ENVIRONMENTAL 3 REPORT 2018 Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven CONTENTS 0 Greenports Highlights 2016/2017 .............................................................................7 1 Introduction ...............................................................................................................9 2 The ports of Bremen and their activities ..................................................................12 2.1 Own sphere ................................................................................................................14 2.2 Influence on other spheres .......................................................................................... 19 2.3 Selected KPIs for the ports of Bremen ........................................................................19 3 Environmental aspects and performance of the ports ............................................. 25 3.1 Significant environmental aspects ...............................................................................25 3.2 Environmental performance indicators (EPI) ...............................................................25 3.2.1 Operational Performance Indicator (OPI) ..................................................................... 26 3.2.2 Management Performance Indicator (MPI) .................................................................. 29 3.2.3 Environmental Condition Indicator (ECI) ....................................................................... 32 3.3 Monitoring of legal requirements .................................................................................35 3.3.1 Air quality in and around the ports of Bremen .............................................................. 35 3.3.1.1 Monitoring air quality ..................................................................................................... 36 3.3.1.2 Air monitoring in and around the ports ....................................................................... 36 3.3.2 Water quality ...................................................................................................................... 37 3.3.3 Sediment quality ............................................................................................................... 38 3.3.3.1 TBT contamination in the sediments from the port areas ....................................... 39 3.4 Monitoring of policy requirements ...............................................................................40 3.4.1 Environmental ship index ................................................................................................ 40 3.4.2 CO2-Reduction .................................................................................................................. 41 3.4.3 Measurement of shipping emissions ............................................................................. 42 4 Brief description of environmental management structures ..................................... 45 4.1 Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports ...........................................................45 4.2 bremenports GmbH & Co. KG .....................................................................................46 4.3 Harbour Master Office (HBH) ......................................................................................48 4.4 Environmental responsibilities of key staff ................................................................... 49 4.5 Resources allocated specifically to port environmental management .......................... 52 5 Selected examples of best practice and planned activities ...................................... 54 5.1 Selected examples of Best Practice ............................................................................54 5.1.1 Employee sensitization ............................................................................................ 55 ENVIRONMENTAL 4 REPORT 2018 Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven 5.1.2 Comparative study and pilot project using LED and LEP lighting at the ports in North-Western Metropolitan region .........................................................................57 5.2 Conformity review of environmental performance and legal requirements / Achievements and planned activities ......................................................................5 9 6 Environmental policy statement of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports ...................................................................................................72 7 Contact information, publishers and Picture credits ................................................ 74 Appendix ..............................................................................................................................75 Annex A: Register of significant environmental aspects .................................................... 75 ABOUT THIS REPORT ......................................................................................................107 ENVIRONMENTAL 5 REPORT 2018 Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven List of figures Figure 1: The twin ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in Europe ................................................ 12 Figure 2: Geographical location of the twin ports of Bremen in between the main European ports .....................................................................................................................12 Figure 3: The twin ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven in the German Waterway System ........... 13 Figure 4: Role allocation in the twin ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven ...................................... 14 Figure 5: Port areas and port related compensation sites in the City of Bremen .................... 15 Figure 6: Port areas and port related substitute sites in and around the City of Bremerhaven .............................................................................................15 Figure 7: Port areas in the City of Bremen ............................................................................16 Figure 8: Port areas to the north of Bremerhaven (international port area) ............................ 17 Figure 9: Port areas (brown/yellow/blue areas) and compensation areas (green areas) in the south of Bremerhaven (fishery port) ....................................................................18 Figure 10: Task distribution in port infrastructure and port superstructure ............................ 19 Figure 11: Aerial picture of the Überseehafen ......................................................................20 Figure 12: Aerial picture of the “Fischereihafen” ...................................................................20 Figure 13: Aerial picture of the “Industriehafen” ....................................................................21 Figure 14: Aerial picture of the “Industriehafen” and the “Neustädter Hafen” ........................ 21 Figure 15: Aerial picture of the “Neustädter Hafen” ...............................................................21 Figure 16: Aerial picture of the “Weserhafen Hemelingen” (only inland shipping) .................. 22 Figure 17: Amount of dredged material ................................................................................26 Figure 18: Calculated Particulate Matter emitted from vessels in the port areas ................... 27 Figure 19: Calculated SOx emitted from vessels in the port areas ........................................ 27 Figure 20: Calculated NOx emitted from vessels in the port areas ........................................ 27 Figure 21: Noise from container port operations ...................................................................28 Figure 22: Use of regenerative energy .................................................................................29 Figure 23: Disposal of dredged material ...............................................................................30 Figure 24: Share of ship arrivals with environmental ship index (ESI) ................................... 30 Figure 25: Detected deficiencies at ship inspections ............................................................31 Figure 26: Compliance with Sulphur limit regulations ...........................................................31 Figure 27: CO2 emissions of the container terminal ..............................................................28 Figure 28: Annual average concentration values of air pollutants at “Bremerhaven – Hansastrasse” ..................................................................................................32 Figure 29: Annual average concentration values of air pollutants at “Bremen – Hasenbüren” .................................................................................32 Figure 30: Habitat index for the total port area ......................................................................33 ENVIRONMENTAL 6 REPORT 2018 Ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven Figure 31: TBT contamination as index values for “Bremerhaven – Überseehafen” ............. 33 Figure 32: TBT contamination as index values for “Bremerhaven – Fischereihafen” ............ 34 Figure 33: TBT contamination as index values for “Bremen” ................................................ 34 Figure 34: Air monitoring station “Hansastrasse” ..................................................................36 Figure 35: Dredging vessel and the “greenports 1” ..............................................................39 Figure 36: Air monitoring system at the container terminal in Bremerhaven ......................... 42 Figure 37: Recording data ....................................................................................................43