member states is not bindingly regulated. Weighing Germany. up the risks for the environment and their own coastal waters, it is the countries that make the final decision as to whether they are going to offer a place of refuge. The situation for the “MSC Flaminia” was as follows: “The site of the accident in the Atlantic was in international waters. There was no country that could or wanted to take on the ‘MSC Flaminia’. As the ship was sailing under the German flag, a port in Germany was the last resort,” says Dr. Windhövel. “There is no organisation in the neighbouring countries that takes on as comprehensive

tasks as we do,” emphasises the press spokeswoman. “Howev- er, in such cases, international cooperation is, of course, part of everyday business for us. As part of the Bonn Agreement, the agreement on the protection of the North Sea, a working PHOTOS: CCME (2), (2), CCME PHOTOS: HEIDTMANN/CNV FRAUKE More information: group handled the ‘MSC Flaminia’ case. A further working Unusual deployment at Wangerooge: among other things, the CCME www.havariekommando.de group is providing advice at EU level as to how the matter coordinated the emptying of waste from the three ships anchored of places of refuge is to be regulated in future.” here using the multi-purpose ship “Mellum”.

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1 Acos Group: As a trimodal 7 Elbe- service provider, the Acos Group uses 126 trucks and trailers. Ten inland Lübeck- E Szczecin units are in permanent use for the group, lb Kanal e 1 with 90 trains travelling per week. The 2 Neubrandenburg group employs 212 people. Hamburg 241 19 Spedition Glomb: Glomb Contain- 2 24 e er Dienst employs 110 people and Eld Müritz POLEN has over 60 of its own lorries. POLAND 3 evb: Eisenbahnen- und Verkehrs- Bremerhaven O s 3 betriebe Elbe-Weser belongs to the te 31state of Lower Saxony and various bor- 250 E oughs and districts in northern Germany. 27 lbe de 351 people work for the company. 29 l 28 7 E E Krzyz lb NTT 2000: NTT 2000 is also 1 e 4 - 11 a subsidiary of evb and Acos. S e H a Eurogate Intermodal is another share e i t v m e e Groningen holder. The majority of the business 1 m n 4 ü l - income of NTT 2000 comprises transport W K 28 a 24 between the ports. n a nal 29 Bremen l Küstenka E rstraße Od W lbe er-Wasse er es 27 l-Od er ve 31 a Kostrzyn H NIEDERLANDE rta Stendal Wa NETHERLANDS Aller 24 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 Frankfurt 1 Hav 10 E el m S an der Oder s pree

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5 66 71 Praha 3 BELGIEN Koblenz 7 Karlovy BELGIUM 48 9 Vary Schweinfurt l 61 Frankfurt e R Wiesbaden 70 93 os he M in am Main 70 Bayreuth Main Plzenˇ Bamberg Mainz 3 Darmstadt LUXEMBURG Main 3 LUXEMBOURG 5 TSCHECHISCHE REPUBLIK Würzburg 9 67 CZECH REPUBLIC Charleville 1 Trier 63

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Nykøbing Flensburg i normal working day at the port of Hamburg. A lorry Ostsee le belonging to Spedition Glomb from Bremerhaven ch Kieler S is making its way to the destination terminal. By Bucht Ameans of telecommunication, the driver finds out Baltic Sea 7 about a hold-up on his route. As part of a pilot project, the Hamburg port authority uses an app to feed this data to him via the new port telematics system. There’s no problem for the Stralsund driver. Thanks to the data provided by Hamburg, he takes his load – a container from the river Weser – to its destination via an alternative route, arriving on time. Everyday reality Ideas in transport between the GermanLübecker seaports, which works completely smoothly at business level, whilst politics all too often limits itself to paying lip service in matters of practical E l Bucht ider a cooperation. an -K 20 ee The business world has been 23 sts Rostock -O cooperating for years Rule! rd o For Spedition Glomb from Bremerhaven, transport between N 21 the port on the river Weser and the metropolisWismar on the river Elbe is a key market. If a container ship from Asia that ties up Peene at the quay in Bremerhaven also has a load for Hamburg on board, after unloading on the river Weser, the ship does not take its remaining load back20 to the German Bight and then up the river Elbe in order to take the rest of the containers 7 Elbe-to their destination. This can be done much more effectively by lorry. Or by rail. Lübeck-Transport between the seaports is also a key market for E Szczecin lb KanalEisenbahnen- und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (evb) from e 1 Zeven. As a regional rail company, evb handles traffic be- Neubrandenburg Hamburg tween the seaports of Bremerhaven and Hamburg241 just 19 24 e Eld Müritz POLEN POLAND Bremerhaven O s te 31 250 Transport triangle 27 Elb e 29 between the ports e ld 28 7 E E Krzyz lb 1 e For the transport- companies, transport 11 S World-famous thanks to good ideas – the Bremen Town Musi- between Bremen, Bremerhaven H e e i cians are a case in point. Bright minds and strong brands have a and Hamburgt is routine. Here, lorries, v m e always felt well in our midst. The maritime, logistics, automo- e Groningen m n ü trains and inland vessels are used as l - tive, aerospace and wind energy industries operate success- 28 W means of transport.K 24 a fully here and enjoy close links with our world-class academic n a and research establishments. Age-old traditions, short path- nal 29 Bremen l The transport triangle: Küstenka open to the south and con- E ways and quality of life in abundance: that’s Bremen. serstraße Od W nected to the hinterland. lbwww.wfb-bremen.dee er-Was er es 27 l-Od er ve 31 a Kostrzyn The evb route: H allows Bremen to be avoided. NIEDERLANDE rta INFOGRAPHIC: MANUELA HEINS, HEIKE HENTSCHEL HEINS, MANUELA INFOGRAPHIC: Stendal Wa NETHERLANDS Aller Frankfurt 1 Hav 10 E el m S an der Oder s pree

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trains and, in particular, inland vessels, play a key role in the transport offerings of the group, which employs 212 people. The total transport volume of Acos in 2012: 692,158 TEU. Of this, only 32 per cent was transported by road. Rail transport, on the other hand, had a share of 45.5 per cent. Inland ship- “Truck ’n’ roll”: The Acos Group doesn’t Inland vessels travel between just concentrate on road transport. Bremen and Bremerhaven on a ping achieved a share of 22.5 per cent. In concrete figures: The company’s transport is trimodal. regular basis. 156,107 TEU were transported on the waterways. 300 TEU can be transported per journey. The central hub for Acos’ rail transport is the station of Roland-Umschlagsgesellschaft in Bremen. The station offers customers daily connections to the national and international combined network, to the container network of NTT with transport between Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Bremen as well as to the container train system Necoss, which is, above like traffic from the ports into the hinterland. evb has all, responsible for hinterland traffic from and to the seaports the advantage that it is able to use its own rail routes. This and in which evb and Acos also hold considerable shares. makes transport from and to the seaports via Bremervörde In terms of capacity, Helmut Frank believes that trains and and Rotenburg to Bremen possible. A major advantage, as inland vessels offer considerably better future prospects than Bremen is a bottleneck of the north. The rail connections lorries in terms of transport between the ports. “Even though have been in place for decades and also represent a part of the motorway between Hamburg and Bremen is now wider, German rail history. evb had to set up the routes in such a the experts are already predicting that this will be too small way that they would be able to be travelled by heavy container again in four to five years,” predicts Frank. “Trains and inland Andrea Stein, trains in future. vessels offer completely different opportunities.” press spokeswoman for evb. Increasing traffic

“The volume of traffic will increase,” emphasises Andrea Stein, press spokeswoman for evb. “That’s what all the studies say.” In concrete terms, the first heavy container trains are to travel the routes at the end of this year. And the traffic volume for 2014? “We are expecting one container train an hour, so 24 trains a day,” reports Stein. Alongside transport into the hinterland, transport between the ports is a key business area for the northern German rail company. evb’s subsidiary, NTT 2000, whose The trains of NTT 2000 take care of shareholders include Acos Allround Container Service and transport according to a schedule. Eurogate Intermodal, is particularly active on the rail routes between the ports. In 2011, the company transported around 200,000 TEU, the majority in transport between Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Bremen. Goods trains regularly run to a schedule in this triangle. In future, the company will also have evb’s own routes via Bremervörde towards Rotenburg at its disposal. In the case of transport between Bremerhaven and Hamburg, the bottleneck of Bremen does not necessarily need to be passed. evb’s partner is the Acos Group from Bremen. As Manag- PHOTOS: ACOS (3), EVB, GLOMB EVB, (3), ACOS PHOTOS: ing Director Helmut Frank emphasises, the company is not The trucks owned by Spedition Glomb are always a “mere trucker”, but a trimodal company. Alongside lorries, coming in and out of the ports.

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SUMMARY NEWS Double role Jörg Kaplan gets power of representation for Holger Banik at J. Müller break bulk terminal EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT. From 1 January 2014, the executive management of Niedersachsen Ports (NPorts) and AUTHORITY TO JadeWeserPort Realisierungsgesellschaft will be pooled together. REPRESENT. In Responsible for this task is Holger Banik, who has worked for June, expert bremenports since 2007 and been a commercial managing direc- in break bulk and tor there since 2011. The key focuses for Lower Saxony’s ports are project loading, the settlement of new companies, the expansion of offshore base Jörg Kaplan, received power of ports and harmonisation with the activities of other coastal states. representation for the break The central task in Wilhelmshaven is to transition JadeWeserPort bulk terminal owned by J. Müller. Realisierungsgesellschaft, the company responsible for imple- New chairs mentation, from the construction phase to the operational phase. at GHBV and UBH The change in the executive management became necessary due NEW APPOINTMENT. New to the agreed departure of former managing director Axel Kluth. members of staff have been appointed as the chairs of Bremer Gesamthafenbetriebsv- erein (GHBV) and Unterneh- mensverband Bremische Häfen (UBH). The previous chair of GHBV, Manfred Kuhr (BLG), was not available for re-election. The previous vice president, Andreas New Change in Girl power Glomb reforms Wellbrock (BLG), was elected on board leadership at for European eastern Euro- as the new chair. Lüder Vollers (Berthold Vollers) and Olaf at NTK Via Bremen seaports pean transport Schwemer (D.-Heinrichs- ECONOMY. Ma- SUCCESSION. On CHANGE. Since 1 August, TRANSPORT. Contain- Stauereibetrieb) will remain riola Nowinski has 1 January 2014, ports Isabelle Ryckbost has been the er service provider Glomb deputes. The new vice president taken over overall expert Uwe Will will new General Secretary of the from Bremerhaven has is Frank Dreeke (BLG). management of succeed Klaus Platz as European Sea Ports Organisa- managed to get Albert Internal career transport to and managing director for tion (ESPO). Before that, she Schmielarz on board for at Röhlig from eastern Europe the site brand Via was the director of the European the overall management PROMOTION. As the new at NTK, a trans- Bremen. At the same Federation of Inland Ports of its transport to and Global Airfreight Director, Dirk port and logistics time, Will, who leads the (EFIP). The 45-year-old lawyer from eastern Europe. Schneider has been responsi- company based in international projects comes from Ostende in Belgium Before this, Schmielarz ble for international purchasing Bremerhaven with division of port and has been working in and spent many years in a and product development in over 200 employees. management company around European institutions for leading position in the the field of air travel at logistics Before this, Nowinski bremenports, will 20 years. Ryckbost succeeds field of eastern European company Röhlig since July. Be- spent many years in become managing Patrick Verhoeven, who took on transport. He replaces fore being appointed to this role, a leading position in director of Bremische the position of General Secretary Eva Mosewitz, who has the 44-year-old was a managing transport logistics in Hafenvertretung, the of the European Community been leading the eastern director at Röhlig Italia. the field of eastern representative of the Shipowners’ Associations European department European transport. ports of Bremen. (ECSA) in the summer. temporarily.

30 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 Intelligente Container-Logistik . . .

Inke Onnen-Lübben becomes managing director

APPOINTMENT. Seaports of Niedersachsen gets a new executive board. At its meeting in September, the supervisory board decided to appoint Inke Onnen-Lübben (32) as the new spokeswoman for the executive board. The internationally experienced manager and qualified economist (FH) succeeds Andreas Bullwinkel, who will leave the company on 30 September and will take over executive man agement of the marketing company for Container Terminal Wilhelms haven. The second managing director will be Felix Jahn (35), who brings his experience as Managing Director for Transport at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Oldenburg.

Change in the BVL board NEW AND RE-ELECTION. As part of the 35th Ordinary General Meeting of Bundesvereinigung Logistik (BVL), Karl Ulrich Garnadt (l.), CEO of Lufthansa Cargo, and Karl Gernandt (r.), Chairman of Kühne + Nagel International, were newly selected as members of the association’s board. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Beumer, Frauke Heistermann and Dr. Johannes Söllner were re-elected for a further three-year term. . . . und mehr ! In accordance with the cycle, Dr. Ottmar Gast, spokesman for the executive board of Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschiff- ● Westeuropa und Osteuropa fahrts-Gesellschaft, and Karl-Heinz Lippe, ● Auch mit Kühlchassis und ADR Vice President for Operations – Stationary Trade at DHL Supply Chain Germany & Alps ● Großraum- und Schwertransporte left the board. mit eigenen Fahrzeugen

New impetus for Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven

APPOINTMENT. Andreas Bullwinkel has been appointed managing director of the marketing company for Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven. His aim is to considerably improve the workload of Germany’s deep-water port. To this end, production and wholesale companies, liner shipping companies, logistics companies and transporters are to be approached and goods transport concepts drawn up, all under the leadership of Bullwinkel. As the Managing Director of Seaports of Niedersachsen, the 56-year-old shipping manager and qualified economist has successfully www.glomb.com developed the marketing organisation of the Lower Saxony-based port

PHOTOS: SEAPORTS OF NIEDERSACHSEN (2); MINISTRY OF ECONONOMICS, LABOUR AND TRANSPORT OF LOWER SAXONY; NTK; NTK; SAXONY; LOWER OF TRANSPORT AND LABOUR ECONONOMICS, OF (2); MINISTRY NIEDERSACHSEN OF SEAPORTS PHOTOS: + NAGEL LUFTHANSA/KÜHNE MONTAGE: VENTURA; FOTO PETERS; STEFANIE GLOMB; BREMEN; ESPO; VIA handling company since 2004.

. . . und den Schutz der Umwelt mit im Blick. APPOINTMENTS

Selection of events 2013/2014

German Logistics Conference 23. – 25. 10. 2013 Berlin, Germany www.bvl.de/dlk

PPI Transport Symposium 28. – 31. 10. 2013 Baltimore, USA www.risiinfo.com/events/ transport_symposium

logistics talk 7. 11. 2013 Stuttgart, Germany www.bremenports.de/ Veranstaltungskalender PHOTOS: SEAPORTS OF NIEDERSACHSEN (2), ECKHARD ARNDT, HERO LANG HERO ARNDT, ECKHARD (2), NIEDERSACHSEN OF SEAPORTS PHOTOS: EWEA OFFSHORE 19. – 21. 11. 2013 Frankfurt/Main, Germany Save the Date! www.ewea.org

Once again in 2013/14, he German ports are increasingly presenting them- Two autumn highlights selves abroad under the brand “German Ports”. The the German seaports will umbrella brand allows for uniform marketing of be presenting their T all of the German North Sea and Baltic Sea ports. comprehensive range However, the existing site brands such as “Via Bremen” or “Seaports of Niedersachsen” are also still present. of services at a number Here, we would like to inform you of events from the of national and fields of maritime economy and logistics. The scope of what’s on offer ranges from trade fairs and conferences to “logistics international events. talks”, a series of events with which the ports of Bremen inform their customers and partners in Germany and abroad of current developments and events under the label “Via Bremen”. Due to the large number of exciting and relevant dates this year, we had to make a selection. The list is therefore not exhaustive. Should you have a question about an event or any event tips, please contact us.

We look forward to seeing you. Around 340 guests celebrate at the upper chamber of the town hall and donate 24,000 euros to the Seaman’s Mission.

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Selection of events 2013/2014

Logitrans Intermodal South America HTG Conference Kiel Week 21. – 23. 11. 2013 1. – 3. 4. 2014 21. – 23. 5. 2014 26. 6. 2014 Istanbul, Turkey São Paulo, Brazil Berlin, Germany Kiel, Germany www.logitrans.com.tr www.intermodal.com.br/english www.htg-online.de www.kieler-woche.de

logistics talk logistics talk logistics talk logistics talk 27. 11. 2013 10. 4. 2014 22. 5. 2014 18. 9. 2014 Berlin, Germany Austria Basel, Switzerland Eastern Europe www.bremenports.de/ www.bremenports.de/ www.bremenports.de/ www.bremenports.de/ Veranstaltungskalender Veranstaltungskalender Veranstaltungskalender Veranstaltungskalender logistics talk Husum Wind Energy 2014 transrussia transport logistic China 28. 11. 2013 23. – 26. 9. 2014 22. – 25. 4. 2014 17. – 19. 6. 2014 Leipzig, Germany Hamburg and Husum, Germany www.bremenports.de/ Moscow, Russia Shanghai, China www.husumwind.com Veranstaltungskalender www.transrussia.ru/en-GB www.transportlogistic-china.com

fruit logistica Break Bulk Europe Windforce 2014 5. – 7. 2. 2014 13. – 15. 5. 2014 17. – 20. 6. 2014 Berlin, Germany Antwerp, Belgium Bremen, Germany www.fruitlogistica.de www.breakbulk.com www.windforce2014.com

Economics Minister Lies outlines routes in Lower Saxony’s ports policy. Two autumn highlights

49th Kapitänstag (Captains’ Day) at the town hall in Bremen 6 SEPTEMBER 2013. It is tradition that the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and Bremische Hafenvertretung (the representative of the ports of Bremen) invite captains and chief engineers from shipping and air transport, business 23rd Niedersächsischer Hafentag partners of the ports of Bremen and representatives (Lower Saxony port day) in Nordenham from politics and the administration to the town hall in Bremen for the Captains’ Day on the first 6 SEPTEMBER 2013. Around 350 guests from business, politics, administration and the Friday in September. With 340 guests, including press came together for the 23rd Lower Saxony port day in Nordenham, in order to discuss numerous captains and customers from Germany developments in the seaports in the state. In his opening speech, Andreas Bullwinkel, and abroad, the Captains’ Day was fully booked. With Managing Director of port marketing company Seaports of Niedersachsen, expressly praised this event, the city of Bremen aims to symbolically the far-sighted commitment of the current and previous local governments in terms of thank those responsible for sea and air transport. investment in port infrastructure. Bullwinkel highlighted that, given the port handling volume During the event, the guests donated 24,000 euros of around 81 million tonnes predicted in the 2030 shipping forecast, public money was to the Bremen Seaman’s Mission. needed for infrastructure measures.

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