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Hamburg News 8/2013 Energy co-operation New coffee capsules plant A summer of culture Passenger lists online The Port of Hamburg is to become Nestlé is investing 220 million From Wagner Mania to Reeper- The Hamburg State Archives in- the showcase for renewable en- euro to erect its largest Dolce bahn Festival: this summer‘s troduced online access to the ergies and to extensively reduce Gusto coffee capsules factory in events reflect the diversity of the passenger lists of emigrants via CO2 emissions. (p. 2) Schwerin. (p. 2) music metropolis Hamburg. (p. 4) Hamburg since 1850. (p. 4) Newsflash 23,000 Lions from 132 countries attended the annual meeting Bright pupils: Hamburg Participants of the world‘s largest NGO meeting spent 40 million euro in Hamburg boasts the highest rate of high school students of The first annual meeting in all German states. 52.1 Germany was also the largest per cent of all elementary in the history of the Lions: school pupils head for high more than 23,000 members school. The national quota from 132 countries enjoyed is ten per cent less, i. e. only the 96th Lions Clubs Interna- 42.1 per cent. The city-state tional Convention 2013 (LCIC Hamburg is thus leading the 2013) in the Elbe metropolis ranking of the “Chancen- Hamburg. The showgrounds spiegel (Mirror of Chances) of Hamburg Messe and the 2013“, compiled by resear- chers of the universities of adjacent CCH-Congress Center Dortmund and Jena on be- Hamburg were at the centre of half of the private Bertels- activities as central location for mann Foundation. Its goal: the convention service center, to increase transparency on the exhibition and the Lions educational opportunities in seminars. 1,200 Lions volun- Germany. In winter, a study teers supported the organi- on behalf of the Hamburg sation of the major event that courses and receptions com- ropolis, with the catering and Minister of Education had flew the flag in the very sense plemented the programme. hospitality industry, retail and shown that Hamburg pu- of the word. At the colourful The LCIC 2013 was the largest cultural institutions particular- pils performed significantly Lions parade, 18,000 Lions in conference that ever took place ly benefiting from the visitors. better in the new eight year traditional costumes or Lions in Hamburg. The Elbe metropo- The city‘s 72 congress hotels than the classic nine year high school education. The attire waved their country‘s lis supported the largest world reported a record utilisation of improvement was evident flags when marching around gathering of a non-govern- 100 per cent. Home to nearly in all tested subjects, i. e. the Inner Alster Lake in bright mental organisation with three 100 consulates, Hamburg is a English, maths and science. sunshine. The Lions market million euro, of which1.5 mil- truly cosmopolitan place, whe- In the study, G8 and G9 per- on Jungfernstieg provided lion euro were taken directly re excellent international ties formance had been perfor- insights into local, regional, from the current budget.In are a deeply-rooted tradition. med for the very first time. and international aid projects return, the Lions from around lcic.de www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de funded by the Lions. Plenary the world spent more than 40 hamburg-messe.de sessions, seminars, training million euro in the Elbe met- cch.de Public transport to be further expanded by line extension of underground services Ceremonial ground-breaking for the extension of the U4 service to the Elbe bridges • completion by 2018 “Elbe bridges in sight“ was the vide HafenCity‘s new Eastern be built at HafenCity Universi- Tube operator Hamburger motto at the ground-breaking office and residential areas with ty station. From there, the new Hochbahn AG (HHA) will invest ceremony for the extension of a fast and reliable access to service will continue to travel some 180 million euro into the the new underground line U4. Hamburg‘s inner city. underground for roughly one extension of rail tracks and the Starting at the current end of The U4 extension is divided kilometre, before continuing construction of new stations. the line at HafenCity University into three stages. First of all, a above the ground on a trough First trains are to travel by station, the 1.3 km line extensi- sweeper and carriage sidings structure to reach its final des- 2018. on to the Elbe bridges will pro- for the underground trains will tination, the Elbe bridges. http://u4.hochbahn.de Hamburg News 8/2013 Page 2 Port of Hamburg joins forces to promote green energies Shortcuts Hydrogen and liquefied natural gas will be tested as alternative energy suppliers New BP headquarters The Port of Hamburg is to be- which is to meet regularly at heat. New potential sites for BP moved its European head- come the incubator of green city hall under the chairman- wind energy in the port area quarters from Bahrenfeld to shipping and a showcase for ship of the First Mayor. will also be examined, with the new premises at Hamburg‘s renewable energies. The Mi- In the course of the funding aim to set up up to seven addi- HafenCity. Its 270 staff are nistry of Economy, Transport programme “Companies tional wind turbines by 2015 in now working on 4,000 sq m at Sumatrakontor on Über- and Innovation, the Ministry for Resource Protection“, the Port of Hamburg. seeallee. From Hamburg, BP for Urban Development and Hamburg‘s port companies Whether hydrogen and lique- controls among other things the Environment, and the Ham- have already reduced their fied natural gas (LNG) are sui- its business with lubricant burg Port Authority (HPA) have energy consumption by more table alternatives for conventi- products for industry, ship- thus jointly established an en- than 40 per cent. The imple- onal ship diesel will be tested ping and automotive industry ergy co-operation for the Port mentation of advanced energy by tested by ships equipped as well as the aviation fuels of Hamburg. Its target is to efficiency measures and the in- with hybrid or fuel-cell drives. division of Air BP. Investments free the way for cutting-edge troduction of energy manage- In addition, hydrogen buses into the new office premises environmental technology and ment systems are to ensure are to be operated in the port totaled 1.8 million euro. innovations that will accele- that more 12,000 tonnes of by 2014. By 2015, a small-scale deutschebp.de rate the energy transition and CO2 will be avoided each year LNG terminal is to be built, and induce increased CO2 savings. until May 2015. Another 50,000 a new HPA vessel used for mo- Port railway expanded To promote the energetic rea- tonnes of CO2 per year will be nitoring and testing be equip- The Hamburg Port Authority lignment of the port, Hamburg saved through additional po- ped with LNG technology. (HPA) concluded works on the and and its harbour companies wer heat cogeneration plants portofhamburg.com rail access of the container established an Energy Forum, and the improved use of waste hamburg-port-authority.de terminal Altenwerder and the adjacent freight centre with the inauguration of a two- pronged striving as well as LNG powered Stream ship are the vessels of the future modern signalling systems. Hamburg specialists develop eco-vessel for container transport In addition, the HPA started operations of an electronic Not XXL freighters with more dy meet the stricter emissions Over its entire life cycle, such interlocking centre at Alten- than 18,000 standard contai- standards that will apply to a vessel would allow to save werder East, controlling 47 ners (TEU) on board, but small shipping in the coastal zones a total of 336 million euro on track switches. Also, tracks at ships with 3,500 to 5,000 TEU of Europe, North America and operating costs and a half mil- Altenwerder East have been are the future of shipping accor- Asia by 2015. Launch custo- lion tonnes of CO2 emissions. electrified. Hamburg‘s port ding to inventor Berend Panda mers of the vessel, which will Technolog is a member of the railway network comprises and technology managing di- cost 55-60 million euro, include Hamburg engineering part- 300 kilometres of tracks and rector Hans-Jürgen Voigt. They the Chinese shipbuilding and ner und Projektmanagement 850 track switches. www.hamburg-port-authority.de are the think heads behind eco- shipping group Sumec Marine. pool (IPP), a co-operative with friendly LNG powered Stream According to the Hamburg more than 120 engineers and Record orders for Airbus ships that will consume 30 per team, the Stream ship could experts to take all engineering Since January, the Hamburg- cent less fuel than conventio- be deployed as liner or feeder tasks especially in the ship- based aircraft manufacturer nal container vessels. Certified for worldwide services, for in- building industry. Airbus has received binding by Germanischer Lloyd (GL), stance between Europe and orders for 758 airplanes and their innovative vessels alrea- Asia. ipp-engineering.com thus achieved this year‘s tar- get. At the Paris Air Show in Le Hamburg Metropolitan Region Bourget alone, Airbus was entrusted with contracts, let- Nestlé to erect new coffee capsules plant at Schwerin ters of intent and options for The Swiss food giant Nestlé is Designed by the Munich archi- Nescafé Dolce Gusto is pre- 466 aircraft. They include a firm order from Lufthansa for currently erecting its largest tect Henn after latest transpar- sent in 42 countries all over 100 types of the successful factory for the production of ency and sustainability criteria the world.