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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. World port in good hands [email protected] www.bremenports.de/en PREFACE & CONTENT 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 4 Kiel 12 10 Rostock 20 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 4 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 IMPRESSION 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 govern- ment 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 Bremer haven 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. 6 LOGISTICS PILOT October 2013 NEWS IN BRIEF 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.
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