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Maritime Economy, Ports & Logistics
Bremen and Bremerhaven are among the most important port and logistics locations in Europe. The Bremerhaven container terminal ranks fourth in Northern Europe, and the car terminal is the leader in automobile handling. The ports of the city of Bremen, in turn, have specialized in the handling of conventional general cargo and heavy goods as well as bulk goods. About 1,300 companies secure around 40,000 jobs in the maritime economy & ports sector. In addition to the port economy, numerous companies from the traditional shipbuilding industry, the shipbuilding supplier industry, and maritime research institutes round off the image of a high-performance maritime transport location. They represent the entire maritime value chain and are responsible for around a third of the total gross domestic product of the two-city state.
Logistics centers, such as the multi-award-winning freight transport center GVZ, provide perfect hinterland connections. They form competent support for a modern maritime and logistics location, as do numerous industry activities in the field of digitization, artificial intelligence, and climate-neutral innovations, for example in the field of hydrogen.
Maritime Cluster North Germany
The Maritime Cluster North Germany e. V. (MCN) with its offices in Bremen and Bremerhaven promotes and strengthens cooperation in the northern German maritime industry. It enables platforms for dialogue and networking between the actors and supports the initiation of projects.
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The Smartport initiative of the Bremen ports
Together with the port stakeholders, an overarching strategy for the digital transformation of the Bremen ports was developed, the implementation of which is coordinated by bremenports.
Smartport strategy (German, PDF, 2.0MB)
Port development concept 2035
Strengthening international competitiveness, initiating innovations, and preparing the ports for the future: The port development concept 2035 lays the foundation for the future development of the Bremen ports.
Port development concept 2035 (German, PDF, 4.1MB)
bremenports GmbH & Co. KG
As a modern service provider, bremenports ensures the competitiveness of the location. It operates the infrastructure of the Bremen ports and is the first point of contact for all questions about port operations.
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Bremische Hafen- und Logistikvertretung e.V.
Companies from the logistics, port, and transport industries come together in the BHV to represent their own interests and to appear before the public and stakeholders.
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Initiative Stadtbremische Häfen e.V.
The companies in the ports of Bremen represent their interests through the ISH. In addition to networking with each other, the association serves as a mouthpiece for the economy towards politics, authorities, associations, technical and higher education institutions, and accompanying service providers.
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