Lower Saxony Ports

Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG
legal form	GmbH & Co. KG
founding	2005
Seat	Oldenburg
management	Holger Banik Folker Kielgast
Number of employees	655 + 54 trainees (2017)
Branch	Port economy
Website	Lower Saxony Ports

The Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG (NPorts), headquartered in Oldenburg is the operator of the state-owned ports in Lower Saxony . The company's tasks include the planning and development as well as the maintenance of the port facilities and the associated areas. In addition, the commercial and industry properties at each port marketed and settled harbor affine enterprises. Further tasks are traffic control and port security as well as taking over port services for shipping and port management .

description

The company owns and operates five sea ports, seven island supply ports and three regional ports on the German North Sea coast. The seat of the company is the city of Oldenburg. With branches in Brake, Cuxhaven with branch offices in Stade, Emden and Wilhelmshaven, Niedersachsen Ports manages the port infrastructure in the seaports of the State of Lower Saxony. The branch in the north also operates the supply ports for some East Frisian islands .

• Emden
• Norden , responsible for the island supply ports of Norddeich , Bensersiel , Norderney , Baltrum , Langeoog , Spiekeroog , Wangerooge
• Wilhelmshaven , also responsible for the Hooksiel harbor
• Brake , also responsible for the Großensiel regional port
• Cuxhaven , also responsible for the Stade seaport

The main characteristics of the port infrastructure of the port system:

Area of ​​the port system	2700 ha
Land area	2008 ha
Water surface	650 ha
Length of the quay walls (with handling bridges)	26 km
Sea locks	5
Track network	79 km
Cargo handling 2018	28.3 million tons

Corporate structure

organization chart

The company was founded in the autumn of 2004 by the state of Lower Saxony. The general partner with personal liability is the Niedersächsische Hafengesellschaft mbH , Cuxhaven. On January 1, 2005, the operational business activities of the port and shipping administration of the State of Lower Saxony ( port authorities Elbe, Ems-Dollart and Jade-Weser as well as the ports and shipping department of the Weser-Ems district government ) were transferred to Niedersachsen Ports.

The owner is the state of Lower Saxony, both as a limited partner and as the sole shareholder of the general partner GmbH. The company's organs are the supervisory board and the shareholders' meeting. The shareholders' meeting is organized by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Finance .

Ports

NPorts operates five sea ​​ports , three regional ports and seven island supply ports . Around 29 million tons of sea ​​freight were handled in the various locations in 2017 .

Brake

Brake is a modern, multifunctional special port on the Unterweser , about 26 kilometers above the estuary. The port facilities extend over a length of 2½ kilometers parallel to the river Weser with a maximum draft of 11.9 meters (planned 12.8 meters). They are divided into

• a southern port area for feed and grain
• a northern port area for forest products, iron, steel, bulk goods that can be grabbed, sulfur and wind turbines
• an inland port for sea and inland waterway vessels , fishing and sports craft. A lock with a chamber length of 95 meters connects the inland port with the Weser.

A plant for processing vegetable oils with its own pier is attached to the northern part of the port. With the completion of the Lower Saxony quay , a new, high-performance terminal was created, which offers space for further expansion with two large ship berths and port areas of over 50 hectares near the quay.

Port facilities

• Niedersachsenkai: Heavy-duty pier with two bridge cranes (53 and 60 tons load capacity) and two mobile cranes (140 tons load capacity each) specialized for handling project cargo, wind turbines and steel as well as their logistics
• AGRI Terminal: modern silo technology with wagon and truck loading systems for the rapid handling of grain and feed with around 500,000 tons of storage capacity. Mooring possibilities for two large ships with a length of up to 270 m and a draft of up to 11.9 m (planned 12.8 m)
• Break Bulk Terminal: generously dimensioned luffing and bridge cranes (up to 80 tons load capacity) for faster loading and unloading of ships, also directly from inland and coastal motor vessels . Affiliated Break Bulk Logistics Center with 100,000 square meters of hall space and 60,000 square meters of open space for storage
• Sulfur Terminal: Sulfur handling and solidification plant from ExxonMobil Production Deutschland with a capacity for up to 900,000 tons of sulfur annually, in liquid form or processed into solid sulfur beforehand on site
• Olenex-Pier: handling and processing of around 500,000 tons of tropical oils for the food industry

Hinterland connection

The seaport can be reached by barges across the Weser. The port can be reached on the road network via the B 211 , B 212 , B 437 and the nearby motorways A 27 , A 28 , A 29 . The 33-kilometer-long port's own rail network is connected to the Hude – Blexen railway line .

Cuxhaven

Its location at the mouth of the Elbe and its proximity to the Kiel Canal make Cuxhaven the ideal starting point for sea transport to Great Britain , Scandinavia and ports on the Baltic Sea . Good fairway conditions allow even the largest seagoing vessels to call at the port. The port is divided into

• an offshore base with currently six berths for ships up to 290 meters in length
• the CuxPort Terminal (Europakai and Humberkai) with three berths for Panamax ships up to 350 meters in length
• the ferry port with over 300 meters pier as a starting point for the seaside resort traffic to the island of Helgoland
• the inner harbor with America harbor, new and old fishing harbor , Ritzebütteler Schleusenpriel and outer harbor

Port facilities

• Offshore terminals with gantry cranes (up to 500 tons load capacity), a 1,600 square meter heavy load platform for extreme loads (90 tons / square meter) and a terminal connecting heavy load road
• Cuxport Multipurpose Terminal with three automatic RoRo ramps (two two-lane with a load capacity of 250/350 tonnes), a mobile port crane (up to 100 tonnes load) and a Panamax bridge (up to 68 tonnes load)
• Multi-purpose system Steubenhöft for large ocean-going vessels with 300 meters of electricity pier and a RoRo system
• Transshipment and equipment quays for general cargo and smaller bulk carriers in the American port
• In the new fishing port, transshipment and equipment quays for trawlers and loggers, deep-freeze stores, fish auction and processing halls, ice production, etc.

Hinterland connection

The seaport is connected to the Central European inland waterway network via the Elbe . The federal highway 27 and the federal highway 73 end in Cuxhaven. For transport by rail , some of the quays have siding and a connection to the Maschen marshalling yard .

Emden

→ Main article : Emden Hafen

Emden is a powerful universal port, the third largest North Sea port and at the same time the most westerly sea port in Germany. It is located on the north bank of the Ems about 38 nautical miles southeast of the mouth of the Ems on the North Sea. Ships up to a draft of 8.5 meters (in future 9.5 meters) can reach the port at any time; Depending on the tide , the maximum access draft is 10.7 meters (11.7 meters in future).

The port consists of two parts

• the tidal outer harbor with Emspier and Emskai
• the tide-free inland port, consisting of the industrial port and the new inland port

Access to the inland port is possible via two locks . The approximately operated around the clock Large Seeschleuse currently has a chamber 260 meters long and 40 meters wide and a threshold depth of NHN -11.76 meters. The smaller Nesserland lock with a length of 170 meters, a width of 18 meters and a jamb depth of NHN -7.00 meters is primarily used for inland and sport shipping.

Port facilities

• nine RoRo berths and a powerful mobile RoRo ramp
• Quays and terminals with handling facilities for solid goods of all kinds
• Transshipment and storage infrastructure for goods in liquid and brine form in the area of ​​the oil port
• Equipment for storage and processing of raw materials for paper production
• Quays for the transshipment of on- and offshore wind turbines as well as offshore suppliers
• Equipment for storage and processing of raw materials for paper production
• modern quay facilities and terminals with high-performance handling facilities for solid goods of all kinds
• Quays for the handling of on- and offshore wind turbines as well as offshore supply
• safe areas for handling dangerous and military goods

Hinterland connection

The freight stations "Emden" and "Emden Außenhafen" are directly connected to the rail network. The German and Dutch trunk road networks can be reached via the motorway junctions Emden-West and Emden-Ost of the A31 . In addition, the Ems and the Dortmund-Ems Canal connect the port to the south with the German waterway network. To the west, the Ems Canal opens up access to the Dutch canal network and the Lower Rhine.

Ferry traffic and island supply north

Islanders and tourists, fishermen and sport boaters - especially in the summer months, thousands of people and ships crowd into the East Frisian ports . This logistical challenge is mastered responsibly year after year. In the north branch, Niedersachsen Ports coordinates the management of seven East Frisian island and coastal ports. Five East Frisian islands are reliably connected to the mainland via the island supply ports of Norddeich and Bensersiel as well as the island ports of Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog, Spiekeroog and Wangerooge. With an average of one million tons of throughput, seven million passenger transports and over 30,000 ship movements per year, the ports represent a significant economic factor in the East Frisia region.

Island supply ports

• North dike
• Bensersiel
• Norderney
• Baltrum
• Langeoog
• Spiekeroog
• Wangerooge

Hinterland connection

East Frisia is the gateway to the world. The island ports are very well connected to the German hinterland: via the ferry connections to the coastal ports, via the rail network to the train stations Norden-Norddeich and Esens and via the B 72 and B 210 to the nearby motorways A31 / A28 and A29.

Wilhelmshaven

→ Main article : Wilhelmshaven ports

Wilhelmshaven is the only deep water port in Germany and is located between the Ems and Weser on the west side of the Inner Jade . The good seaward access with a short sailing trip and great water depths enables ships with drafts of up to 20 meters to be handled.

In addition to the deep water areas in the outer harbor, Wilhelmshaven has a large tide-free harbor area. The Inner Harbor can be reached 24 hours a day through one of the world's largest locks with two redundant chambers. The lock chambers, each 390 meters long, 60 meters wide and a possible draft of 11.5 meters, allow access to large ocean-going vessels as well as all sizes of ships for offshore wind energy.

Port facilities

The following port facilities in the outer port (deep water area) are operated by Niedersachsen Ports:

• Voslapper Groden transshipment facility (Vynova Bridge) with two berths for handling chemical goods and a tank capacity of 42,000 cubic meters; public pier for ships up to 60,000 dwt
• Transshipment facility Rüstersieler Groden (Niedersachsenbrücke) with three berths for coal and special handling (including one berth for Capesize ships) and a transshipment capacity of eight to ten million tons per year
• Old outer port / flood port and pontoon port with berths for small vehicles, passenger and supply shipping, authority vehicles, pilot relocators, etc.
• Hooksiel offshore service port: Berths for service ships from offshore wind farms

Port facilities in the inner port (tide-free area):

• Braunschweig-Kai with a RoRo ramp (35.5 meters wide) and up to three berths, cranes on request
• Lüneburg-Kai with a RoRo ramp (30 meters), two luffing cranes 15/18 tons, floor conveyors, bucket wheel loaders and hall areas, heavy duty pier for handling project and offshore cargo with an adjacent assembly port
• Hannover-Kai with 4,000 square meters of paved quay area and around 20,000 square meters for project cargoes, including final assembly and loading of larger construction projects for sea traffic (crane systems, pipes and offshore systems)
• Oldenburg-Kai, Osnabrücker and Hildesheimer Ufer with facilities, halls and areas for maritime services and shipyards (with floating dock ), warehouses for small customers
• Equipment ports with quayside and storage areas for break bulk, bulk goods and project cargo

The container terminal in JadeWeserPort is operated by Eurogate as Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW).

Hinterland connection

The track system of the port railway is connected to the Oldenburg – Wilhelmshaven railway line and the Federal Highway 29 ends directly in the port.

fleet

The work boats listed in the following table are used for maintenance and construction work at the port facilities :

Surname	Construction year	Range of use	home port	image
Argus	1986	Survey ship	Wilhelmshaven
dolphin	1992	Survey ship	Emden
Osterhöft	Renovation 1997	Survey ship	Cuxhaven
fur seal	1976	Float ram	North dike
Sea hawk	1987	Bearing ship	North dike
sea ​​urchin	1986	Survey ship	Bensersiel
Sea crab	1993	Hopper excavator	North dike
Sea lion	2003	Hydraulic engineering vehicle	north
Steubenhöft	2009	Water injection device	Cuxhaven

See also

• List of Lower Saxony seaports

literature

Michael Meyer: List of demands for the new government · Lower Saxony's ports present a ten-point plan . In: Daily port report of March 25, 2013, p. 3, Seehafen-Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISSN  2190-8753

Web links

Commons : Niedersachsen Ports  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of Niedersachsen Ports

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual financial statements 2017 of Niedersachsen Ports GmbH & Co. KG in the eBundesanzeiger
2. ↑ "Osterhöft" ensures security in Elbe ports . In: Daily port report from December 19, 2012, p. 4.