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Dear readers,

There are great changes afoot in the German North Sea and Baltic Sea: we are experiencing a frenzy of activity on construction sites far away from the coast. As many as 258 offshore wind power plants had been installed by the end of 2014. Their total output amounts to more than a gigawatt. And we’re expecting a great leap this year: a further 2,500 megawatts in just twelve months. This is the breakthrough that politicians and the offshore industry have been working towards for a long time now.

By making changes to the German renewable energies act (EEG), we have taken care of investment security until the end of 2020. We laid down the expansion targets for the first time, providing a clear idea of what the future holds: ports can organise their capacity accordingly; the shipbuilding industry will be ready to meet the demand. After all, one thing is clear: the upcoming technological challenges cannot be overcome unless the maritime economy and the offshore industry work hand-in-hand. The end goal is to considerably reduce the cost of generating offshore wind power. We are committed to achieving this for the benefit of consumers. However, reducing costs is also necessary to ensure that the German offshore industry is able to compete with other countries – as well as with other power plant technologies.

The maritime economy is making every effort to support this process, with efficient logistics concepts having a particularly significant role to play. This is why the networking of these two sectors will be the focus of the 9th National Maritime Conference in Bremerhaven in October 2015.

Yours, Uwe Beckmeyer

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“The breakthrough that politicians and the offshore industry have been working towards for a long time now”Uwe Beckmeyer, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

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P R E F A C E & C O N T E N T

Development of power generation and installed output of wind power plants on land and at sea in Germany

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SOURCE: BMWI, ACCORDING TO WORKING GROUP ON RENEWABLE ENERGY STATISTICS (AGEE – STAT); AS AT: AUGUST 2014; INFORMATION PROVISIONAL

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Expansion of wind power has reached a new record: the output installed in 2014 puts Germany in second place worldwide, after China. Over recent years, wind power on land and at sea has replaced biomass as the most important source of energy in Germany. At the end of 2014, the country’s 24,876 wind power plants were generating a total output of 38,115 megawatts. As such, wind power is playing an important role in Germany’s change in energy policy. German wind power plants generated more than ten billion kilowatt hours of electricity for the first time in January.

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Wind power in Germany

Onshore Schleswig-Holstein

3,228 WPP5,089.57 MW

Offshore North Sea

236 WPP998.4 MW

Onshore Lower Saxony

5,616 WPP8,233.05 MW

Onshore Bremen84 WPP

169.61 MW

Onshore Hamburg

54 WPP57.49 MW

Onshore North Rhine-Westphalia

3,037 WPP3,681.12 MW

Onshore Rhineland-Palatinate

113 WPP202.85 MW

Onshore Saarland1,472 WPP

2,727.80 MW

Onshore Baden-Wurttemberg

396 WPP549.90 MW

Onshore Hesse

820 WPP1,181.38 MW

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Onshore Schleswig-Holstein

3,228 WPP5,089.57 MW

Offshore Baltic Sea22 WPP50.8 MW

Onshore Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania1,742 WPP2,706.12 MW

Onshore Brandenburg3,319 WPP5,456.61 MW

Onshore Thuringia727 WPP1,129.24 MW

Onshore Bavaria797 WPP 1,523.87 MW

Onshore Berlin2 WPP4.30 MW

Onshore Saxony-Anhalt2,603 WPP4,336.39 MW

Onshore Saxony857 WPP1,066.45 MW

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BREMERHAVEN. The

renovation work on the

Kaiserschleuse is going to

plan. It is expected to be

available for shipping again from

June. The port facility was

closed after divers identified a

deformity in the lower carriage

rails at the outer head during

a routine inspection. In the

meantime, sea-going vessels

are accessing their berthings in

the lock-based part of the

international port via the

Nordschleuse.

LEER. The Ems-Fehn-Group,

which brings together

chartering, port handling, yacht

transport, crewing and shipping

firms, has gained another

five companies and now has

17 different companies in seven

countries. The new members

include Bera in Papenburg,

Ems Ports Agency und

Stevedoring (EPAS) in Emden,

Log5Group from Dortmund

and M & K ProCon and Getec

Partners from Leer.

BREMEN. Bremen’s foreign

trade volume was 30.9 billion

euros in 2014, putting it

nine per cent above the previous

year’s result. Whilst imports

decreased slightly by

0.4 per cent to 13.6 billion euros,

exports increased by 17.9 per

cent to over 17.3 billion euros.

The key purchasing countries

were the European states, at

11.2 billion euros.

BREMEN. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is no longer just a vision for the future for Bremen’s economy; a range of projects and official regulations are now showing that Bremen and the companies that work there have already met all of the requirements for use of LNG as a fuel throughout the maritime sector, as well as on land. Along with Bremen’s Chamber of Commerce, the Senator for Economics, Labour and Ports recently invited around 50 representatives from business, administration and politics to a forum to discuss the status quo and further prospects. Here, the topics of

discussion were existing projects involving the construction of an LNG dredged material barge by port management company bremenports, and an LNG fuelling terminal to be installed in Bremen’s Hüttenhafen by a medium-sized company. In addition, actors from the energy and logistics sector presented their current project ideas, objectives and wishes. In the photo (from left): speakers Holger Kramer (ISL Bremen), Andreas Mai (harbourmaster), Robert Howe (bremenports) and Jens-Uwe Freitag (swb).

Bremen’s port economy gives it some gas


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Siemens chooses Cuxport for its logistics service

Millions of euros worth of investment for trimodal handling facility

CUXHAVEN. Cuxport has worked with Siemens to conclude a logistics service agreement for service operations for the offshore converter platforms “BorWin 2”, “HelWin 1”, “HelWin 2” and “SylWin 1”. It covers receipt, storage and order picking as well as the packing and unpacking of containers, loading and unloading of ships provided by Siemens, heavy goods handling and pre and post-transport.

BREMEN. A large-scale redesign and expansion of the existing terminal facility at Bremen’s Hansakai was recently given the go-ahead. Along with the support from the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, the J. Müller Group’s investment totals 5.58 million euros. The expansion should help to increase container transport by inland vessel and train, as well as short sea shipping links. This means that more goods flows will be able to be diverted away from roads, and transported in a more environmentally-friendly and comparatively cost-effective way.P

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First step towards more vehicle handling

FALLLine launches new season with transport to the Great LakesBRAKE. Shipping company Fednav has started the 2015 season with three consecutive ship runs from the German North Sea coast to the Great Lakes for its liner service FALLLine (Federal Atlantic Lakes Line). The Lakes are closed to large sea-going vessels during the winter months due to maintenance work on the locks and waterways. Fednav offers departures to several ports on the St. Lawrence River, depen-ding on volume. It is primarily piece goods such as iron and steel products, project loads and wind power components that are transported from the export hub of Brake on the Unterweser.

CUXHAVEN. Port infrastructure company Niedersachsen Ports is investing around three million euros – comprising state funds and money from the European Regional Development Fund – in the construction of a new jetty for vehicle handling in Cuxhaven. Ships with lengths of up to 160 metres and widths of up to 25 metres should be able to be handled in the Amerikahafen by later this year. Photo (from left): Hans-Gerd Janssen (NPorts), Uwe Santjer (Mayor of Cuxhaven), Bernd Kupke (BLG Auto Transport), Daniela Behrens (Lower Saxony’s Ministry for Economics, Labour and Transport) and Holger Banik (NPorts).

BREMEN. The Eurogate Group can now look back on a successful financial year in 2014. The company increased its operating result (EBIT) by 10.2 per cent to 76.5 million euros (previous year: 69.4 million euros). Container handling reached its highest value in the company’s history and increased by 4.2 per cent to 14.8 million standard containers (TEU). As a result, revenues rose by 5.3 per cent to 566 million euros (previous year: 537.5 million euros). Together, the German terminals handled a total of 8.1 million TEU; Bremerhaven remained at the previous year’s level with 5.8 million TEU.

Eurogate’s operating result up by 10.2 per cent

New automatic fuelling pointWILHELMSHAVEN. Andreas Bullwinkel, Managing Director of Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort-Marketing (left), Gerd Kruse (centre) and Christoph Avé-Lallemant, Managing Director of the company DS card+drive (right) recently opened a public automatic fuelling point at the entrance to the goods transport centre at JadeWeserPort, right next to Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven. It is being run by DS card+drive and Gerd Kruse.

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Innovative information platforms launched

WILHELMSHAVEN. The idea of stronger cooperation between Germany’s seaports has had a new platform since the end of March. The portal brought out by Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven JadeWeserPort Marketing GmbH at www.mehrcontainerfuerdeutschland.de presents a range of topics concerning the maritime economy in all seaports in northern Germany. The website illustrates the wide range of topics coming from all German ports and relating to the tradition-steeped yet constantly changing maritime sector. An image gallery, interactive ship positioning service, facts and figures and infographics complete the website’s offering.

BREMEN/BREMERHAVEN. Bremen’s ports have gone mobile: “PORTS PILOT” is the official app for the ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven. It provides updates and relevant information on Bremen’s ports, as well as its service providers and authorities from the ports and logistics sector, all of which can be easily found in an easy-to-use directory. bremenports’ Managing Director Horst Rehberg presented the new app to the State Advisor for Ports, Dr. Heiner Heseler, at the “transport logistic” trade fair.


BREMEN. In March, the

European Commission awarded

Bremen the Sustainable Urban

Mobility Plan (SUMP) Award –

worth 10,000 euros – for its

2025 transport development

plan. The EU gives this award to

the best sustainable urban

mobility plan in Europe every

year as part of European

Mobility Week. Particular points

of praise were the multi-level

analysis procedure, the strong

involvement of citizens, advisory

committees and stakeholders in

the planning process, and the

regular exchange with other

towns and communities. The

cities of Ghent (Belgium) and

Dresden were also nominated.

BREMEN. Bremen-based

full-service purchasing

company for ship equipment

Omnimare has been working

closely with DB Schenker

Marineparts since April.

“We are expanding our services

in goods handling and making it

possible for our customers to

track their ordered goods online

themselves,” says Oliver Kerner,

Managing Director of Omnimare.

At the same time, an increase

in storage capacity in Bremen

by 450 square metres will allow

for even more extensive

warehousing. The Bremen-

based ship equipment supplier

is one of the few providers in

Germany that is able to provide

shipping companies with this

special service.


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ISL project wins 2015 DIN Innovation Prize

PAPENBURG. The Meyer Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven handed the cruise ship “Anthem of the Seas” – with a gross tonnage of 168,600 – over to American firm Royal Caribbean Cruises (Miami) in April, five days before the original agreed deadline. Thanks to modern exhaust gas cleaning systems, the hybrid scrubber, energy-efficient technical systems, optimised hydrodynamics and heat recovery, energy-saving LED lighting and a special underwater paint, the Quantum class ship is particularly eco-friendly.

BREMEN. Thomas Landwehr from the Bremen-based Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) wants to break down barriers caused by media interruptions in data communication in container transport from and to seaports. To facilitate this, he has launched the standardisation project “data communi-cation in logistics”, which was recently awarded the DIN Innovation Prize. Torsten Bahke (right), Chairman of the Executive Board at the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), presented the prize to initiator and workshop leader Thomas Landwehr (left).

WILHELMSHAVEN. Lower Saxony’s Minister for Economics and Ports, Olaf Lies, welcomed the Ambassador from the People’s Republic of China, Shi Mingde, to JadeWeserPort in April. Lies: “I am delighted to be able to show the Chinese Ambassador, His Excellency Shi Mingde, around JadeWeserPort personally today. Back on Wednesday I was able to sign a cooperation agreement with the Chinese province of Fujian, which will also pave the way for a new distribution centre for construction materials at JadeWeserPort.”

Delivery of “Anthem of the Seas”

Minister Olaf Lies meets Chinese Ambassador

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Two cruise liners and a lot of work on board

Award for Bugsier and Briese

Unhindered movement in Bremen’s Hüttenhafen

Reinert Logistics opens site in Bremen

BREMERHAVEN. The new cruising season is almost upon us, and just like their passengers, the floating holiday islands are getting in shape for summer. Two cruise liners have gone into the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven to undergo repairs and modernisation. First in was the MS “Voyager”, which was then replaced by the “National Geographic Explorer”, on its third visit to Bremerhaven’s long-standing cruise ship shipyard.

BRAKE. J. Müller Agri Terminal, Germany’s largest import hub for animal feed, and transport services provider L.I.T. Cargo have pooled their skills and founded a new lorry transport company for grain, animal feed and bulk goods. J. Müller has been running handling at the seaport of Brake since 1821. The L.I.T. Group, which was founded in 1988, offers a wide range of services along the entire logistics chain. Photo from left to right: Ingo Schreiber (Managing Director of L.I.T. Cargo and member of the Shareholders’ Committee at B-Log Bulk Logistik), Fokke Fels (owner and CEO of L.I.T.), Bärbel Hofmann (Managing Director of B-Log Bulk Logistik), Jan Müller (Chair of the Board at J. Müller) and Thomas Bielefeld (Managing Director of J. Müller Agri Terminal, Member of the Board at J. Müller and member of the Shareholders’ Committee at B-Log Bulk Logistik).

BREMEN. The Berufsbildungsstelle Seeschiff-fahrt (vocational training centre for maritime shipping) has awarded the “outstanding training organisation 2015” prize to Bugsier-, Reederei- und Bergungs-Gesellschaft and Briese Schif-fahrtsgesellschaft (Research Department). Photo (from left): Holger Jäde (Managing Director of Berufsbildungsstelle Seeschifffahrt), Sabine Kruse (Briese, Research Department), Klaus Küper (Managing Director of Briese, Research Department), Astrid Hüve-van Loo (Briese, Research Department) and Ernst-Peter Ebert (CEO of Berufsbildungsstelle Seeschifffahrt).

BREMEN. Construction workers are currently clearing a narrow passage for tankers over 19 metres wide at the entrance to Bremen’s Hüttenhafen. A new quay is being created and an underwater embankment is being removed, allowing the Senate to create space for larger and wider ships to manoeuvre safely in this area of the port. “We are ensuring that movement is unhindered in the Hüttenhafen,” said Bremen’s Minister for Economics and Ports, Martin Günthner, at a celebratory event at the construction site. The cost of the project has been estimated at around 7.8 million euros.

BREMEN. Transport and logistics provider Reinert Logistics opened its seventh branch in Bremen on 1 April 2015. With this step, the company – based in Schleife, Saxony, near Weißwasser/Upper Lusatia – aims to meet increasing demands on the transport and logistics market and demonstrate regional presence. In addition, it aims to strengthen contacts with important clients in the area. Alongside its head office, Reinert Logistics has branches in Lübbenau, Neuenhagen near Berlin, Unterkaka near Leipzig, Kerpen and Bretzfeld near Heilbronn.

New transport specialist for grain and animal feed: B-Log Bulk Logistik

2014 was a record year for Germany’s wind power industry: wind power plants with an output of 5,300 megawatts were installed on land and at sea. However, there is still uncertainty regarding the future conditions.

Quo vadis, wind power?

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W hen the wind blows like it did last year, the change in Germany’s energy policy gains momentum, too. This is particularly good news for northern Germany, where more and more

wind turbines are generating electricity. Numerous manu-facturers, suppliers and service providers are benefiting from the planning, operation and set-up of wind power plants. The wind power sector has become an important area of business, including for Germany’s seaports. These ports are essential not only for the construction, main-tenance and supply of offshore wind farms, but also for the import and export of onshore wind power plants.

Offshore wind power

Last year brought a reversal in trend for the offshore sec-tor. 258 German offshore wind turbines were managing to feed a total of over 1,000 megawatts of electricity into the German grid for the first time by the end of the year. In addition, 268 offshore wind power plants with an output of 1,218 megawatts were erected but not yet contributing to the grid by the end of the year. The average output of the plants added in 2014 was over 3,725 kilowatts.

Despite this positive development, the German offshore wind power sector did experience a bit of headwind in terms of the political situation. The offshore output to be set up by 2020 is now 6.5 gigawatts, instead of ten. After many – sometimes heated – discussions about the renewable energies act (EEG), the mood evened out a little after an amendment to the law was agreed. Then new forces of adversity appeared. In March, the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) announced that it would not approve any more wind farm projects away from the coast over the next few years. This industry was horrified by the news. “If the government wants to change its energy poli-cy, it needs to give its subordinate authorities the means to facilitate constant expansion of offshore wind power, including beyond 2020. The offshore wind power industry needs investment and planning security, and not a stop-and-go system – particularly in view of offshore wind power’s long-term contribution to the change in energy policy,” says Jörg Kuhbier, Chairman of the German Offshore P

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Wind Energy Foundation (Stiftung Offshore Windener-gie). “Limiting approval to projects in coastal zones 1 and 2 would encourage exactly the kind of stop-and-go effect that we want to avoid.” The sector has also highlighted the important of maintaining trust: “Many project developers began plan-ning further offshore wind farms as early as at the end of the last decade, trusting in the German government’s long-term expansion targets of 25 gigawatts by 2030, which were appli-cable up to 2014. Figures in two-figure millions on average have been invested in individual projects,” reports Ronny Meyer

Handling of wind power plants at Eurogate

Tower segments, nacelles, hubs and rotor blades, as well as jacket founda-tions and foundation piles for onshore and offshore wind power plants (WPP): the range of components handled by Eurogate’s container terminals in Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven is extremely varied. As are their customers: Vestas, Senvion, RWE, Areva and Siemens, to name but a few examples.

Over the past few years, Eurogate’s container terminals in northern Germany have established themselves as base ports for the handling, assembly and interim storage of technically and logistically challenging wind power plant components. They facilitated logistical handling of the offshore project “Nordsee Ost” (RWE) in Bremerhaven and “Global Tech I” in Wilhelmshaven. At the same time, onshore wind power components were imported and exported via the North Sea ports. A total of 3,342 wind power plant components, including jacket foundations and pre-assembled rotor stars, have been handled or shipped since 2011. At peak times, Eurogate has an area of 290,000 square metres on the terminal grounds that it can use for this purpose.

The leading European container terminal logistics group makes use of its many years of expertise in handling heavy goods and its highly developed infrastructure and suprastructures. “What is particularly important for our customers is flexibility, a comprehensive range of and quality in our services, as well as good collaboration with business partners and local authorities,” reports Wolfgang Schiemann, Managing Director of Container Terminal Bremerhaven. “We are continually working on optimising processes throug-hout the entire logistics chain, in order to increase efficiency and reduce costs. This requires a holistic way of looking at the value creation chain.”

The logistics of handling wind power plants is challenging, as the dimensions and weights of the components are enormous. “We’ve upgraded two gantry cranes and installed crane rails at the back in order to be able to

handle long and heavy components, lifting them in tandem using two gantry cranes at once,” explains Schiemann. “We now have the capacity to handle components with a weight of up to 163 tonnes and a ship width of up to 28 metres.” The gantry cranes have been particularly useful for handling tower segments, rotor blades, foundation piles, hubs and light nacelles, whereas when handling jacket foundations – with a weight of 548 tonnes and a height of 47 metres – it is the floating crane “Matador 3” that is used in the lock-based port basin. However, there is also the option of a ro-ro solution to save costs. Sometimes preparatory activities – which are often logistically challenging – need to be carried out prior to the installation of offshore wind power plants: for example, tower segments need to be set upright, hubs need to be rotated, and components need to be assembled and pre-stowed at the Stromkaje.

Rotor stars with a total diameter of up to 126 metres are also pre-assembled at the container terminals in Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven. “The subsequent wide-load transport to the wind farm by installation vessel was always constructively supported by the authorities, such as the waterways and shipping office (WSA) and the harbourmaster,” says Schiemann happily.

from the Offshore Wind Industry Alliance (OWIA). Around 75 per cent of the 6.5 gigawatts of output to be realised by 2020 is already being implemented, or is in the final stages of project planning. Consequently, the BSH made it clear at the end of April that approval would not be (or has not been) withdrawn for approved wind farms in zones 1 and 2. The policy for submitted applications is that the approval process is to be halted for areas away from the coast for the moment, as the Federal Network Agency does not foresee grid connection for these marine areas over the next ten years.


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Transport of onshore wind power plants at EPAS

The things stored and handled at Emden’s logistics hub are often large, long and heavy: parts for onshore and offshore wind power plants (WPP) in Germany and the Netherlands. However, the challenge doesn’t just lie in the port services: “It’s becoming increasingly difficult to find transport windows for heavy transport,” reports Heinrich Smidt, Managing Director or Ems Port Agency (EPAS). He sees the transport situation in general as problematic: “There’s an issue with the motorway connection for the ‘Frisia bypass’, and in terms of the rail connection the one-track bridge over the port of Emden is a real bottleneck.” Due to the infrastructure deficits on the road, EPAS is increasingly focusing on inland vessel as a mode of transport. One important customer for the port of Emden is Enercon, a manufacturer of wind power plants. With over 22,000 installed wind power plants in over 30 countries and an output of over 32.9 gigawatts, the company plays a leading role on the international stage. Enercon also uses inland vessels and rail. “Alongside economic reasons, this is down to our corporate goals,” explains Enercon’s Press Spokesman, Felix Rehwald. “As a manufacturer of plants for renewable energies, sustainability throughout the entire production process is important to us.” The firm’s rail company e.g.o.o. is a core element of this corporate philosophy. Transport of components between the production sites in Aurich and Magdeburg, as well as between all suppliers, takes place by train instead of by lorry. In terms of Enercon’s own loads only, e.g.o.o.’s transport volume in 2014 was around 976,000 tonnes, and its transport performance was 311,650,000 tonne kilometres.

However, inland vessels also play an important role at Enercon in terms of transport to Emden. 384 inland vessels were used to transport around 297,500 tonnes in 2014. “Our transport ship ‘E-Ship 1’ – which we use for the maritime transportation of our wind power plant components – alone transported a total of 401 wind power plants in 2014. This corresponds to a load volume of around 690,000 cubic metres or 82,000 mega-tonnes,” says Rehwald. Overall, the environmentally-friendly rotorsail ship covered 210,000 nautical miles on its journeys last year. “But even we are dependent on lorries when it comes to construction site logistics,” reports Rehwald. “Constructing a wind power plant in the 3-megawatt class – currently the most frequently installed type of turbine – requires a total of 74 lorry runs, for example to bring the machinery components (generator, rotor hub, machinery housing, rotor blades) and tower segments and sections to the installation site. 54 of these runs require authorisation.” However, Enercon wants to reduce the number of lorry runs in future. “If at all possible, transport to the interim warehouse near the installation site will be carried out by inland vessel or train.”

Great economic importanceThe offshore wind industry plays an important role in the

national economy: “Back in 2013 Germany’s offshore wind industry turned over approx. 1.9 billion euros and employed around 19,000 people,” says Matthias Zelinger, Managing Director of VDMA Power Systems. “We assume that these values will have been maintained in 2014 thanks to growing exports, and that they will be able to be increased consider-ably in 2015 thanks to a stronger domestic market. This positive development of the sector requires a long-term outlook.”

The offshore wind farms currently fully or partially connected to the grid have an installed output of around 2.7 gigawatts. The sector expects up to three gigawatts to be in operation and connected to the grid by the end of the year. This corresponds to a total investment volume of over ten billion euros. Other projects with output of more than 1.5 gigawatts and an investment volume of over five billion euros already have an investment decision in place. In addition, there are around 20 German shipping companies – with approx. 50 ships – working as service providers for the offshore wind power sector in Germany and worldwide.

Onshore wind power

Onshore wind power is also very important for the change in German energy policy. 1,766 wind power plants have been set up on land over the last year alone, with a total output of 4,750.26 megawatts. Use of wind power on land is therefore contributing considerably to generation of electricity from renewable sources – comparably cost-effectively. In contrast to the offshore wind industry, which is focusing primarily on erecting new plants, onshore wind energy is seeing an increase in repowering, whereby older, smaller wind power plants with lower outputs are being replaced with modern, more high-performance plants. Estimates state that this applied to at least 413 plants with a total output of 1,147.88 megawatts in 2014. The aver-age output of the plants set up last year was 2,690 kilowatts. This represents an increase of four per cent as compared with the average for the previous year. Lower Saxony has the highest total installed output and number of plants of all of the German states, with around 8,233 megawatts and 5,616 wind power plants.

Improving acceptance of plants among the population is still an important issue, and early involvement is essential. “Citizens’ wind farms” and other models for involvement could play an important role in this. (cb)

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Mr Wesche, why is there still resistance to onshore wind power plants among the population?Acceptance is generally high in Germany. However, there are still problems with implementation on local level. In our Europe-wide survey of representatives of authorities, financial institutes, environmental associations and other relevant actors, 51 per cent stated that they had experienced delays and terminations of wind power plant projects. This figure was as much as 57 per cent among project developers and cooperatives.

Why is this?Unlike with nuclear or coal-based power, for example, with renewable energies – i.e. including onshore wind power – we need a lot of plants in each space to cover our energy requirements. This inevitably leads to more problems with acceptance, as an increasing number of people are directly

affected. We investigated the reasons for lack of acceptance: visual impact first of all, followed by noise and disruption of the local ecosystem, as well as flora and fauna. Impair-ments to the local area were very much seen being as of the most concern. Interestingly, the additional costs associated with wind power (for example, through Germany’s EEG reallocation charge) were the only non-regional aspect to rank in the first six places.

What have those involved been doing wrong so far?First, it’s about informing and/or involving the affected population, and second, it’s about how and when you do it. According to our information, a lot is already being done – even more than is prescribed by law. However, this is often not happening in a standardised manner. Existing experience is not always systematically utilised, or budgets are not planned accordingly.

Wind power? Yes, please!


Increasing social acceptance of onshore wind power in Europe is a prerequisite for achieving the EU’s climate targets. Julius Wesche, Research Assistant at the Competence Center Energy Politics and Energy Markets at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) in Karlsruhe, talks about the EU Commission’s “WISE Power” project.

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So what should happen, in concrete terms?It should be done face to face wherever possible, i.e. using the traditional method of knocking on doors, rather than large events. For example, Tennet, the transmission system operator for the “Südlink”, a direct current high-voltage line that is to supply power in southern Germany, has decided to use more decentralised ways of communicating with citizens, whereby each person is spoken to individually. This seems to be working well. It is preventing frustration on both sides. As part of “WISE Power” we are developing and evaluating fairly generic factors in acceptance of onshore wind power plant projects that are ap-plicable throughout Europe. For example, we see early contact on location as an impor-tant prerequisite for finding out what the initial feeling is. How a project is handled in terms of involvement then needs to be flexibly decided within the scope of the relevant context.

And how do you go about this?Alongside information and consultation measures, concepts such as “community benefit” and “shared owner-ship” can be implemented, for example. “Community bene- fits” may be of a financial or non-financial nature. The arrangement always depends on the actual project and the relevant country. In the “energy future markets” in the east of the European Union, it may be attractive to the local citizens if they are able to use the new roads built for the wind power plants. Denmark has a good example of “shared ownership”: there, the law states that a certain proportion of the wind power plants must be offered to the population for investment. In other countries, it may work well to develop “community funds”, whereby a charitable organisation manages the income from the wind power and uses it to finance social projects to benefit the population.

Is this not just a way for the project developers to “buy” the citizens’ consent?No, that’s not the aim – and neither should such a thing


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F A C T S EU project “WISE Power”Aim: To increase acceptance of onshore wind power in Europe

Project term: May 2014 to October 2016

Project partners: EWEA (lead), Dena, Acciona Energia, Terna Energy, AEE, APERe, UNDP Croatia, Fraunhofer-ISI, REScoop.be, Scottish Government, Guldborgsund, Dubrovnik, Western Isles and Province of Savona

Funding: Just under 1.5 million euros

Julius Wesche, Research Assistant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI)

“ Acceptance is generally high in Germany.”

happen. It should always be an offer embedded with com-munication measures. So not blackmail; it’s about obtaining real consent from the population, not buying it.

What exactly are you doing as part of your project?First, we analysed the current situation, i.e.: what had al-ready been scientifically researched and what tool kits for acceptance and communication strategies already existed. We then surveyed 207 wind power experts throughout Europe, of which 121 participants worked in organisations

that are directly implementing, or are at least involved in implementing, involvement measures. After

evaluating this data, we are now in the process of holding talks with stakeholders such as project developers and energy agencies. Our aim is to develop “social acceptance pathways” by the end of 2015. To do this, we are creating a kind of tool box with

various strategies from which we can derive recommended steps for project designers,

grid operators and decision-makers on munici-pal, regional and state level, as well as representa-

tives of civil society. These should be able to be applied locally. In parallel with this, we are carrying out evaluation workshops.

So what might a social acceptance pathway look like?First it should be noted that acceptance cannot be simply generated; rather, it must be based on a democratic process. Only then will the local citizens be prepared to contribute towards renewable energy supply – perhaps even just outside their front door. What is fascinating is the fact that the results of several studies highlight how with many citizens acceptance increases once they have come into contact with wind power. I am convinced that acceptance of wind power plants will remain an impor-tant issue in the mid to long term. However, there will be no insurmountable obstacles standing in the way if the developers on site involve the citizens in their plans and treat them as equals. (cb)

61%believe wind power plants

for power generation in their own area to be

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The change in energy policy has arrived, but the expansion of “electricity highways” and grid connection is sometimes taking longer than planned. Should nature conservation still have priority when expanding networks?It’s true, the change in energy policy could be going faster. However, we have made clear progress. Good advances have been made in the planning of many – once controversial – projects such as the South-West Interconnector (Thuringia) or the transmission line between Wahle in Lower Saxony and Mecklar in Hesse. They are now in operation, under construction, or at least in the planning approval process. An increasing number of offshore wind farms are feeding their electricity into the grid. If things continue to develop in this way, we won’t need to worry about power outages when we shut down the nuclear power plants – at least according to the Federal Network Agency.

And what is the situation with nature conservation when it comes to offshore grid connection?Overall we are moving forward in this area, too. However, the general problem is still that the sites are wrong. Many of the offshore wind farms that are planned or have already been installed are located in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This is subject to, for example, the Habitats Directive and “Natura 2000”, an EU-wide network of protected areas for preserving endangered or typical habitats and species. How-ever, their protection often only exists on paper. In addition, it is difficult to check compliance with nature conservation regulations at sea.

What needs to change?In terms of decision-making regarding sites, clusters should be formed outside of sensitive natural areas, and grid connection should form the basis. In the case of the offshore wind farm “Butendiek”, however, we are seeing numerous violations of applicable nature conservation

Eric Neuling is a Consultant for Power Networks and Nature Conservation at the conservation association NABU. Speaking to the editors of LOGISTICS PILOT, he explains the risks posed to nature and the environment by expansion of electricity grids.

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laws, and filed a lawsuit last year. Given the now well- harmonised approval procedure under the supervision of the BSH (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency) and the Federal Network Agency, we believe that adequately observing nature conservation should not be a problem.

To what extent is the surrounding natural environment affected?Just like driving in the foundations for wind power plants, building the bases for converter platforms and substations creates a lot of noise. Recently published aerial images have confirmed that porpoises avoid the source of the noise by as much as 10 to 20 kilometres. Things become particularly problematic when construction work is being carried out at several wind farms at once.

And what about submarine cables?Many offshore submarine cables lead through the Wadden Sea, which is protected as a UNESCO world heritage site. The ploughing up of cable routes means that migratory birds lose feeding grounds that are essential to their survival. Significant tidal differences and tideways can cause sub-marine cables to be flushed. Another aspect is temperature radiation. The limit set by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation is a maximum of two degrees Kelvin at a depth of 20 centimetres below the surface of the seabed. However, this is a reference value that is not currently being checked in practical terms. This is why we are calling for model-based monitoring. NABU believes that investigations should be carried out to see whether and how thermal and magnetic radiation influence the orientation, migration and routes of travel of fish and other creatures.

That sounds like a lot of problems.Obviously there is still a lot of room for improvement. How-ever, our goal is not to put the brakes on the change in energy policy. For example, NABU supports the “Südlink”, a direct current high-voltage line that is to bring electricity to southern Germany. However, as a conservation association we believe it to be our duty to bring attention to critical points. That said, there are also a lot of positive developments to be highlighted.

What are these?For example, great progress has been made in environmen-tally-compatible laying of cables in the Wadden Sea within just a few years. At first they used to use cable trenchers that ploughed deep into the mudflats and damaged them, but then they began using vibration ploughs that do less damage to the natural environment. Today they mostly use vibration “blades”, which, like vibration ploughs, only displace the mud, take up less space and are better for the environment.

Under favourable wind conditions, offshore wind farms generate more electricity than the existing grid can take on. However, there are still considerable reservations about planned “electricity highways”.That's true. This is why early and serious involvement of the public is so important. In the past, large projects have often been delayed because this was left too late. In Brandenburg, for example, people are objecting to approval for the Ucker-mark line after eight years of planning. This is avoidable. Which is why we welcome the government’s Federal Sectoral Planning, which is now replacing the states’ regional planning procedures and provides for involvement of the public at a variety of stages.

Are buried cables a good alternative to aerial cables?In theory we support buried cables as they do not represent a collision risk for birds and help preserve the landscape. It should be investigated whether these are a viable alternative to aerial cables for every project – not just near residential developments. However, buried cables are often problematic in wetland areas. Plus, this technology also involves clearing aisles in forests, and sometimes the impact on nature is actually greater than for aerial cables as even shrubs are no longer able to grow. Many farmers are against buried cables. They fear an increase in the temperature of the soil, although it has been proven that this does not have any impact on plants’ growth.

It’s clear that your conservation association is a pioneer. You campaigned for a stop to nuclear energy before the reactor accident in Fukushima. Now we have the change in German energy policy and you are once again a step ahead. Is society managing to keep up?That’s a good summary. We’re working on it. In terms of Germany’s power networks I can definitely say that bad feeling towards grid expansion for offshore wind power plants has noticeably decreased. And that’s a really good thing, right? (cb)

F A C T S NABUFounded in Stuttgart in 1899 by Lina Hähnle (1851–1941) as the Bund für Vogelschutz (association for the protection of birds, BfV)

More than 560,000 members and promoters (February 2014)

Around 2,000 local, district and specialist groups in all states

The largest youth organisation involved in nature conservation in Germany (NAJU), with around 60,000 members

Eric Neuling, Consultant for Power Networks and Nature Conservation at NABU

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W hen Captain Arne Ehlers looks out his office window, he sees the port of Cuxhaven at his feet. This gives him an overview of everything – perfect for the Managing Director of a shipping

company that is a ship owner, liner forwarding company, ship broker, port and line agent and general agent for offshore projects all rolled into one. The Cuxhaven branch of Bremer Reederei E & B (BREB) moved into the top floor of the newly built Havenhostel directly at the Nordseekai just a few months ago. “Our first project for the offshore wind industry began in 2008,” reports Ehlers. “We were nominated as the vessel coordinator for a special ship for the first German wind farm ‘Alpha Ventus’.” As the port agent, BREB was responsible for everything to do with entry and exit as well as loading of the pusher tug “Mega-Motti” in the ports of Bremerhaven, Cuxhaven and Stade. This was soon followed by other con-tracts, for example for the wind power plant builder Bard from Emden, or the Cuxhaven-based manufacturer of steel tube towers and steel foundations for wind turbines, Ambau.

International business

Foreign customers – such as Italian submarine cable manu-facturer Prysmian, which manufactures submarine cables for German wind farms in Pozzuoli, near Naples, on behalf of transmission system operator Tennet – have also been looked after in German ports since 2011. In 2012 BREB was responsible for tasks such as changes of crew by helicopter between the Norwegian cable-laying vessel “Lewek Con-nector” and Sea-Airport Cuxhaven-Nordholz for Emas, one of the leading international contractors for offshore works. The shipping company also organised the transportation of service staff from Nordholz to the international airports of Hamburg, Bremen and Hanover. “One particular challen-ge was the constant change in requirements,” says Agency Manager Michael Giesbers. On the one hand, there was the weather, which required a lot of flexibility in planning. On the other hand, the number of people to be transported often changed at very short notice.

More information: www.breb.de

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Good organisation is essential in the construction and operation of offshore wind power plants. In particular, the transportation of people and materials out to sea requires precise yet flexible project planning due to constantly changing weather conditions.

Good coordination is everything

F A C T S Bremer Reederei E & B2009: Branch opened in Cuxhaven (10 employees)

15 employees in total (Bremen and Cuxhaven)

Ship owner, liner forwarding company, ship broker, port and line agent and general agent for offshore projects

In 2014, 109 ships were used for offshore support and 174 ships were used for crew transfer from Cuxhaven. Of these, BREB is responsible for 60 and 140 ships respectively.

Bremer Reederei’s services range from activities as a port agent, for example for the cable layer “Lewek Connector” (left), to the coordination of crew changes by helicopter via Sea-Airport Cuxhaven-Nordholz.

As the helicopter’s payload is limited, the weight of the people, their luggage and the materials need to be calcu-lated accurately.

A wide range of tasks

“It was also challenging crossing the border from the exclusi-ve economic zone to Germany with staff from countries not subject to the Schengen Agreement. First we had to apply for permission to set up an official border crossing at the Sea-Airport,” says Giesbers. For the construction of the wind farm “Amrumbank West”, the crew transfer vessel (CTV) “Lina” – with space for up to 24 passengers – was used instead of a helicopter. BREB was also responsible for crew changes – including transfers, hotel accommodation, luggage and equip-ment transport – between the wind farm and Cuxhaven. Set-up work for the transformer platforms “BorWin 2”, “HelWin1”,

“HelWin2” and “SylWin1” began in the North Sea at the start of 2014. Here, the company is working as a sub-agent for logistics service provider Rhenus Offshore Logistics. During the erection phase, which is now slowly coming to an end, Bremer Reederei looks after the platform suppliers that equip the transformer platforms with materials. Highly reinforced 10-foot special containers are used and require elaborate manifestation work.

The sun has just burst through the clouds; the sea is calm. There are just two crew transfer vessels in the Neuer Fischerei- hafen in Cuxhaven; all of the others are used for offshore wind farms in the North Sea in these kinds of weather conditions. The twin-hulled ship “Twin Axe” has just returned from the wind farm “Amrumbank West”. However, this time it was not service staff being transported, but waste. Alongside looking after installation vessels, jack-up rigs, sea towage and heavy loads, this is another of Bremer Reederei’s varied tasks. (cb)

Seaport BrakeThe specialist for wind power logistics

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phone +49 (0) 44 01/914-423fax +49 (0) 44 01/[email protected]

J. MÜLLER Breakbulk Terminal is one of the leading North Sea logistics locations for the wind power industry, handling world wide imports and exports for a large number of component manufacturers. At our extensive terminal and warehouse sites of well over 300,000 m2, we have special handling equipment to ensure the safe transhipment, storage, trucking and technical supervision of components ranging from XS to XXL.

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Safety first

Those that want to work on and around offshore wind power plants have

to complete a gruelling programme of safety training. At Falck Safety

in Bremerhaven, candidates learn how to conduct themselves correctly in the

face of hazards, and there are also opportunities for offshore experts to

refresh their knowledge.

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remember what they learned in the morning: one partici-pant is secured to the rope and swims to the trainer, brings him on board and closes the orange safety panel.

Finally help arrives, in the form of a loop attached to a rope let down from a hoist – in reality, a helicopter. Once again here, you need to know what you are doing: the turning of the rotor blades causes the steel rope to become electro- statically charged with around 20,000 to 25,000 volts. The rope needs to be earthed – in this case in the water – before the rescue loop can be touched. Normally it is pulled over the head and over the life jacket. No easy task when your movement is heavily restricted by the suit and life jacket and you are floating on the open sea in an emergency – perhaps in darkness, in a storm or in heavy swell. People with a slightly wider back have an even harder job. They have to step through the loop and pull it up to their chest. Once this is done, you need to have a lot of trust: firmly pressing your arms to your body is the only thing that pre-vents you from slipping out whilst being hoisted up. Even at a height of just 3.50 metres, the tension is obvious on the participants’ faces. They breathe a big sigh of relief once “res-cued”. Despite it being a swimming pool at a temperature of 20 degrees, the three hours in the water have completely zapped the participants’ energy.

Climbing training

Concentration is what is required for the next exercise. There is very little talking. All that can be heard is a clanking

S uddenly, darkness. Plus a storm that sounds so hell-ish that it drowns out all other noises. And rain into the bargain. The waves get higher and higher and flashes of lightning illuminate the water. Those out

at sea in an emergency need to know what they are doing. But today the worst case scenario is simply being simula-

ted in Falck Safety’s pool area, in Bremerhaven. The trainers have a few tricks up their sleeves: two wind turbines whirl away at full speed and noise, the wave machine creates an artificial swell in the swimming pool, a lamp simulates flashes of lightning and trainer Alex Fromme makes it “rain” with the help of a water hose.

Sea survival training

Although the participants jumped into the swimming pool from 3.50 metres in normal lighting this morning, it takes courage to do this in the complete darkness, tightly wrapped in bright orange survival suits and life jackets.

Once everyone is in the water and clinging onto one another, they need to form a human chain. It moves very slowly towards the life raft. Once all participants have finally reached safety and the spray cover has been closed, whistle signals sound. There is someone in the water at the other edge of the pool: a trainer, pretending to be a person needing rescued. Two men try to throw him a rope, but have no luck. They then try to move the life raft towards the trainer by paddling with their hands, but don’t make much progress due to the waves. Only after a few minutes do the group


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noise as Timon Janßen clips and unclips his chunky carabiners. The 22-year-old electrician doesn’t yet know where his new employer – staff service provider Sitte Elektrotechnik from Wilhelmshaven – will place him, but one thing is cer-tain: he will be working at height on an offshore wind power plant. And although Janßen often worked high up on gantry cranes during his training at Eurogate in Bremerhaven, safe climbing is new territory for him. The terminal had bridges, whilst all that is available on the inside of the sometimes 80-metre towers of the wind power plants is long, narrow ladders.

Janßen is now practising various techniques for rescuing people at height on the climbing tower. As well as having a head for heights and being experienced in climbing, he needs to be fast. After all, when an injured person is unable to move and is lowered down unconscious, the tight belting system leads to restriction of the blood vessels. It only takes around 3 to 30 minutes for a potentially fatal suspension trauma to occur. Both Janßen and (especially) his training partner, who played the injured person, are delighted when Janßen finishes lowering him to the ground swiftly using the piggyback mechanism.

Fire training

In the afternoon, the final training unit for the day begins with putting on fire protection suits, gloves and safety boots. Alex Fromme – a fireman, who works as a training manager on the side – accompanies the group into a container in the “fire awareness room”, closes the door and creates a fire at the touch of a button. It’s just one fire, but along with the darkness and the smoke from the smoke machine, trepidation soon

sets in. Nobody says a word. At Fromme’s command, all of the participants crouch down. “Do you notice the difference?” asks the training manager. In fact, within seconds the small fire in the container creates so much heat that a considerable difference in temperature can be felt down near the ground.“And now put on these masks please,” says Fromme. “You won’t be able to see much – it’s supposed to be authentic.” “Waddling” behind one another like ducks, the participants have to find the unfamiliar exit from the two-room container with restricted vision. After some time, they knock loudly on a door. “A door may be locked,” calls Fromme from outside. Everyone is relieved as the key turns in the lock, the door is opened and the men can take their masks off.

Next, training is provided in using CO2 fire extinguishers. Each participant enters the container individually, and Fromme starts three fires one after the other. Not everyone manages to put the fire out straight away. Fromme provides assistance and shows how the extinguisher should be held and pointed.

“One last exercise for today,” says Fromme, bringing out a dummy. He shows the group how a fire blanket is always placed over the shoulders “and never over the head”. The dummy is placed carefully face down on the floor and the blanket is used to gently suffocate the flames. The dummy’s jacket is then set on fire so that each participant has the chance to practice. Those needing help are given a little support from the trainer. Before he sends the participants off for a well-earned rest, Fromme has one last thing to say: “I hope you’ve learned a lot, and that you never need to use it.” (cb)

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Die Fabrik der Zukunft: Maschinen sprechen miteinander, Förderbänder denken mit und Produkte finden wie von selbst ihren Weg. Vernetzung und Digitalisierung sind zwei Schlüsselbegriffe der vierten industriel-len Revolution. Bei Industrie 4.0 dringen moderne Informationstechno-logien wie das Internet in Produktion und Logistik vor. Was bedeutet das konkret für die Logistik? Welche Herausforderungen und Chancen sind damit verbunden?

Industrie 4.0 und weitere Zukunftsthemen stehen im Fokus des ersten „Zukunftsforums Logistik“. Dazu lädt VIA BREMEN in Kooperation mit der WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen am 9. Juli 2015 unter dem Titel

„Global und digital - die Logistik von Morgen“ ein.

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The power supply company Dong Energy has been planning, building and running offshore wind farms for over 20 years. The global market leader is using

the Eastern Frisian port of Norddeich for the construction, servicing and maintenance of its

wind power plants.

B y 17 February 2015 it was time: 54 kilometres from the German North Sea coast and 38 kilometres from the island of Borkum, the offshore wind farm “Borkum Riffgrund 1” was connected to the Ger-

man grid. 68 of the total 78 wind turbines had been installed by the start of May. Once all of the wind turbines have been erected and are in operation, they will generate a total nominal output of 312 megawatts. This means that “Borkum Riffgrund 1” will provide enough power to supply around 320,000 Ger-man households with renewable energy. Dong Energy holds 50 per cent of the shares in the wind farm; the other share-holders are two Danish investment firms.

Optimum wind conditions

“The site in the exclusive economic zone in the North Sea provides optimum conditions with an average wind speed of eleven knots (around three to four Beau-

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fort),” explains Trine Borum Bojsen, the German Managing Director of Dong Energy. However, it is precisely these weather conditions that make the con-struction process such a challenge. “In winter, the waves were up to 15 metres high in a storm,” say colleagues on site. For safety reasons, the permissible wave height for installation and a jacked-up ship is just 1.8 metres. When the rotor blades are being installed the wind speed cannot be faster than 12 metres per second. Unlike other countries’, Germany’s wind farms are far out at sea. “This means it’s a long way back,” says Borum Bojsen. “Our wind farms require very precise planning, and the installation vessels need to be well equipped.”

Norddeich selected as the port hub

The port of Norddeich has had plenty to be happy about from the start of the project. Once Dong Energy decided on locations for the wind farms, the company opted to use Norddeich as its permanent port hub. All wind farms currently under construction can and are to be operated from Norddeich. “The wind farms have a service life of 25 years, as continuity is important to us,” says Borum Bojsen. In addition, Dong Energy wants to support the region, and is recruiting staff in the local area. There are now 33 employees working for the company in Norddeich – with the total being around 80.

Although the operation and maintenance of “Borkum Riffgrund 1” will continue to provide work for Norddeich in future, Dong Energy already has another project on the starting blocks: in April the company began constructing the wind farms “Gode Wind 1 and 2” by the islands of Juist and Norderney, approximately 45 kilometres from the mainland. A total of 97 turbines are to be installed by 2016, each with a power of six megawatts and a rotor diameter of 154 metres. Once the wind farm is complete, around 600,000 German households will be able to be supplied with CO2-free electricity. At around 2.2 billion euros, this is the biggest investment so far for Dong Energy, which holds 100 per cent of shares in the wind farm “Gode Wind 1” and 50 per cent of the shares in “Gode Wind 2”. The other shareholder (50 per cent) is a consortium of Danish pension funds.

Global market leader from Denmark

Dong Energy may not be a big name among energy firms in Germany. In the sector, however, it is now well known that the company is a global market leader in offshore wind power: Dong Energy has built more offshore wind farms than any other company. And so that it stays that way, the company has set itself ambitious goals. “We want to in-

crease our capacity across northern Europe to 6.5 gigawatts within the next six years,” reports Borum Bojsen. This is the same expansion target as Germany’s. The cost of wind parks is to be reduced by 40 per cent, in order to increase the competitiveness of offshore wind power as compared with conventional forms of energy.

Historically, this was not always the case. Dong Energy has come a long way since the company was founded in 2006: it has transformed from one of the most coal-in-tensive energy providers in Europe to a globally leading provider of renewable energy. “Energy should be environ-mentally-friendly, independent and cost-effective,” states the company’s corporate strategy. “Our new offshore wind farms, such as ‘Gode Wind 1 and 2’ will be among the most powerful in Europe,” says Borum Bojsen. “This means that we are not only supporting Germany’s change in energy policy, but also creating new jobs for the future – such as in Norddeich.”

Dong Energy also attaches high importance to the protection of nature. At the “Borkum Riffgrund 1” wind farm, new suction bucket jacket foundations are being tested on a wind turbine. With these foundations, three suction buckets are pushed into the sandy seabed virtually silently by means of negative pressure, instead of being rammed into the ground, which is noise-intensive and affects the marine wildlife. If these foundations prove to be as stable for standard wind power plants as traditional foundations, Dong Energy will have set a milestone. After all, in addition to avoiding noise-intensive ramming, installing these foundations is also more cost-effective. Another benefit: at the end of their service life, suction bucket foundations can be removed without a trace and disposed of on land. (cb)

F A C T S Dong EnergyFounded in 1972 as Dansk Naturgas

In 2006, Dong Energy came about from a merger of Dong, Elsam, Energi E2, Nesa, KE and the Frederiks-berg Elnet Group

Dong Energy has been investing in the expansion of German offshore wind power since 2011

Headquarters in Fredericia, Denmark; main German office in Hamburg

Around 6,500 full-time employees worldwide

Turnover in 2014: 67.1 billion Danish krone (8.9 billion euros)

Trine Borum Bojsen, German Managing Director of Dong Energy

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SUCCESSION. A planned change of executive management took place at the recent annual members’ meeting of the seaport of Stade’s association. Marco Dibbern (right), who has been a Project Manager and Economic Promoter for the Hanseatic city of Stade for four years, succeeds Martin Bockler (left) from Stade’s Chamber of Industry and Commerce. First Chairman Marcus Schlichting (centre) expressed his thanks and appreciation to Bockler, who has been Managing Director since the foundation of the association and has worked tirelessly to develop and network the region.


APPOINTMENT.

The joint venture

B-Log Bulk

Logistik, recently

founded in Brake

by J. Müller Agri Terminal,

Germany’s largest import hub

for animal feed, and logistics

service provider L.I.T. Cargo,

has appointed Bärbel Hofmann as its Managing

Director. Hofmann most

recently managed the

marketing of the Brake

Logistics Center (BLC) for the

J. Müller Group, and brings

many years of experience in

national and international

lorry forwarding from her

previous positions to B-Log

Bulk Logistik.

CAREER.

Thomas A. Ewig (right) recently

celebrated his

50-year profes-

sional anniversary. After holding

several posts, he joined Carl F.

Ewig, founded by his father, in

1957, and took over leadership of

the company in 1974. Thomas

Ewig, who has often stood up for

Bremen’s interests, focused on

trade in goods from the shipping

and container industry, as well

as leasing business. This led to

the creation of Martec Inter-

national, which soon became

a 100 per cent subsidiary of

Carl F. Ewig, and has been

managed by Thomas Ewig’s son

Alex Ewig (left) since 2004.

CHANGE. Long-standing Bremen-based firm Karl Gross Internationale Spedition is intensifying service in its Chile division with a double staff change: Henning Kanert (right), who has been the Route Manager for Chile at Karl Gross in Bremen since 2012, will be representing the company on site in Santiago de Chile from the start of May. At the same time, Jannis Böttcher (left) – who previously worked in sea freight export within the medium-sized Bremen-based firm – will be stepping into his shoes at the Bremen headquarters. As one of Germany’s key trading partners on the South American west coast, Chile is one of Karl Gross’ areas of focus.

Rüdiger Kruse succeeds Eckhardt RehbergAPPOINTMENT. The new officer for the maritime economy within the CDU/CSU parliamentary group is Rüdiger Kruse. The group’s leader, Volker Kauder, appointed the MP from Hamburg as the successor of Eckhardt Rehberg – who recently assumed chairmanship of the budget working group – during a meeting at the end of April. Kruse explained that as officer for the maritime economy he wants to highlight the opportunities that the sea provides. Germany needs to exploit and sustainably protect its potential; the significance of the maritime economy for German industry’s ability to export is immeasurable, he said.

A double change in the Chile division at Karl Gross


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Double leadership for evb

JUBILEE. 1 April 2015 marked 25 years since Thomas Eckmann began working for the Ipsen Logistics Group. He took over leadership of the branch in Hanover for Fastsped-Speditionsgesell-schaft – now Ipsen Air Logistics – in 1990. In 1991 he gained sole signatory authority, and also had corporate responsibility as a shareholder up to 2014. Eckmann has been responsible for national and international quality management at Ipsen Logistics since 2007.

REPLACEMENT. Ulrich Nußbaum was elected as the new President of the Board at the 31st annual general meeting of the Deutsches Verkehrsforum (German transport forum, DVF). He replaces the previous President, Klaus-Peter Müller, who has chosen not to put himself up for election again after seven years in office. Nußbaum said that he was looking forward to his new and exciting task. He highlighted that, as an entrepreneur, he is particularly aware of the importance of a functioning transport infrastructure.

APPOINTMENT. The Supervisory Board of Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (evb) has decided to appoint two new Managing Directors. Marcel Frank (right) shall join the Executive Board on 1 August, and shall be the Board’s spokesman. Arndt Brücker (left) began his role on 1 May. The Chairwoman of evb’s Supervisory Board, Transport Secretary Daniela Behrens (centre) explains: “We opted for a tandem at the head of evb in order to be able to work successfully in a highly technical environment with great commercial challenges. It is also important to create stability in the company’s management. In Marcel Frank, we are gaining an engineer and experienced rail expert for the evb Group; Arndt Brücker aims to continue his successful work in the commercial division in an important role.”

New President of the Board at DVF

Thomas Eckmann celebrates his 25-year jubilee


Save the Date!

The second half of the year holds many special highlights in the maritime sector: 4 September will see the “Lower Saxony port day” take place in Oldenburg, along with the long-running “Captains’ Day” in Bremen. Just a few days later, Bremen will play host to the “HTG Conference”. Then, in mid-September, “Husum Wind” will be another important meet for the wind power sector.

A s is customary, the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and Bremische Hafenvertretung will open an invitation to the upper town hall in Bremen for the “Captains’ Day” on 4 September

2015. The reception for captains and chief engineers from shipping and air transport – taking place for the 51st time this year – takes place on the first Friday in September each year. Business partners of Bremen’s ports, and representatives from politics and administration that work to uphold the interests of German shipping and air transport are also invited. Each year, donations are collected for a good cause.

The “Lower Saxony port day” will also be taking place on 4 September 2015. The host of the 25th edition, organised by the port marketing organisation Seaports of Niedersach-sen, is Oldenburg. Once a year, this long-standing event offers representatives from the worlds of business, politics, administration and the media a great opportunity to discuss developments in the seaports of Lower Saxony.

Hafentechnische Gesellschaft (HTG) will be inviting guests to its “HTG Conference” at the Maritim Hotel & Congress Centrum in Bremen on 9 to 11 September 2015. Around 1,500 members from many different disciplines, in-cluding engineers, scientists, nautical experts, businesspeople and legal experts, meet at the conference for port planning and logistics every two years. The guests come from science and research as well as construction, administration, port operations and consulting firms.

This event will be followed by “Husum Wind”, held bet-ween 15 and 18 September 2015 in the very northerly district capital in Schleswig-Holstein. The wind-related trade fair is now placing increased emphasis on the core market of Ger-many and the neighbouring countries. Seaports of Nieder-sachsen will be advertising the wind power logistics offered by Lower Saxony’s seaports on its own trade fair stand.

IAPH World Port Conference 1. – 5. 6. 2015

Hamburg, Germany www.iaphworldports.org

logistics talk 11. 6. 2015

Mannheim, Germany www.bremenports.de/veranstaltungskalender

Windforce Conference 9. – 11. 6. 2015

Bremerhaven, Germany www.wab.net

Zukunftsforum Logistik (future forum: logistics) 9. 7. 2015

Bremen, Germany www.via-bremen.com

25. Niedersächsischer Hafentag (Lower Saxony port day) 4. 9. 2015

Oldenburg, Germany www.seaports.de

Kapitänstag (Captains’ Day) 4. 9. 2015

Bremen, Germany www.bhv-bremen.de

HTG Conference 9. – 11. 9. 2015

Bremen, Germany www.htg-online.de

Husum Wind 15. – 18. 9. 2015

Husum, Germany www.husumwind.com

Maritime Woche (maritime week) 12. – 20. 9. 2015

Bremen/Bremerhaven, Germany www.maritimewoche.de

Welt der Logistik (logistics world) 24. 9. 2015

Bremen, Germany www.via-bremen.com

Breakbulk Americas 5. – 8. 10. 2015

Houston, USA www.breakbulk.com


Graz, Austria www.bremenports.de/veranstaltungskalender


Vienna, Austria www.bremenports.de/veranstaltungskalender

Nationale Maritime Konferenz (national maritime conference) 19. – 20. 10. 2015

Bremerhaven, Germany www.bremenports.de/veranstaltungskalender

PPI Transport Symposium 19. – 21. 10. 2015

Bremen, Germany http://events.risiinfo.com/transport-symposium

Night-before reception Logistics Conference 27. 10. 2015

Berlin, Germany www.bremenports.de/veranstaltungskalender

German Logistics Conference 28.– 30. 10. 2015

Berlin, Germany www.bvl.de/dlk


tbd www.bremenports.de/veranstaltungskalender

Selection of events 2015 (subject to change)


A P P O I N T M E N T S

Review of events

SUCCESS. “transport logistic” is one of the most important trade fair dates on the calendar for bremenports and Seaports of Niedersachsen, as well as the German and international ports and logistics sector. The port group Bremen/Bremerha-ven exhibited together with a large joint stand under the label VIA BREMEN. 425 square metres of exhibition space provided a professional platform, as well as plenty of space for a total of 25 involved companies and organisations to make contacts at the trade fair. “This is the second-best level of participation that we have ever achieved on a joint stand in Munich,” said bremenports’ Managing Director Horst Rehberg. The highlight was the Bremen reception, with more than 300 exhibitors and guests.

Lower Saxony’s seaports and all Lower Saxony-based port organisations exhibited under the umbrella brand Seaports of Niedersachsen on the trade fair stand organised by the port marketing company of the same name. These included the state’s own infrastructure company Niedersachsen Ports and the marketing company Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven

JadeWeserPort-Marketing. In addition, numerous handling firms, logistics providers and shipping companies from Lower Saxony used the stand for their customer discussions. “Our trade fair stand was a real marketplace, where numerous contacts were made between the ports and logistics industry, their customers, and of course politics as well – particularly during our Lower Saxony evening,” says Seaports’ Managing Director, Inke Onnen-Lübben, delighted. Economics Minister Olaf Lies and a delegation from the sub-committee for ports and shipping within Lower Saxony’s government also visited “transport logistic” to get information about new trends and developments in the logistics industry.

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A P P O I N T M E N T S

Traditional alumni meeting of the faculty of maritime studies from Jade Hochschule, Elsfleth.

A television crew interviews Lower Saxony’s Economics Minister, Olaf Lies.

“Der Mittelpunkt für Freude, Rat und ernste Tat” (“The place for enjoyment, advice and real action”) is the motto of the Münchner Künstlerhaus at the heart of Bavaria’s state capital. Here, guests were welcomed with a traditional Bremen-style reception.

25 companies from the port and logistics hub of Bremen and Bremerhaven exhibited under the umbrella brand of VIA Bremen.

bremenports’ Managing Director Horst Rehberg introduces Dr. Heiner Heseler, State Advisor to the Senator for Economics, Labour and Ports in Bremen, to the new app “PORTS PILOT”.

Focus topic

green logistics

What contribution

can the maritime

transport and logistics

industry make to

environmental

protection?

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