The ports of Bremen are among the most important universal ports in Europe. Whether containers, cars, general and bulk cargo, hazardous goods or project cargo - the terminals in Bremen and Bremerhaven handle almost every type of cargo.
Today, one topic stretches like a green ribbon across all areas: ‘sustainability’ has long been far more than just a ‘nice to have’ around the quays, but has become the basic principle of all harbour development considerations on the Weser.
In addition, sustainability has long been a genuine competitive and recognisable factor with which the ports of Bremen, which consist of far more than ‘just’ quays and port facilities, are now firmly associated. Today, 38 per cent of the total area belonging to the special assets of the port alone is made up of designated nature conservation areas, which were created as compensation for the unavoidable interventions in nature in the ports. Just last year, for example, another of these projects was realised on the Lower Lune: Several side waters have been created along the river. The result is a 6,000 square metre lake landscape as a spawning area for rare fish species.
However, bremenports was able to further sharpen the sustainability profile of Bremen's ports in 2023 not only through such projects, but also through a new congress format: At the premiere of ENVOCONNECT last autumn, sustainability stakeholders from the port and logistics industry came together for the first time - and afterwards, everyone involved agreed that ENVOCONNECT should be continued in 2024 as a platform where science and the (port) industry can meet and exchange ideas.
This report, which is now available, makes it abundantly clear that sustainability and ports are anything but opposites. On the contrary: a sustainable port is not only sustainable in terms of ‘good work’, but is also a pillar of climate protection.
