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Magazine for Ports, Shipping and Logistics August 2015 Doing Good Focus Topic: Green Logistics Oil detection software 16 | Spotlight on the EU Commission 28 Looking for a made-to-measure solution? Then you‘ve come to the right place. Now you might ask – why this company? Because we prove it every single day – with our experience, passion and the tradition of Hanseatic integrity. Our word is our bond. WWW.BLG-LOGISTICS.COM PREFACE & CONTENT Download the LOGISTICS PILOT kiosk app EDITION and read our magazine AUGUST 2015 offline on your smartphone or tablet. Impression 4 Niedersachsen Ports Sustainability project and brochure “hafen+” The “hafen+” sustainability project launched by Nieder- sachsen Ports along with the JadeWeserPort companies and Seaports of Niedersachsen pools together all of the environmental activities of port companies and the port sector. A comprehensive brochure was published at the start of 2015. JadeWeserPort Silver international environmental award bremenports An environmental project run by JadeWeserPort Milestones in the greenports received an award at the 29th World Ports Conference of sustainability strategy (selection) “Working and acting sustainably – the IAPH (International Association of Ports and 2009: greenports strategy Harbors): the compensation measures at Langwarder 2011: Environmental management certified in Groden in the Butjadingen municipality involve the accordance with the PERS standard conversion of an area covering 140 hectares to create 2012: Environmental Ship Index (ESI) taken into a salt meadow landscape. account in port fees 2013: First sustainability report for 2012 2014: Membership of the Global Reporting Initiative that’s everyday business for us” (GRI) 2014: Certified again in accordance with PERS 2014: “greenports Award” awarded for the first time Seaports of Niedersachsen (for 2013) Environmental managers within 2014: Certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 Horst Rehberg, port companies 2015: Bronze international environmental award Environmental and energy managers within Lower Saxony’s seaport companies can uncover potential for Chief Commercial Officer at port company bremenports optimisation, identify possible cost reductions and – most importantly – reduce environmental risks with targeted data analysis that takes account of environmental aspects. Main Topic Dear readers, 10 The international port organisation IAPH recently presented bremenports’ pilot project “LNG dredged material barge” with an environmental award. We are delighted with our bronze medal. However, the construction of the world’s first hopper barge run on low-emission liquefied gas is just one of many measures on the long road to becoming a “green” port. After all, sustainability is everyday business for us. We plan our construction measures with the environment in mind. We maintain port facilities in a cost-effective manner. We deal carefully with polluted dredged material. And we specialise in sophisticated eco-compensation for port construction projects: we have created valuable habitats for endangered species in the south of Bremerhaven – so successfully that the expansive zones, which used to be used for intensive farming, now form the largest nature conservation area in the state of Bremen. Safety & Security For us, sustainability is quite deliberate. Ship owners know this; we provide them with concessions in port 16 fees if they serve Bremen or Bremerhaven with particularly eco-friendly ships. But it’s also clear in our four-wheeled fleet: we use low-consumption service vehicles, therefore reducing our carbon dioxide emis- sions. What’s more, we are now able to precisely quantify the CO2 emissions of the public areas of the ports of Bremen, as well as of our company itself. These emissions dropped by 13 per cent in 2013. Targeted use of eco-power contributed considerably to this. Yours, Horst Rehberg News 6 Politics 28 People 30 Appointments 32 Sustainability Portrait Logistics Story Preview 34 18 22 26 PHOTOS: FOTOLIA/ARTEM FURMAN, EUROGATE, EUROGATE, FURMAN, FOTOLIA/ARTEM PHOTOS: BREMENPORTS DLR, PIXABAY, BEHREND, CLAUDIA Imprint 34 LOGISTICS PILOT August 2015 3 IMPRESSIONMPRESSION Environmental activities at northern Germany’s seaports JadeWeserPort Silver international environmental award An environmental project run by JadeWeserPort received an award at the 29th World Ports Conference of the IAPH (International Association of Ports and Harbors): the compensation measures at Langwarder Groden in the Butjadingen municipality involve the conversion of an area covering 140 hectares to create a salt meadow landscape. bremenports Luneplate compensation area A special tidal landscape with brackish water flats and Seaports of Niedersachsen inlets has been created behind the protective dike on Environmental managers within Luneplate, providing endangered species of aquatic and port companies wading birds, fish and rare plants with a valuable habitat. Environmental and energy managers within Lower Saxony’s seaport companies can uncover potential for optimisation, identify possible cost reductions and – most importantly – reduce environmental risks with targeted data analysis that takes account of environmental aspects. 4 LOGISTICS PILOT August 2015 IMPRESSIONI MPRESSION Seaports of Niedersachsen CO2 reduction Companies at Lower Saxony’s seaports have already been able to significantly reduce their CO2 emissions over recent years thanks to targeted investment in new Niedersachsen Ports handling technologies and equipment. Sustainability project and brochure “hafen+” The “hafen+” sustainability project launched by Nieder- sachsen Ports along with the JadeWeserPort companies and Seaports of Niedersachsen pools together all of the environmental activities of port companies and the bremenports port sector. A comprehensive brochure was published Hopper barge run on LNG at the start of 2015. bremenports commissioned the construction of the world’s first dredged material barge run on environmen- tally-friendly liquefied natural gas (LNG) in January 2015. The contract for the 70.50 metre-long working ship, which is to be constructed at a Dutch shipyard in bremenports the second half of the year, is worth around 4.9 million euros. The European Commission is supporting the Milestones in the greenports construction with funding of up to 1.65 million euros. sustainability strategy (selection) 2009: greenports strategy 2011: Environmental management certified in accordance with the PERS standard 2012: Environmental Ship Index (ESI) taken into account in port fees JadeWeserPort 2013: First sustainability report for 2012 Compensation areas 2014: Membership of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) The following coherence and compensation areas have 2014: Certified again in accordance with PERS been or are to be created: 2014: “greenports Award” awarded for the first time • around 60 hectares in Hemmoor (bodies of water, (for 2013) among others) 2014: Certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2008 • around 40 hectares in Oberhammelwarden 2015: Bronze international environmental award (reed beds and bodies of water) • around 64 hectares in Warnsath/Möns (wetland) • around 140 hectares in Langwarder Groden (salt meadow landscape) PHOTOS: PIXABAY PHOTOS: LOGISTICS PILOT August 2015 5 10 NEWS SUMMARY NEWS BERLIN. “Germany’s future as a maritime hub is on the line.” This was the title of a press release recently published by the maritime associations. The lobbyists believe that there is currently a need for a consistent The Borkum ferry: a pioneer in German maritime transport stance from the German EMDEN. Following a nine-month stay in the 90 to 95 per cent less nitrogen oxide and sulphur government in order to help shipyard, MS “Ostfriesland” has been back on dioxide, and no fine dust particles. The engine drive the sector – which was its route from Emden to Borkum since June. It is concept for MS “Ostfriesland” is based specified as a key industry in the the first ferry in Germany to be run on LNG. on a duel-fuel (diesel/gas/electric) drive, with coalition agreement – forward. The innovative ship project, which included a two electric propeller units (pods) that can complete rebuild of the stern, is the first of its rotate 360 degrees and ensure maximum BREMERHAVEN. The annual kind. As yet there has been no comparable manoeuvrability as well as supplying the engine report recently presented by concept for upgrading a ferry from conventional with energy. The investment cost amounted Bremen’s association of ship marine diesel to more environmentally-friendly to 13.5 million euros. The EU provided a grant for owners (Bremer Rhederverein) liquefied gas in the EU. Compared with traditional the installation of the LNG drive in conjunction fuel, LNG produces 20 per cent less CO , with the infrastructure development. speaks of growth in the 2 new tonnage handled by Bremen’s shipping companies. Despite the ongoing difficulty on International environmental award: certain markets, the report’s bronze for bremenports future outlook was optimistic, BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Managing Director Robert citing considerably better income Howe recently accepted the Bronze Medal of the “Port than last year, particularly in the Environmental Award 2015” at the international port con- container and tanker sector. ference in Hamburg. The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) presented the award for Bremen’s ecological BREMEN. Logistics software pilot project “LNG dredged material barge”. The planning provider Ortec has moved