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World Port in Good Hands Bremen Bremerhaven World port in good hands World port in good hands Cover: The bremenports dredger “Hol Blank” ensures that there are always sufficient water depths for the ships in Bremen’s ports. The “Hol Blank” is a water-injection dredger which flushes up silt and sediments in the navigation channel so that they are carried off downstream with the outgoing tide. 2 World port in good hands We attend to everything, 24/7... 3 Planning, construction and consulting – the port management company bremenports World port in good hands bremenports is actively involved in every area where the ports have to function reliably. Round the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our engineers, technical specialists and Other activities in our remit include marke- skilled workers attend to the operation, ting our nautical and ecological expertise maintenance and repair of the complex and ensuring the successful promotion maritime infrastructure. This is crucial for of the port group and its players at interna- the success of the twin ports of Bremen tional trade fairs and similar events. and Bremerhaven. By organising bremenports in the legal Our experts are constantly in close contact form of a “GmbH & Co. KG” – a limited com- with the shipping and logistics business mercial partnership with a limited liability to guarantee that the ports are developed company as general partner – we set a systematically in line with the users’ requi- milestone in the history of port management rements. They plan and implement const- in Germany. We act on behalf of the Free ruction projects and ensure that the world Hanseatic City of Bremen and have evolved ports on the River Weser are well equipped into a powerful and flexible provider of to cope with the future. This strengthens public infrastructure since we were founded the ports over the long term, consolidates back in 2002. At all times and in everything their position in the global competitive we do, we focus consistently on economic environment and protects their vital role efficiency. for the German economy in years to come. The key factor for our success is our staff. We are also busy in other countries, where Accordingly, bremenports encourages we contribute our expertise in the fields family-friendly working hours models, has of engineering, planning and port construc- set up an in-house health management tion, helping to launch international port programme and is the proud owner of the projects. This makes us an increasingly German “Career and Family” certificate interesting project partner in the inter- and the “Family-Friendly” award. national market for maritime logistics and port construction projects. 4 World port in good hands BREMERHAVEN: Pit stop for mega-carriers: 5.5 million TEU throughput in 2016 One of the longest riverside quays in the world (4920 m) Europe’s No. 1 automobile terminal: 2 million units handled in 2016 5 bremenports regularly has the lock gates at the Lloyd shipyard dock inspected for damage. The complex steel structures are made up of chambers, tanks, sluiceways, shafts, passage- ways, struts, pipes and any amount of technology. 6 World port in good hands PORT DEVELOPMENT AND PORT CONSTRUCTION We attend to everything, 24/7... ... to safeguard the future of the ports Cargo handling and maritime logistics are constantly changing – as are the customers’ expectations of a port. Farsightedness and continuous investments in port infrastructure are elemental to keep the ports competitive for the future. Our port planning and development experts we have planned and implemented highly know exactly where such investments are sophisticated port construction projects necessary and where they make sense. over the past few decades – for example Analysing structures and observing the at Kaiserschleuse lock in Bremerhaven or market and situation at other port locations at Bremerhaven Container Terminal, which is part and parcel of their daily work. This was extended to a length of approx. five provides the basis for identifying the kilometres during the last phase (mega- potential development requirements for project CT 4). In doing so, we have Bremen’s ports and submitting specific sys tematically and continuously adapted recommendations to the government, for the port capacities to match market instance in the form of port development requirements. concepts. bremenports has drawn up such master plans for individual port areas and Apart from conventional plant and civil cargo handling sectors to identify their engineering, our activities increasingly individual strengths and weaknesses, draw concentrate on environmental planning. up lists of optimisation measures and thus On Luneplate in the south of Bremerhaven, provide a basis for planning investments. for example, we have created extensive substitute sites to compensate for the The blueprints produced by one group of CT 4 container terminal expansion project. experts are then put into practice by their This ecological compensation is as much counterparts in other sectors. Thanks to our a part of the port construction business sound technical and commercial expertise as the inspection and maintenance of and our comprehensive experience, existing facilities. 7 PORT MAINTENANCE Whether planning on paper or hands-on implementation: our employees are on duty right round the clock to keep the ports up and running. We attend to everything, 24/7... ... to make sure that everything runs like clockwork 34 kilometres of quays, roughly 200 kilometres of terminal railway, more than 50 bridges, five locks and 22 kilometres of dykes and flood barriers – the infrastructure at the ports of Bremen is extensive and complex. The port can only function reliably if the along the dykes as well as the flood barriers harbour basins, quays, operating areas and all have to be closed to protect Bremerhaven technical facilities are professionally main- and the people who live there. tained and kept in good working order. And that is exactly what we do – 24 hours a day, bremenports is also responsible for the 365 days a year. operation of numerous technical installa- tions in Bremerhaven and Bremen. Locks, Our in-house dredging department checks swing bridges, the port pump station and and guarantees the necessary water depths free-flow canals have to be maintained, in the harbour basins and berths using a sonic operated or repaired round the clock. This depth finder, bucket dredgers and water calls for experienced and skilled specialists, injection dredgers, working on the principle as some of the equipment is more than 100 of “dredging only if absolutely necessary.” years old, whilst other parts are new and It also ensures that the recycling or disposal computer-controlled. Our staff are well of all dredged material is ecologically sound. able to cope with all kinds of technology and a team is always on call to deal with We also attend to maintenance of the any disruptions. terminal railway infrastructure and flood barriers, which are expanded and upgraded Because the port never stands still, all as necessary. Needless to say we also the work has to be done while operations conduct tender procedures, award contracts are in progress and without causing any and perform maintenance work ourselves. disruptions. This is a balancing act that Floods and storm tides demand an all-out bremenports has successfully performed effort from us, as more than 50 openings since 2002. 8 World port in good hands To ensure sufficient water depths at Bremen’s ports, approx. 200,000 m3 of silty sediment is dredged every year, for instance using a bucket dredger. 9 “We are upgrading the tracks to prepare the terminal railway for the growing number of freight trains and to offer the market additional capacities.” Martin Günthner, Senator for Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports 10 World port in good hands TERMINAL RAILWAY We attend to everything, 24/7... ... to shift more freight onto rail The ports of Bremen have always had strong links with the railway. A volume of more than one million TEU per annum, in other words every second con- tainer that is handled here, is transported to and from Bremerhaven on rail. The railway’s share is even higher when it comes to the automotive sector: roughly 1.8 million vehicles – or 80 per cent of the total throughput – reach or leave the terminal on rail. This means that in Bremerhaven, rail accounts for a higher share of the modal split than at any other European seaport. bremenports keeps the rail infrastructure Around 200 kilometres of tracks link the cargo in top condition and permanently upgrades handling facilities at the ports of Bremen and it to enable it to cope with the growing Bremerhaven with the hinterland. number of freight trains. The terminal rail- way has a total track length of approx. 200 The work began in 2014 with the expan- kilometres which links the cargo handling sion of Kaiserhafen railway terminal in facilities in Bremen and Bremerhaven Bremerhaven, which is used primarily by with the hinterland. By the end of the car carriers. The project involved adding decade, around 40 million euros will be 4300 metres of new track to enlarge the invested in creating additional capacities rail network, amongst other things to and electrifying the rail infrastructure in create enough space to handle block trains Bremerhaven alone, with 7.5 kilometres with lengths of up to 700 metres. A major of new track laid at the automobile and challenge was that railway operations had container terminal. to continue while the work was carried out. → 11 TERMINAL RAILWAY By working hand in hand with the building contractors, railway companies and shun- ting operators, our rail experts succeeded in keeping the disruptions to rail traffic to a minimum. In 2015, the expansion project continued in the immediate vicinity of the container terminal.
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