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FUTURE Pulling a rabbit out of the hat EDITORIAL CONTENTS

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AMERICAS 04 Securing OTTC’s Status as a Premier Ethanol Export Hub 06 Open Dialog with an Important Message FOCUSING ON for the Future

THE FUTURE APAC A Gift of Health and Good Cheer! 23 08 “In every life there are moments in which the EMEA 08 Future Prospects: Power to Methanol POWER TO METHANOL present seems more powerful than the past 10 Curtain Up for ‘Green Spots’ and the future. Karoline von Günderrode* ” 14 Being Prepared for Potential Future incidents Since time immemorial, humankind has been fascinated with operates safely everywhere, and employs talented and Driving Into the Future predicting the future. Especially in view of the actual dedicated people. 17 coronavirus pandemic among the increasing global demand 18 Setting the course for FAME for energy, international calls for sustainable energy, and the A company’s success depends among other things on the urgent necessity of addressing climate change, one might ability to monitor trends, to identify opportunities, and want to know what the future holds in store for oneself, the oil capitalize on the dynamic by weighing its implications for all PEOPLE 20 We can, we care ... Let’s Take Care and gas industry in general, and for Oiltanking in particular? stakeholders including employees, clients, and the 20 & PLACES of Each Other environment. LET'S TAKE CARE Oiltanking’s markets are experiencing a period of structural 32 In a nutshell changes due to a slowdown in global GDP growth, decreasing At times like these we need to look after each other. These energy intensity, and the energy transition. In addition, the can be frightening times and not everyone will speak out if 34 Cultural Experiences | Planning structure of global hydrocarbon trade flows is changing due they have worries. But while we cannot foretell the future, we the future to shifting regional supply-demand balances. As a result of do we wish you some distraction and diversion with some of Strategy 2025: The Oiltanking market changes, customers and competitors are the future-related topics covered in this latest edition of 42 repositioning their strategies. For example, oil traders are connections! Management Team optimizing their storage exposure, while NOCs and chemicals players are gaining significance. Oiltanking’s Take care of yourselves and your families and stay safe. traditional customers, the oil majors, are pushing LEISURE & 13 Lexicon | SEND-OUT decarbonisation agendas in line with their corporate ENTERTAINMENT Hearing colors priorities. Our Strategy 2025 is a response to these 24 24 Matti Lievonen changing market conditions. It will ensure sustainable CEO | Oiltanking GmbH 26 Goo-Goos CYBORG ARTIST success for Oiltanking as it paves the way for a new * Karoline von Günderrode (1780-1806), was a German I do's organization that is customer-centric and financially strong, ‘Romantic’ poet, born in . 28 30 Number | 600:1 Cover: More about the 37 What will be, will be "Bugs Bunny" project Publishing Credits connections Vol. 32/1/2020 Published by Oiltanking GmbH, Corporate Center, Koreastrasse 7, by Carolin Schulze and a 20457 , , www.oiltanking.com, Telephone +49-40-37099-7485, Fax +49-40-37099-7499 43 Reader's Corner borderline culinary Email [email protected] Coordinator Gabi Wuestenberg, Manager Communications Editor Renate Eijkholt Last but not least | Crystal Ball experience on page 39. Design raz design, Hamburg Print Beisner Druck GmbH & Co. KG, Buchholz Published Two times a year 44 Copy Deadline vol. 32/2 week 36, 2020 (of Science)

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RENEWABLE Green Plains uses OTTC has handled ethanol exports for over a decade, These renewable products are manufactured by Green corn as the primary feedstock garnering much acclaim in the marketplace as a trusted Plains at a series of plants, primarily located in the U.S. in ethanol production service provider and expert on the subject. With these two Midwest, with corn as the primary feedstock. Both grades projects officially commissioned in January, 2020, the new of ethanol held under these contracts are exclusively ethanol contracts are expected to generate a meaningful exported across the globe. increase to the entire North American portfolio’s bottom line. With the addition of the long-term agreements with Green Plains, OTTC further secures its position as the premier Securing Industrial-grade ethanol is found in items such as ethanol export hub on the U.S. Gulf Coast, and is expected cosmetics, perfumes, medical wipes, antiseptic gels, etc. to handle the biggest volume of ethanol exports in the U.S. OTTC’s Status Fuel-grade ethanol is widely used as an oxygenate to blend in 2020 and beyond. This commercial development satisfies with gasoline as a finished fuel for vehicle engines. Fuel- several key criteria for Oiltanking’s 2025 strategy, including as a Premier grade ethanol’s high octane value, its competitive cost maximizing the value of current assets, unlocking profitable Ethanol versus gasoline and other blending components, and growth, and driving sustainability, as well as further renewable feedstock all contribute to the global demand supporting the growth narrative unfolding in North America. Export Hub for this product.

Grain Receiving and Milling Cooking Liquefaction Fermentation Storage

Thanks to a well- coordinated effort Dryer Bottling, between Commercial and Dried Distillers Grains Dry Ice and Other Uses Assets & Operations, Oiltanking Texas Distillers Grains to City terminal (OTTC) welcomed Green Livestock Syrup of hard work began for the Assets & Operations team. Two and Poultry Tank Evaporator Liquids Plains Trading Group, a subsidiary of separate capital projects totalling nearly four million Green Plains, Inc., as a new long-term dollars were approved to enable this substantial new business. OTTC’s leadership rose to the occasion to ensure Distillers Corn Distillers Oil Centrifuge customer on January 1, 2020. timely execution without sacrificing Oiltanking’s safety Grains to Market Distillation and operational standards. Process safety and project Feed In July 2019, Oiltanking North America contacted management were paramount while driving the two Green Plains, one of the largest grade producers in the projects to completion. The seamless coordination and Biodiesel world, about moving both their industrial-grade ethanol excellent communication by the OTTC , and fuel-grade ethanol export operations from their Operations, Maintenance, and Logistics teams resulted in current service providers on the U.S. Gulf Coast to the project launching both on time and on-budget. Wet Distillers Solids Grains Denaturant Oiltanking Texas City (OTTC). Green Plains indicated that winning the industrial-grade ethanol contract would be a Molecular Ethanol- Ethanol to Market Ethanol Storage Sieve necessary first step to securing the fuel-grade ethanol Blended business, as having both ethanol grades at OTTC would Gasoline to Consumer support Green Plains' strategy to realize synergies in their export-focused ethanol portfolio through savings on rail and marine freight. Successful commercial negotiations for the industrial-grade ethanol were used as a springboard to secure the higher-volume fuel-grade ethanol contract, DRY MILL ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS In dry milling, the entire grain kernel is first ground into “meal,” then slurried initiating a whirlwind finale to 2019. with water to form a “mash”. Enzymes are added to the mash to convert starch to sugar. The mash is cooked, then cooled and transferred to fermenters. Yeast is added and the conversion of sugar to alcohol begins. After fermentation, the Once the commercial team finalized the contracts in the resulting “beer” is separated from the remaining “stillage.” The ethanol is then distilled and dehydrated, then blended with fall of 2019 (with a starting date of January 2020), a lot about 2% denaturant (such as gasoline) to render it undrinkable. It is then ready for shipment. Source: RFA

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responsibility, but take the time for safety. In addition You both are familiar with the to the STAC, we also have maintenance personnel and company’s Safety Culture Ladder. third-party contractors fill out a Job Safety Analysis Open Dialog sheet prior to being issued a work permit. Where would you rank Oiltanking 1,000 Texas City on it? with an Important Can you give some examples of Axel Jiménez: We are somewhere between proactive DAYS where Oiltanking Texas City WITHOUT ANY Message for the Future and generative. ‘LOST TIME DUE employees have shut down work TO INJURY’ because of unsafe conditions? Cole Parrish: I’d say between calculative and At the beginning of 2020 Oiltanking Texas City proactive. reached a significant milestone: 1,000 days without Axel Jiménez: We had a bad freeze at Oiltanking What message would you want any ‘Lost Time due to Injury’ (as defined by the Texas City last year (Here in Texas, a bad freeze means freezing rain and ice). This caused a build-up of ice on all Oiltankers to hear regarding Occupational Safety and Health Administration). Given there are, on average, the railcars and made climbing the ladder and working improving safety in the future? 85 full-time employees at the terminal, that is 85,000 workdays without an on top of the railcar dangerous. We had a unit-train of ethanol arrive, but we halted work until the conditions Axel Jiménez: Be open-minded, give it a chance. injury leading to lost time! Adding in the contractors at the terminal brings improved and we could safely climb the railcars and the total number of people working at OTTC to 100, so 100,000 workdays perform the job. This was a big deal because normally a Cole Parrish: Keep driving the message. Management, unit-train is given just 24 hours to unload before without a Lost Time Injury! show your commitment to Safety. Make sure your charges begin accruing. But we called the management, actions match your words. told them, and they said “Okay.” It’s events like these In order In the lead-up to a celebratory fish fry people believe it. Before these 1,000 workdays we that show the employees we really can shut down honoring this monumental achievement, Dan had a really bad year – that made us want to change. unsafe work. Withers, Business Development Manager Oiltanking North America, discussed this accomplishment with Cole Parrish: Now, there is more awareness, REPRESENTING THE WHOLE TEAM Like their colleagues at two full-time Oiltanking Texas City employees, better examples from the management that they Oiltanking Texas City, Axel Jiménez (right) and Cole Parrish, are willing to work continuously to make Oiltanking a safer Operations Coordinator Axel Jiménez and HSSE mean it, and employees feel more supported. workplace. All are striving for a generative safety culture, and Coordinator Cole Parrish. Surprisingly, both were pursuing the goal of zero incidents by living the Oiltanking hired by Oiltanking Texas City within a week of one values (Respect, Accountability, Integrity, and Responsibility). another in 2004. This is the first time in their careers How do employees routinely that they have witnessed a “1,000 workdays without talk about safety of a job to be lost time due to injury” milestone. performed and the importance of safety? Dan Withers: I understand this is the first time Oiltanking Texas City Axel Jiménez: We have weekly safety meetings with every shift. The Shift Supervisors discuss, MOMENTOUS has hit the 1,000 days without a OCCASION The encourage and support: “Take your time,” “slow Lost Time due to Injury milestone. "Safety First" rule down,” “identify unsafe conditions.” Also, every job was succesfully What do you think has changed at requires a STAC (Securities Technology Analysis put into action the terminal in the past three years Center), or Safety Task Analysis Card to be filled out. On the STAC, the employee lists the hazards of to make this milestone possible? the job about to be performed, and how the employee plans to mitigate them. Axel Jiménez: People are “buying in” to the safety culture. We were always told by management “you Cole Parrish: Employees now trust that if they can shut down unsafe work,” but until recently we see something unsafe, they can shut it down. People didn’t take that in, thinking of it as mere words. Now are no longer complacent about safety and taking

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SHAPING THE FUTURE A team of experts from various port protagonists work on solutions to make the Port of more sustainable

The Port of Antwerp currently uses methanol obtained expertise to the from fossil sources, so this project is a practical step overall project. towards making the port more sustainable and, eventually, carbon-neutral. The sustainable The project,

production of methanol involves collecting CO2 using which is expected to a new process called Carbon Capture and Utilization be realized next-door to

(CCU), whereby at least some of the port’s CO2 Oiltanking Stolthaven, is

emissions are recovered. This CO2 is then combined exemplary for the transition with hydrogen – sustainably produced using green towards sustainable fuels by integrating the electrical, energy in a new electrolysis plant. These two fuel and feedstock markets. It underlines Oiltanking’s processes – Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) commitment to maintaining our essential position and electrolysis – together form the perfect basis for within the Port into the future. And while we producing sustainable methanol. contribute our own logistical expertise, we in turn FUTURE learn about new products, technologies and What makes this demonstration plant unique is that regulations, and also strengthen our relations with PROSPECTS: it uses a combination of self-produced hydrogen by other movers and shakers of our industry. As we means of electrolysis, as well as by-product hydrogen move into the Pre-FID stage over the course of 2020, from an existing production process within the port. we will make sure to keep you informed about our © Port of Antwerp Power to The plant’s technical setup will feature flexible progress on this exciting and innovative journey! production modes, allowing it to capture incremental During 2019, Oiltanking worked as an Methanol value from volatility in the utility markets. Status as of February 2020

expert partner with the Port of Antwerp, In this way, the demonstrator could prevent one Indaver, ENGIE and Vlaamse Milieuholding ton of CO2 emissions – or even two – per ton of methanol generated. Methanol may also be used on determining the feasibility of a pilot project as a sustainable fuel itself in the future – with to produce sustainable methanol. The partners minimal emissions of harmful substances – to Methanol are now preparing moving to the “Pre-FID (Final power tugboats, or even ordinary road traffic. In fact, the Port of Antwerp is working towards • is the most basic alcohol and a basic chemical Investment Decision)” stage. Their close cooperation and commitment introducing a methanol-powered tug in the near building block used in the production of a wide is a crucial step towards an integrated port and a circular economy. future. range of commodities of daily life, from plastic to windshield washers Each partner plays an important role in the • can be produced using natural gas or , or from project: ENGIE, for instance, contributes its carbon dioxide & renewable hydrogen Since 2019, Oiltanking has been participating in a Methanol is an important raw material with multiple knowledge of the utilities market, while Indaver • is an affordable alternative transportation fuel due

five-party consortium to investigate the feasibility of a uses within and beyond the chemical industry. Given offers expertise on the collection of CO2. VMH is to its efficient combustion, ease of distribution, and demonstration plant for the renewable production of the large chemical industry inside the port area, it is an experienced provider of capital to encourage worldwide availability 4,000 to 8,000 tons of methanol per year. Helm- an essential substance in the port’s day-to-day the development of innovative new initiatives, • is cost-effective in terms of storage and fueling Proman Methanol AG and several knowledge institutes operations; methanol is the starting point for all sorts and the Port of Antwerp serves as a bridge infrastructure have also declared their support for this project. The of chemical processes used daily by its industrial between the public and private sectors. • is biodegradable, and therefore a relatively “Power to Methanol” project is as ambitious as it is players. Each year, the Port of Antwerp uses around Oiltanking, meanwhile, contributes its logistical sustainable fuel forward-looking. 300,000 tons of methanol for chemical processes and fuel production.

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THINK TANK Colleagues exchange ideas how to promote sustainability

CURTAIN UP FOR

Oiltanking seeks to respond to these environmental footprint on the one hand, and developments and has been working for a long more actively communicate as well as visualize ‘GREEN time to reducse its environmental footprint, what we are already doing on the other. It is especially in its core business. In an new initiative designed for terminals that are committed to led by the European commercial and business sustainable operations. The aim is to integrate the SPOTS’ development team, the idea of creating a label measures of Green Spots into the organizational under which environmental projects and initiatives structure to make it part of the existing terminal can be unified was raised, and the concept of management systems. Terminals can share Green Spots was born. information about measures, as well as about the challenges faced, so that we can learn from each The rationale behind Green Spots is to promote other. Focuses include – but are of course not the development of initiatives that reduce our limited to – the following areas:

Waste & Reduction of Energy wastewater greenhouse gas efficiency management/ emissions treatment

Oiltanking has embarked on a journey to integrate sustainability even deeper into its core operations and align with Marquard & Bahls’ sustainability approach. To further elaborate on this concept and to come – and Terneuzen – came up with a Sustainability has therefore been defined as a key enabler up with a plan of attack, a kick-off workshop was detailed plan of measures for the years ahead. organized by Nancy de Groof, Karel Doffyn and Areas for improvement include LED Lighting, Vapor in the new company strategy – for obvious reasons: Richard Dikkers and hosted at the Oiltanking Recovery Unit (VRU) optimization, solar panels, Our company does business in a changing world, terminal in on February 1st 2019. Anna waste separation, motion detectors, solar boilers, Weritz, Group Function HSSE & Sustainability, ship-shore electricity, and frequency drives. In where not only social megatrends, but joined the Oiltanking cross-regional team and consultation with Assets & Operations and Group especially environmental ones such as shared the corporate Marquard & Bahls perspective HSSE & Sustainability, options for measuring and on sustainability. During the various workshop reporting on Green Spots were discussed. A climate change are becoming ever more sessions ideas, initiatives and ways to make our communication strategy and first communications important influencers of customer and activities visible were discussed. The day closed materials such as a video and posters for display employee expectations. During the course with an agreement on the next steps. on the terminals have been developed by Oiltanking communications. of this year we'll define Oiltanking's Since this kick-off, a lot has happened: The project sustainability strategy and roadmap. In the was embedded as a pilot within the Oiltanking The pilot project will continue with regular sessions Corporate Center Innovation initiative. The two at both locations. The project team will also meantime we are already doing some great selected pilot terminals where we test how to develop a global Green Spots framework that we work which we will share with you. integrate Green Spots in the terminal operations can use to systematically roll out the project to our

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SEND-OUT

The term send-out generally refers to the natural gas that leaves an LNG Import/Regasification Terminal and is WASTE AWARENESS exported into the national gas underground, they will come into contact with other Colleagues from now on use steel distribution grid. The send-out capacity there is no energy carriers like “green” hydrogen, bottles instead of such a terminal is usually stated in way of telling which is permitted in the gas grid (at of plastic ones where it will least a small percentage) after it is for their water billion m³ per year (bcma). end up and produced by wind energy and the supply what other process known as electrolysis. molecules it other terminals as well. Irrespective of central further advance the project, or would like to share In order to guarantee a specific will link up with during its journey. A The gas distribution grid is a large developments, each terminal can already start creating a successful projects at your location with us, we welcome send-out rate into the gas pipeline molecule from Australia might find a network of transmission pipelines of list of its existing “Green Spots” in preparation for joining your input. Because as we all know: more ideas = more grid, the design of the terminal must new travel companion at the LNG varying sizes and pressure levels (in the community. If you have any ideas for how we can solutions! consider sufficient storage, pumping Import Terminal where different Germany, the network comprises and regasification capacity. For natural cargos from around the world are approx. 530,000 km). When they gas to be transported efficiently over unloaded. So the Australian molecule enter the network, none of the long distances without pipeline might be joined by a molecule from molecules know where and how they Examples of Green Spots initiatives & future plans in Amsterdam connections, it must be liquefied for Qatar when it is pumped out of the will be put to use. The future is not volume reduction (see also page 30) storage for regasification and send- known to them. For one molecule, the by cooling it to approx. minus 160 °C. out into the grid. At some point, they journey could be a short one, and it Existing Green Spots Green Spots 2020 Green Spots 2021+ The LNG can then be shipped to could meet up with like molecules that might find itself leaving the grid at the anywhere in the world and put to use originated not from a fossil source but first branch-off to be used as feedstock as industrial feedstock, for power from a renewable source (biomass/bio in a fertilizer plant, where it will • Frequency drives on generation, transportation fuel, or in methane). During their journey it willingly give away its hydrogen to • Tank & pipeline insulation • Solar panels on offices Energy pump motors your home for cooking and/or heating. becomes more and more likely that form a new molecule (e.g. NH3 – • High-efficiency boiler • Solar panels on empty efficiency • Replace current lighting The LNG is unloaded at an ammonia). Another molecule • EV charging stations terrains / bunding by LED Import Terminal where it is might travel for a long time temporarily stored in its through the dark network of CORRECT CALCULATION • 11 K1 tanks VRU connected liquid form and on demand underground pipelines, and • Connect more K1 tanks The maximum and • Enabling biodiesel • Ship-to-shore electricity transformed back into its minimum send-out rates be compressed several times Greenhouse- to VRU production & storage • More EV & charging stations gaseous form before are the most important as it is pushed away further gas emissions • Low-emissions vapor • Replacement of diesel- • Bicycle incentive scheme entering the gas distribution operation parameters for and further from its entry treatment system consuming installations grid. an LNG terminal point. Will it produce electricity, help to transport Waste • Wastewater pre-treatment At the moment a given people in buses in a busy • Water treatment plant management plant molecule of methane (the city, or provide warm water main constituent of natural in your home? There’s no gas) extracted at a gas way of telling. • Improve energy & • Appoint energy, waste & exploration well somewhere Other consumption measurement emission coordinator in the world leaves the

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Being PREPARED for “On October 22, 2019, at 19:00, a loud bang is heard incidents in the port can be on the agenda. Before an at pump station 22 at the Oiltanking terminal in Terneuzen. exercise takes place, a delegation from Oiltanking will Potential Future Two operators, along with the driver of a vacuum truck, develop a scenario together with the government had been emptying a pipe filled with acrylonitrile, a representative, jointly determining the relevant goals and flammable, toxic product. The product spills on the driver, key points of the exercise. and the two operators lie motionless on the floor of the pump station as the acrylonitrile spreads out on the road The municipal fire brigade has owned a basic decontamination and into the pump station.” unit since 2019, so it was deemed useful to combine this with the fast deployable HAZMAT (hazardous materials) INCI For real? No. Fortunately, it was only the scenario response team in the above joint exercise. of a Stage 2 emergency exercise held at the terminal. This kind of exercise is held every year in cooperation with This team consists of two specialized units that together – government emergency services, to ensure that all parties but independently of each other – go out to the site of the are well-rehearsed in working with each other and have incident. In addition, the decontamination container will be practiced realistic scenarios. Fire scenarios are practiced as on site which is built up by a separate fire department team well as those involving hazardous substances, and even that remains responsible for the decontamination of the Oiltanking cultivates a proactive safety culture. As part of this aspiration, Oiltanking EFFECTIVE RESPONSE The procedure is Terneuzen cooperates with government agreed upon in the team emergency services. Read on for a review of the latest coordinated emergency exercise which took place at the terminal.

EMERGENCY SERVICES Oiltanking colleagues work in close consultation with representatives of governmental institutions

SCENE OF ACTION A stage 2 emergency exercise took place at the Oiltanking terminal in Terneuzen

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FUTURE-PROOFING THE ‘OILTANKING CAR’ The Global Commercial Development team is Driving in the driver’s seat when it comes to helping Oiltanking achieve one Into the of its future goals Future

JOINT EXERCISE Oiltanking colleagues work together with the municipal fire brigade and its gas suits team

contaminated colleagues and HAZMAT suit wearers. A surrounding area, monitored the containment, and smooth and safe execution requires a lot of practice and anticipated possible escalation. All in all, it was a successful organization. exercise with the necessary “learning moments,” which the Oiltanking colleagues will give further attention to in future The exercise: Step by step exercises. After the first alarm was received in the control room, the officer-in-charge of the © picture: Mercedes-Benz AG Oiltanking fire service carried out a reconnaissance and upscaled the situation to a Stage 2 Emergency. A foam blanket was Not too long ago, an Oiltanking colleague interviewed a for example, enhancing Key applied in the pump station, to ensure that client for a customer satisfaction survey. Asked which car Account Management on both the toxic and flammable acrylonitrile could no came to mind when he thought of Oiltanking, the client a global and a regional level. longer ignite or evaporate. Meanwhile, the answered: “An E-model Mercedes Benz – but the one from We will implement a Customer truck driver was put under an emergency the 90s.” Fair enough, it’s a solid and reliable German car – Relationship Management shower. Rescuing the two operators and but … the 1990s?! That would make us a bit old-fashioned (CRM) system that will let us sealing the leakage required the deployment and dusty. Is this really how we are perceived? One thing is better gain business insights of the HAZMAT response team. Once on site, certain: Times have changed, our markets are more turbulent and capture our knowledge in the team first rescued the victims and handed and volatile. We need to adjust ever faster to the changing a user-friendly system. This, them over to the decontamination unit. The needs of our customers who expect a pro-active and agile PETER VAN WESSEL combined with a global training team members then closed the leaks and approach. leads the newly formed & development program, will Global Commercial were decontaminated themselves, all under help us achieve our ambition Development team the protection of Oiltanking’s foam-firefighting In its strategy, Oiltanking has defined nine “must-win” battles to be closer to our customers, vehicle. that must be won in order to be prepared for the future. One in a uniform way and with the of them is Commercial Excellence, which is where the Global aim of extracting more value from our terminals!” Oiltanking’s crisis manager also had his hands Commercial Development team comes into play. This newly full during the “incident.” He consulted with formed team currently consists of three colleagues: Liesel If we go back to our original comparison and transfer it to the the duty officer, hazardous substances Weisser, Reinhard Hable and Project Lead Peter van Wessel. present day, then customers of a taxi company no longer advisor, and emergency medical assistance The team will be further expanded as needed. want just a modern and efficient Mercedes, but also digital officer as he considered the risks to the interfaces to order this taxi conveniently, receive information With effect from January 2020, the colleagues aim to improve about the arrival time and also to be able to pay easily Oiltanking’s commercial excellence by providing fit-for- electronically. In conclusion, Oiltanking's customers also IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT The decontamination purpose market intelligence. “We have a very good expect more from Oiltanking and expect a more modern container is a mobile rapid- commercial workforce around the world with a lot of appearance. response system potential”, explains van Wessel. “We want to unlock this by,

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SECOND MAINSTAY The terminal in is now able to store biodiesel as based on several criteria. First, the FAME market is Currently, the total storage capacity of the terminal is 4 x well as sulfuric acid undergoing strong growth in the region. Bulgaria became 6,000 cbm, of which two tanks are dedicated to sulfuric an important producer of FAME and has a unique position acid and the others to FAME. ASTRA Bioplant has already in this segment. On the one hand, its own fossil fuel expressed its readiness to rent additional storage capacity, resources are limited, and on the other it is surrounded should Oiltanking decide to build it. “We are currently by countries that operate numerous refineries: evaluating this expansion opportunity”, comments Alexei has four refineries, three, Serbia two, and Lisan, Managing Director Oiltanking Bulgaria. “Bulgaria In 2019, Oiltanking Bulgaria Bulgaria itself also has one. So demand for the bio- itself is a predominantly agricultural country, making it a took a decisive step towards components that are blended into biodiesel is high. good candidate for becoming a serious player in the securing the terminal’s alternative fuels markets, and companies like ASTRA Second, the chemistry between ASTRA Bioplant with its Bioplant are pushing it in that direction.” future by adding the storage solid market position and Oiltanking was right from the of Fatty Acid Methyl Esther beginning. During the project’s execution, ASTRA Bioplant * FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) is a blend of even became a customer at another Oiltanking terminal various fatty acid methyl esters that is commonly referred to as biodiesel (FAME) to its existing sulfuric in Europe. And – last but not least – Oiltanking is looking acid storage. Today, the to promote its focus on renewables, and the terminal in terminal’s capacities are 100 Bulgaria can play an important part in this. percent utilized. Setting the course for FAME*

FIT FOR THE FUTURE Oiltanking Bulgaria’s For 17 years, the Oiltanking terminal in Varna, player on the oil and agricultural market has its own FAME storage Bulgaria, designed to handle sulfuric acid, had been port in the delta of the River. However, it capacities are now devoted solely to chemicals storage. However, at the needed a reliable operator for the import and export operational and fully end of 2017, a major client announced that they were activities of its daughter company ASTRA Bioplant, utilized not planning to renew their storage contract. This left which has seen rapid growth in the production and the Oiltanking Bulgaria team faced with a pivotal trade of biofuels and its components over the past decision: whether to recommend that the shareholders three years. divest from Bulgaria, or to prove that there was still potential. To be able to service this client and obtain official authorization to handle flammable products, The team opted for the latter and set out to find a Oiltanking installed a firefighting system at the client that would ideally make a mid-to-long term terminal. In addition, the company insulated the commitment, preferably with a liquid product that tanks and installed Measurements Instruments would not require too much investment for retrofitting Directive (MID) certified skids for handling bonded the two vacant tanks, each with a capacity of 6,000 warehouse products. Meanwhile, ASTRA agreed to cbm. After analyzing the market, the shortlist of apply for the license in its name; it was issued on potential storage products that would meet this September 26, 2019. The very next day, the first condition was: liquid fertilizers, vegetable oils, and vessel with FAME on board docked at Oiltanking vegoil derivatives. Oiltanking Bulgaria reached out to Bulgaria’s Berth 2. several possible companies and eventually came into contact with Bulmarket in 2018. This big Bulgarian Oiltanking Bulgaria opted to offer this type of storage

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IMPORTANCE It is necessary to identify danger and to assess risks prior to start any activity

WE CAN, WE CARE … Our Oiltanking colleagues in with a regular daily routine, neglecting their agree that our future lies in the hands of our sleep. Back at Oiltanking, the colleague will be Let’s Take Care children, and that family is very important. more accident-prone due to sleep deprivation. Adhering to the safety rules at the terminal is not “We know that the family is an important pillar only crucial for guaranteeing a safe working and source of motivation for the employees. environment, but a very real prerequisite for Which is why Oiltanking introduced a program of Each Other returning home safe and sound at the end of the called ‘CUIDEMOS DE LOS OTROS’ (Let’s Take working day. Care of Each Other),” explains Ludis Plata, HR Manager Oiltanking Colombia. In late 2019, our colleagues at Oiltanking in Oiltanking has implemented many safety Colombia showed family members and standards and procedures at the terminal, and is friends just how much they care about continuously updating and improving them. The The half-day event, held in two sessions, took company is mindful of the environment and uses place at the Hotel Corales de in Cartagena THE GOLDEN Oiltanking’s first rule of business: “Safety First.” resources sparingly. A program of active breaks in December 2019. It was designed for colleagues HSSE RULES Their “Let’s Take Care of Each Other” makes it clear The aim is has been introduced, and healthy lunchtime food and their family members as well as their friends, to prevent habits are promoted. But what about employees’ so that they could better identify with the that safety does not stop at the Oiltanking gates, occupational situation and habits at home? Imagine, for colleagues’ experience at the terminal. The and relates not just to colleagues, but to everyone accidents instance, a colleague leaving a night shift and program used a gamification strategy, meaning in our lives. instead of resting at home they simply proceed that the participants took part in a number of fun

WHERE’S THAT HAT? Something’s missing from those paintings on the left! Exactly, the safety helmet!

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COMPLIANCE Adhering to safety rules should also be applied outside the terminal

activities that get the message across in a playful way. That CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation). A safety-teaching is, that each and every one of us must understand and fully activity that involved adding the missing and correct SHAPING THE FUTURE Indian Oiltanking incorporate safety into our daily lives, and that safety does Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to an unprotected promotes health and safety awareness not end at the terminal gates, but is part of our DNA and person drawn on a sheet of paper provided a great learning through various initiatives matters in all places and at all times. At the same time, the effect. program aimed to build awareness about the importance of spending quality time with one’s family so that employees The event met with a unanimously enthusiastic response. can return to work fresh and rested. “We’re certain that this activity will help us reduce future A Gift of Health and Good Cheer! accidents and incidents at the terminal. We know that our During the session, the participants learned about practicing Oiltanking employees will be cared for not only by the A healthy body is a good home for a healthy mind, and Indian Oiltanking is investing in safety at home, as well as about avoiding obesity, eating company but also at home!” comments María Pérez, HSSE the health and safety of the future generation around its communities by focusing on healthy, and creating well-balanced lifestyle habits at Coordinator. In fact Oiltanking has received several home. Hazard identification and the importance of road comments from family members who now apply more youth and children. A closer look at what this looks like in the villages near our terminals. safety were also on the agenda. The children took center security measures in their homes thanks to an improved stage during the program! In particular, they learned about perception of risk. They are grateful to see that Oiltanking The silence of mornings in the village of Dhutum is Indian Oiltanking also commissioned artists to paint how to identify unsafe acts and conditions by looking at cares about them, too! The plan is to carry out the program lately being broken by a new sound as the machines in the children’s favorite characters from their textbooks on the pictures showing right and wrong behavior. Also, the every year, identifying and focusing on different topics newly inaugurated open-air gym attract crowds of locals for walls, and as a result the school looks livelier than it has in classification of waste and recycling in accordance with the each time that are of interest and that will contribute to a quick workout to start the day. The residents of Dhutum, several decades. guidelines of waste disposal in Colombia were explained. In increasing the safety culture throughout the year. a village close to Indian Oiltanking's flagship Navghar teams of two, they learned first-aid techniques and basic Terminal, is off to a healthy start to 2020, thanks to an Indian Oiltanking’s investment in the community’s future outdoor gymnasium equipped with six exercise machines goes beyond health to address the safety of local citizens donated by the terminal. as well. After losing citizens to fatal accidents on the adjoining highways nearly every year, the village councils CLEVER CONCEPT Teaching hard facts in a fun way The outdoor gym’s primary target clientele is Dhutum’s of the Dhutum Village at Navghar Terminal and Gujra youth, who would have to travel some 20 kilometers to the village near the Raipur Terminal decided an outreach closest city to access a comparable facility. The gymnasium program on road safety was in order. has brought health closer to home for these youngsters, future stalwarts of the community. Indian Oiltanking saw this as an opportunity to build Dhutum’s school has stood strong for 60 years and shaped awareness among schoolchildren who in turn influence three generations of villagers, but needed a coat of fresh their parents and other elders at home. We conducted paint. Indian Oiltanking pledged to beautify the school, and safety workshops in local languages, and gave each child managed to win over the Principal and the village council the gift of a crash helmet, with instructions to pass it on to for a brighter color scheme. Brighter interiors mean less their parents and urge them to drive safely. With healthier need for artificial lighting and a better experience for the and happier children in its adjoining neighborhoods, Indian students. So as the school introduces new curriculums and Oiltanking hopes to ensure a safer and a happier future for more contemporary tools for learning, the changing its communities. educational methods are thus complemented with a more modern look that points the way to the future.

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‘BABY’ You may already know Justin Bieber’s song ... now you know what it looks like, too Neil Harbisson is the first HEARING person in the world to officially be recognized as a C O L O R S Harbisson’s next project is Time Sense, a wearable sensory cyborg by a government. headband that allows the The British-born, Catalan- wearer to feel the passing of raised cyborg artist is also the 24-hour clock around the circumference of their head. known as the first person Harbisson believes that just as ever to have had an antenna eyes can perceive optical illusions, at some point it will © Neil Harbisson implanted in his skull. The be possible to create illusions of antenna works as a color time. If time illusions work, it sensor that measures the people and his environment completely differently will be possible to stretch or control a person’s from the rest of us: he can listen to the paintings in perception of time, age, and perhaps even travel color frequencies in front of a museum, and going to the supermarket is like through time. him and transmits them to a entering in a disco full of melodies. While others may choose their clothes by their looks, he dresses Harbisson also notes that becoming a cyborg and chip implanted in the back the way it sounds good to him. If he is happy he having cybernetic body parts may change how of his head. would probably dress in C major (blue, pink, yellow). people perceive the aging process. Instead of fearing old age, we may all look forward to being old There are other artists who identify as cyborgs, like in the future: Cybernetic parts will get better and the Catalan Manel Muñoz (alias Manel De Aguas) better the older you get, as they will evolve along who developed and installed barometric sensors in with technology. his body. Or fellow Thanks to this new body Catalan Moon Ribas, who part Harbisson, who was born has developed a seismic © Neil Harbisson with a rare visual condition sense that allows her to called achromatopsia (total feel real-time earthquakes absence of color perception), in her body. In 2010, can now hear colors as musical Harbisson and Ribas co- notes. For instance, a glass of founded the Cyborg orange juice sounds like F#, NEIL HARBISSON The Foundation with the aim while a glass of milk is silence. world’s first cyborg artist of encouraging people to – he no longer feels 100 augment their senses. Harbisson is able to perceive percent human 360 colors – even colors that are invisible to the human eye © Lars Norgaard such as ultraviolet and ROYAL OVERTONES infrared light, and can even Mozart’s ‘Queen of the perceive colors from space by using the internet By now, color perception has become second night’, when visualized, connection in his antenna to receive live images nature and he now even dreams in color. His becomes a broad spectrum of color tones due to the from satellites. new sensory organ causes Harbisson to perceive many frequencies

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Girl or Bo y?

In the Polish village of Miejsce Odrzanskie, which has a population of just 300, only girls have been born since 2010. The reasons for this are unclear. However, it is a fact that the mayor is hoping for male offspring for his community and for the future. He has even NIVAAN SANKAR NORA December 14, MÍA VALENTINA Olga Lenin promised parents a “surprise” if they produce male Gunapriyaa and Sankar 2019 was a joyful day Munayco Aroste, Oiltanking Thangarasu, Oiltanking for Yasmine Bastien Andina, and Luis Francisco SOFIE LING YARU A LIAM This little guy SEBASTIÁN ALBERTO offspring. Our surprise for you: the latest roundup of , have been over and Tim Oosterlinck, Elisban Escate Castro sweet girl was born to was born to Elke Silvana Karina Torres next-generation Oiltankers! the moon with the birth of Oiltanking Ghent became her proud parents Guo Yilin and Ling Jue, Bettens and Kevin Donayre, Oiltanking their son on January 30, 2019 on June 5, 2019 Oiltanking Singapore, Lemey, Oiltanking Andina, and Alberto José on June 12, 2019 Ghent, on October Rondon Silva joyfully 30, 2019 announced his birth on May 26, 2019

OLIVIA The birth of their ALANA A lovely daughter PAULA VALENTINA ADRIANA RAFAELA little girl on October 15, was born to Ludis Plata Pamela Elizabeth Rosales Milagros Visag Saldivar 2019 was a joyful day for Coneo, Oiltanking Herrera and Wilfredo and Henry Inocencio Edina and Nobert Lantos, Servicios, and Jaime Ruíz Enrique Cruz Valiente, Beraún, Terminales del Oiltanking Hungary on March 27, 2019 Terminales del Perú, have Perú, welcomed this Grietje Lambrechts This little sunbeam AISSA MACARENA SEBASTIÁN TADEO On July TUUR MAIA been her happy parents sweet addition to the and Rocky Bogaerts, belongs to Enith Sierra She was greeted by her 17, 2019, he made his parents since September 10, 2019 family on August 8, 2019 Oiltanking Stolhaven Patermina and José parents Stephanie Flores, Fiorella Salinas Prado and Antwerp, have been proud Manuel Alvarez Arrieta, Terminales del Perú, and Carlos Antonio Mendoza parents since August 25, 2019 Oiltanking Servicios, born Roberto Seminario on Garragate, Terminales del on June 10, 2019 December 22, 2019 Perú, very happy

DARA SOFIA On November ADRIÁN A bouncing baby FABRICIO JESUS This little ALANNA AINHOA She first 9, 2019, Sindy Paola Aldana boy was born to Adriana ray of sunshine was born made her parents Yesabel Negrete and Yeison Ortiz SOPHIE VALESKA A Alvarez Puerta and Jordi LUCIANA Yeinys Arellano to Alneris Chiquinquira ALBA LUCIA Silvia Espinoza Alexandra Uribe Navarro FLAVIA ALESSANDRA Martinez, Oiltanking precious little girl for Trespalacio Carriazo, and Reynaldo Alean, Medina Rodriguez and Terrones, Terminales del and Ruben Lozano Vela, Natalie Coronado Pais Servicios, laid proud eyes Lilly Aguas and Oscar Oiltanking Servicios, on Oiltanking Colombia, are Jesus Emilio Morillo Perú, and Devin Gomez Terminales del Perú, beam and José Becerra Angulo, on their daughter Acosta Maza, Oiltanking January 6, 2020 happy with their little girl Quintero, Terminales del Wong, are as radiant as with joy on May 24, 2019 Terminales del Perú, have Servicios, was born on born on August 18, 2018 Perú, on June 4, 2019 their daughter, who was been her happy parents November 22, 2019 born on March 3, 2019 since February 25, 2019

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Loving and Living

A wedding ceremony sets the seal on a shared future and is celebrated in many different ways. The scattering of rice or confetti is one such custom. Since sustainability is coming to play an increasingly important role at weddings as well, the use of dried leaves instead is one promising way to celebrate one's love for each other as well as for life. Read on to find out which Oiltanking colleagues will be joining their paths into the future. The hearts of Sarah and Ismail Lancyta, Oiltanking Nusantara Persada, have officially been beating in sync since December 29, 2019

Jonas Staut, Oiltanking Stolthaven Antwerp, put a ring on Vanessa De Ryck’s finger on June 15, 2019

Avani Sheta and Tarun Patel, IOT, celebrated their wedding on February 26, 2019

Jean Alvarez, Oiltanking Servicios, swore undying love to Merylaura Rodriguez on December 28, 2019

Edina and Nobert Lantos, Oiltanking Hungary, tied the knot on October 15, 2019 Jennifer Garcia and Jorge Pacheco, Oiltanking Servicios, became husband and wife on August 19, 2019

Pamela Elizabeth Rosales Herrera and Wilfredo Enrique Cruz Valiente, Terminales del Perú, exchanged their wedding vows on July 20, 2019

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Propane 840238042480524805 840238042480524805Propane 0.025 kWh/liter (Gas at atmospheric 7.028 kWh/liter conditions) (Liquefied under

pressure) 248602486024680246 248602486024680246 Gasoline 9.500 kWh/liter (Liquid at atmospheric NUMBER conditions) 802468024473462345 802468024473462345 784025072358249502 784025072358249502 600:1 600:1 VOLUMETRIC LNG 6.167 kWh/liter 935802357023758245 935802357023758245(Liquefied at ENERGY approx. -160 °C) DENSITIES This is the ratio to bear Diesel Fuel in mind when discussing the benefits 10.722 kWh/liter OF SELECTED 823507235087230750of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas): The volume 823507235087230750 (Liquid at of natural gas can be reduced by a factor of atmospheric FUELS approx. 600 when it is liquefied. This requires cooling conditions) the gas down to approx. minus 160 °C. For LPGs (Liquefied 582375235976956892Petroleum Gases) like butane and propane, the “volume 582375235976956892 reduction factor” ranges between 240 and 300. Unlike natural gas, these gases can be liquefied by merely putting them under a little bit of pressure at ambient temperature (although cooling is CNG also an option). For hydrogen (H2) the factor is around 800. 734094545239523082 7340945452395230822.500 kWh/liter (Gas compressed to In other words, we can increase the energy density (energy content approx. 250 bar) per volume, expressed in MJ/L or kWh/L) of these gases 240- to 800- fold, which makes them a useful alternative fuel for trucks, cars and Hydrogen 403479234802340823ships, as fuel tank capacity is always a limiting factor. Your car’s 60-liter 4034792348023408232.361 kWh/liter Butane fuel tank, filled with natural gas under atmospheric pressure, would allow (Liquefied at 7.694 kWh/liter you to travel a distance of only about 0.7 km. With the higher energy approx. -253 °C) (Liquefied under

density of CNG (, approx. 250 bar), you could pressure) 840238042480524805go as far as 175 km, and with high-energy-density LNG, up to 420 840238042480524805 km. So especially in the transportation sector, the volumetric energy density is an important factor to consider in order to Butane Hydrogen efficiently use the limited fuel-storage capacity. 1.250 kWh/liter 0.033 kWh/liter (Gas compressed to (Gas at atmospheric 248602486024680246 248602486024680246approx. 690 bar) conditions) Hydrogen

Natural Gas 0.0028 kWh/liter (Gas at atmospheric 0.010 kWh/liter conditions) (Gas at atmospheric 802468024473462345 802468024473462345 conditions)

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In a

Nutshell “Del otro lado del árbol” (“On the other side of the tree”) is the name of a project that led to the opening of a public children’s library in the city of La Plata, Argentina. It was initiated by a woman named Paula Kriscautzky, whose own Since 2018, Oiltanking Açu Serviços provisions to several nursing homes, including the daughter Pili died aged just five. Pili often had to spend hours and has promoted voluntary independent donations by local one, Retiro São João Batista. This nonprofit even days at the hospital for her treatments. There, she wished participating in local campaigns in São João da institution takes care of underserved elderly people that nurses would bring her not just medicines and vaccines, but Barra – RJ. The city is located near the Port of Açu with donations by the local community and by also colored pencils, drawing paper, and storybooks, and that she Complex, where Oiltanking handles Ship to Ship companies dedicated to their cause. The elderly would be treated as a kid and not just as another patient. Based operations for crude oil transfer. Oiltanking receive proper basic health treatment, nutritional on this idea, a mobile library was created that moved around to employees have been committed to the community meals, shelter, and personal attention. Oiltanking the various rooms of the hospital to provide these things. Pili’s from the beginning. Back in 2018, our colleagues again contributed to this nursing home in 2019, mother felt that this means of happiness should not be limited to participated in a winter campaign where donations culminating with the company’s year-end party, the hospital, but should be extended to all kids, including healthy focused on warm clothes, blankets and food when a total of 210 kilograms of food was donated ones. The library finally opened in front of the Hospital on April 2, in a single day. 2011.

Campaigns like these not only Inspired by this project, “Corazón de Mandarina” was initiated help to build workplace solidarity almost five years ago in the city of Brandsen where one of at Oiltanking, but also encourage Oiltanking Ebytem’s terminals is located. Two upcycled shipping employees to engage with and containers were set up in a public square, each containing contribute to their local hundreds of storybooks, colored pencils and drawing paper. Here, community. Oiltanking Açu various weekend activities are occasionally organized for kids and Serviços will continue to develop their families, ranging from storytellers and music bands to magic more such solidarity campaigns shows, puppet shows and outdoor movie screenings – always free and to promote the idea among of charge and with the clear intention of integrating kids and other companies. families from every part of the town.

During the course of 2019, Oiltanking Ebytem donated part of the PVC roof, as well as bathroom fixtures for people with disabilities (toilet, washbasin and support bars) needed to make the facility inclusive. As of January 2020, thanks to the company’s gift of an air-conditioning system, neither heat nor cold can impede the kids’ enjoyment of their ”library.”

FOR A GOOD CAUSE HEART IN THE RIGHT SPOT Oiltanking colleagues “Corazón de Mandarina,” where collected food and Oiltanking Ebytem proves its delivered the baskets to commitment to children and the nursing home the community of Brandsen

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PORTRAIT Gavriil Tasigeorgos was born and raised in Greece, where he graduated from the National Technical University of Athens as Professional story building in 2017 Engineer (PEng) and went on to obtain his MBA Germany wouldn’t have from the Technical University of Crete. He then one. So for the next three gained in-depth professional experience in Planning months, climbing [up and Downstream Oil & Gas, mostly in Greece. In 2017 down four flights of] he moved to Hamburg, Germany, to take up a new stairs became a part of position as Senior Engineering Manager for Middle the my new routine. East and for Oiltanking GmbH. On January 1, 2020, he moved to the Project Management Office I soon realized that the and his current role as Lead Project Cost Engineer. FUTURE Oiltanking office in the Marquard & Bahls building is like a bubble containing In January 2017 Gavriil an international environment with English-speaking supermarket aisles and identifying food brands, people. Unfortunately for me, English is not so everything takes a bit more effort. One gets creative Tasigeorgos moved from his commonly spoken by the rest of the population (at … I suppressed my habit of reading food labels and home country Greece to least not to the extent I was used to from Greece). went by pictures for the better part of the first year. And so, without German language skills, everyday The overwhelming volume of mail arriving at my Germany to start working for life is a lot more challenging. From finding a house new address was sorted out in three passes. First, Oiltanking at the Hamburg to arranging utilities to acclimatizing to the throw away (sorry, I mean recycle) the bulk of head office. In the following, he tells us what he thought would await him in the future and PLANTEN UN BLOMEN The urban park in the inner city of Hamburg is a takes a tongue-in-cheek look at great place to relax some common stereotypes. There is a Greek saying that could loosely be translated to “People plan, and God laughs.” The recent financial crisis has forged a more vivid stereotype of Greeks living the life of Zorba, with no care in the world or plans for the future. Not true, at least for me.

After discussing our future with my spouse and reaching agreement on it, I signed my contract with Oiltanking to start as Senior Engineering Manager for and India at the Oiltanking head office in Hamburg. Off I went and after a smooth flight and a smooth taxi ride, my unscheduled fitness program started the moment I arrived at my new apartment: I had to carry my suitcases up four flights of stairs, as there was no "GATEWAY TO THE WORLD" Just as the city of Hamburg elevator. I literally opened the storeroom also colleagues at the head office are cosmopolite door to check for a hidden elevator, as it seemed incredible to me that a four-

34 CONNECTIONS CONNECTIONS 35 CULTURAL EXPERIENCES LEISURE & ENTERTAINMENT : PLON CASTLE The cultural monument is located on a hill and less than 100 km away from Hamburg What will be,

will be The song “Que Sera, Sera” was first released in 1956 and sung by Doris Day in the Alfred Hitchcock movie “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” The song title has developed into an expression of cheerful fatalism. However, the question of “what will probably be (in the future)” has become possibly more pressing than ever before. We’ve compiled some interesting projects and ideas that © photocompany could affect our future. What will they be? KOS The island with its abundant sandy beaches and wealth of Read on to find out! Greek and Roman landmarks is a advertising material; second, identify the mail I was popular holiday destination actually expecting; and third, whatever was left. Even now, three years later and with some basic German under my belt (not proud of my progress, though), I first scan every letter for numbers, to see whether there is an amount I need to pay. I have no And what about vacation? Days off are often planned idea why Germany, so advanced in many aspects, is eight months in advance – something which is simply so fond of paper – including for cash transactions. inconceivable to the Greek mentality, where these aspects of life are planned a few hours to three days ‘Water Music’ People, I have found, are very polite and helpful in advance. You can also forget about just going out except perhaps when they are called on to provide for dinner without reserving a table in advance. In an effort to save damaged coral reefs, research Help as a Service (pun intended). Contrary to the However, you can count on your German friends to teams are developing a wide variety of innovative Greeks, Germans (and I speak in stereotypes of be at the agreed place at the agreed time, even if methods. Scientists at the University of Exeter in the course) absolutely LOVE rules. On my first trip back you arranged it 15 weeks in advance, and without U.K. believe that music can help. home, I remember telling my friends about the any other reassurances being necessary during that awesome power the instructions on an A4 piece of time. Now that’s what I call reliable! Fish play an important role in keeping coral reefs paper develop when attached to a wall (they might healthy. They clean corals by nibbling off their dead as well be cast in stone). A little over three years after my family and I bits, which allows young coral to grow back. Apparently, embarked on our new beginning, my kids speak the fish are attracted by signals emitted by their Driving is much safer, more relaxed and civilized in German with each other, and we feel more or less at polyps. Unfortunately, degraded reefs do not smell or Germany compared to Greece, where driving is home. Apart from the weather, which is nothing to sound very attractive or are very quiet. In a six-week chaotic, undisciplined and not for the faint of heart brag about, Hamburg is an amazing city, beautifully field experiment on Australia’s northern Great Barrier (think of it as India “light”). I personally think a lot planned with an abundance of parks, clean and Reef, researchers placed waterproof loudspeakers in of people from northern Europe have developed a secure. We also love to explore the city’s surroundings. ACOUSTIC ENRICHMENT certain spots near corals, and played the sounds of a sudden and desperate belief in the power of prayer One thing has changed however, and that is my view The sounds of a healthy reef healthy coral reef. They compared the development of when driving Greek roads. of the future. It’s (completely) unpredictable can help improve fish stocks the fish community with that of acoustically unmanipulated monitoring stations. The findings sound good: acoustic enrichment doubled the development of fish communities.

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What’s up, Doc? However, promising though it sounds, the method combined with active habitat restoration and has attracted skepticism because of the costs effective protection measures, rebuilding fish Insects as the food of the future? Ten kilograms of involved and the fact that coral reefs grow very communities in this way could accelerate ecosystem feed can go to produce one kilogram of beef – or slowly. It takes at least ten years for a coral to recovery on multiple spatial and temporal scales in some nine kilograms of insect meat. About a reach a somewhat normal size again. However, the future. quarter of global greenhouse gases are caused by livestock farming. With this in mind, the German industrial designer Carolin Schulze investigated the question of sustainable nutrition and the prevailing reluctance to use insects as alternative food. Her In Search of ET project, called Bugs Bunny (Falscher Hase in German), is a morally and ecologically justifiable Do they really exist, the “little planets outside our solar system. amounts of left- and right-handed alternative that literally lifts insect meat to a new green men” from space that have More than 4,000 such “exoplanets” arrangements. Biology, however, dimension. To this end, mealworms are crushed colonized human imagination for have been discovered in the past breaks this symmetry: thus all and mixed with spices and potatoes. Using a 3D centuries, if not millennia? In the 20 years. The closest one is 4.24 amino acids in living things on printer, the paste is printed into handy bunny- late 19th century, astronomers and lightyears (or 40,000,000,000,000 Earth are left-handed, while all shaped molds, which can then be cooked in oil and scientists of other disciplines were km) away, so we won’t be visiting it sugars are right-handed. These eaten. Schulze has already won several awards for quite certain about the existence of anytime soon – and proving the molecules, and especially longer her groundbreaking project of borderline culinary Martians – fictitious, highly civilized presence of life from a distance chains of them, interact very experiences, and for her commitment to reducing creatures who lived on the planet (i.e. through a telescope) is specifically with light. negative prejudices by providing positive first Mars. Martians are one of the most incredibly difficult. However, under experiences of entomophagy*. These include the widespread and oldest examples of the leadership of Dr. Ir. Frans Snik, Using a spectropolarimeter – a German Federal Ecodesign Award (Young Talent hypothetical extraterrestrial life University of Leiden (the camera equipped with special category) and the Future Award (Sustainability) in within our solar system. ), Dutch scientists lenses and receivers – the scientists 2015. A first step in this direction on a political including Dr. Lucas Patty have now measure the rotation of light level was taken with the new Novel Food Regulation In fact, the chances of finding signs developed a precise method that reflected from surfaces. This 2017** coming into force. of life greatly increase if we look to involves looking at an elemental ingenious technique (circular property of life itself: polarized light) also works from a * Entomophagy = consumption of insects ** The new Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 on novel foods homochirality, which vast distance and can therefore © Carolin Schulze improves conditions so that new and innovative foods means that the basic confirm the presence of living can be placed on the EU market without problems A FEAST FOR THE EYES Appropriate shaping building blocks of life, organisms. At this point, the can help make entomophagy more palatable such as sugars or researchers are busy further amino acids, come in characterizing the signals they are two arrangements that seeing and gaining insights into the are mirror images. kind of signals they should expect BUGS BUNNY, Carolin Schulze’s One is “left-handed,” from distant worlds. They are also ecologically viable alternative to the other “right- currently working on a modification meat loaf, made of insect meat handed.” In non-alive of the “TreePol” version that is “nature” such as compatible with the International space, these molecules Space Station ISS. will occur in equal

ON THE LOOKOUT If TreePol receives an alien signal in the future, the chance of alien life is very likely (Here, the device is shown measuring plants; to measure that of planets, it will be equipped with a huge frontal telescope) © Lucas Patty © Carolin Schulze © Carolin Schulze

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Will this be needed/used in future? I Spy with My Little Eye

The annual CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las and a showcase for next-generation pioneering The urge to predict the future is as old as mankind itself. A wide Vegas is the world’s biggest industry gathering for technologies. Here is a small selection of some of the variety of methods have been and continue to be used today. What anyone interested in consumer electronics. For over 50 more or less promising future devices that were about you? Do you read horoscopes, or consult tarot cards? Here, in years, it has served as a testing ground for innovators presented in January 2020. case you would like to try out your own clairvoyant abilities during a coffee break, are a few tips on coffee grounds. And whether you believe in such divinations or not, whether the prediction turns out to be accurate or not, Smart packaging The smart, fully recyclable it can certainly provide you with a little diversion! shipping box from a French company is equipped with an interior camera, scales, electronic address label, tracking The right coffee to use: Use mocha rather than filter software, and sensors that measure temperature, coffee, brewing the boiling water directly with the ground humidity, and vibration. The battery is sufficient for at coffee and plenty of sugar. Wait a little until the coffee grounds least 1,000 deliveries, which means it is no more expensive settle, and then enjoy the drink. A viscous residue will remain to use than sending a cardboard box. in the bottom of the cup.

Prepare the coffee grounds: Cover the cup with a saucer, turn both upside down briefly and then turn them over again. A splodge of coffee grounds will be visible on the bottom: the object to be interpreted.

Talk to me! An Indian provider offers optimal Be imaginative in your interpretation: Think abstractly yoga instruction at any location with its talking and try to discern symbols in the grounds, which you then yoga mat. It plays spherical music as sensors check link to make specific predictions. your posture and give corrective instructions.

Meaning of the symbols Here are some interpretation aids. For example, you may see a ...

• Crown = love and prosperity • Cloud = luck and success • Moon = wealth and honor • Mountain = reliability and solidarity • Key = a wish comes true • Triangle = change is imminent Red or green? A British tech company uses a check whether • Bird = problems are solved or news will be • Fish = a happy turn of events ahead certain products could cause intolerances (e.g. allergies, diseases). arriving soon • Anchor = hope, loyalty Using a wristband or app, a product’s barcode can be scanned while shopping, eliminating the need for time-consuming scrutiny and deciphering of ingredients. If the band is green, everything is fine; if it is red, best to avoid. Hair Today…Hair Tomorrow?

Can’t decide what color to dye they split or compound, absorbing your hair? How about a hair color incident light differently thereby that constantly changes? The creating different colors English company Unseen plans to depending on the temperature of Turning air into water An U.S. company has figured launch its Fire product before the the body and its surroundings. out a way to produce water using solar panels, which can year is out. Numerous colors are possible! each generate about 150 liters of water from water particles After a few weeks, the tint in the air. Modern technology should make it possible to use Due to its chemical composition, washes out again and you can try the devices even in cities with high levels of air pollution. the new hair colorant reacts to a new shade! The future result: a heat. Some of the molecules unique color mix of fantasy and HAIR TREND OF THE FUTURE? Hair that contained in the product are reality, and a heady combination changes its colors like a chameleon more stable at certain of chemistry and technology! temperatures than others, so

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Crystal Ball (of Science)

Crystal balls are often thought to have mystical properties, as people claim they can be used to catch a glimpse of the future. The future is also reflected in the topics of digitalization and artificial intelligence, which in turn have had an impact on artists and the arts.

One of them is the German artist Arthur Schneid, whose oeuvre includes a painting called “Kristallkugel der Wissenschaft” (Crystal Ball of Science), a work from his “Big Data series” dedicated to the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Its title implies the fact that the fundamental laws of the universe have not yet been fully researched and so, apart from more and more knowledge, there is also a lot of theoretical speculation, like looking into Because Arthur Schneid believes that paintings should be a “crystal ball of science.” “beautiful” in an aesthetic sense, he always strives to create an exciting balance in his works. In the Big Data series (oil on The magnetic coil of a particle accelerator (the circle) and canvas) he mainly uses a spatula to create a pasty surface the rods and cables connected to it served as direct reminiscent of tiles, opening up paths for a strong sensual inspiration for Arthur Schneid’s painting. The colors perception by the viewer. Apart from this, he draws his ideas correspond to the color dial, yet their arrangement in space mainly from the computer world’s hardware and software, is meant to convey a sense of movement that “draws” the because he is fascinated by the “beauty” of the technical viewer into the inside of the circle. The center is formed by arrangement on the electronic circuit boards. Viewers of his the “crystal ball,” in which, among other things, the face of works are likewise fascinated, as an art award from the Munich a scientist is reflected. State Zoological Collection and numerous exhibitions prove.

Picture: © Arthur Schneid