Destination: Bremen

DESTINATION:

Bremen

A B RE AK BU LK PU B LI CATION

An introduction to the city hosting Breakbulk Europe 2018

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he maritime and logistics business sector forms the backbone of Bremen’s economy and, in all its many different facets, is of crucial importance for Bremen’s performance as a business location. Therefore, it’s a great honor to extend a cordial invitation to all participants, exhibitors and delegates to stay in Bremen for Breakbulk Europe 2018.

As one of the leading European ports alongside Antwerp for the handling of breakbulk, Bremen is a highly suitable venue for holding Breakbulk’s annual conference.

WHAT’S INSIDE: 4 bremenports Confident for Future 9 Q&A: Bremen Builds on Key Stengths: A conversation with Robert Howe, managing director, bremenports 12 Bremen Timeline

14 Accommodating the Move: Overwhelming demand for Breakbulk 2018 16 Bremen is ‘Buzzing’ 18 Messe Bremen: Breakbulk Europe’s 2018 home 20 Breakbulk Europe 2018 Exhibitors

Above: The Schnoor quarter; on the cover: Bremen’s Market Square; credit: Shutterstock

BREAKBULK MANAGING DIRECTOR Alli McEntyre / +353 21 477 3808 amcentyre@breakbulk.com

BREAKBULK ACCOUNT MANAGER Robert Janusauskas / +353 021 477 3808 rjanusauskas@breakbulk.com

BREAKBULK EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Gary G. Burrows / +1 904 535 5460 gburrows@breakbulk.com

BREAKBULK HEAD DESIGNER Catherine Dorrough

WRITER Felicity Landon

On top of Bremen’s strengths in the commodity, which is the focus of your event, Bremen is a compact city where everything is close at hand and which can also offer ideal conditions in terms of exhibition centers, conference facilities and first-class hotels in the immediate vicinity of the event premises.

Moreover, City Airport Bremen is located close to the city center and provides a range of excellent connections to the main German and European cities and air hubs. The city also boasts convenient links to the German motorway and rail network.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to our beautiful city. For the Senator (Minister) for economic affairs, labor and ports, it will be great honor to extend a personal welcome to the organizers and participants of the Breakbulk Europe Conference and Exhibition at a Senate reception in the Upper Hall of Bremen’s Town Hall, which has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Robert Howe Managing Director, bremenports

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BREMENPORTS CONFIDENT FOR FUTURE Port expects to build on 2016 success

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s Europe’s secondlargest port for handling new cars, Europe’s fourth-largest container handling terminal, and Germany’s second-largest port overall, the Bremen/Bremerhaven group of ports is confident of its place in “the premier league of maritime logistics.”

Alongside the containers and cars, the twin ports also have an enviable reputation as specialists in breakbulk cargo. bremenports, Germany’s No. 1 breakbulk port, handled 4 million tonnes of breakbulk in 2016, including steel and steel products, timber, project cargo, industrial plant components, construction materials and waste products.

Neustädter Hafen, the harbor on the left bank of the River Weser in the center of Bremen, is Europe’s largest terminal for general and heavy-lift cargo. BLG Cargo Logistics handles about 550 seagoing vessels and barges there every year, and in 2016, cargo throughput at Neustädter Hafen reached 1.2 million tonnes.

Bremen and Bremerhaven are ideally equipped to face the competition in the international breakbulk business, says Sven Riekers, managing director of BLG Cargo Logistics. “Breakbulk and ro-ro vessels depart at regular intervals, linking our terminals with more than 200 ports all over the globe.

When it comes to the transshipment of conventional cargo, there is virtually nothing that our equipment cannot handle.

“Amongst other things, this includes crane capacities of up to 200 tons and our own self-propelled modular transporters (SPMT).”

Neustädter Hafen has more than 240,000 square meters of indoor storage area, 450,000 square meters of outdoor storage and operation area and 2,100 meters of quay. The terminal has trimodal handling facilities and is linked to the North Sea (66 nautical miles) via the Lower and Outer Weser.

“When it comes to the transshipment of conventional cargo, there is virtually nothing that our equipment cannot handle.”

– Sven Riekers managing director, BLG Cargo Logistics

Other companies which specialize in handling breakbulk in Bremen City are located on the right bank of the Weser, at the Industriehafen, Holzhafen and Fabrikenhafen). One of them is Weserport, which specializes in the transshipment of coils and other steel products.

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Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven The €180 million Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven, or OTB, project is in limbo, due to legal challenges. Contracts have been signed for construction and written agreements are in place, but the real challenge is the legal assessments required to clarify the need for offshore wind infrastructure in the port, because of the nature conservation area, said Robert Howe, managing director of port management company bremenports.

However, he is confident that the development will go ahead soon. The plans are to build a 25-hectare terminal to provide heavy load capacity and unrestricted access to deepwater, close to the production sites for wind turbine components – to be ready for the expected peak in German wind power investments. While Bremerhaven already has the expertise and experience in handling wind turbines, OTB would be a specialist, purposedeveloped operation.

When the OTB plans were first drawn up, an opening date of 2019 was envisaged, but this was before environmental organization BUND made its objection to the development. In fact, this delay may work in bremenports’ favor, as the German government has tapped the brakes on offshore wind.

The likely date for OTB to be up and running is now 2021-22 and that is when the main focus on wind is now expected to start, Howe said.

Wind energy is an increasingly important sector for bremenports, Howe added. “This sector benefits from water depths for seagoing vessels, an excellent port infrastructure and an efficient cluster of maritime industry.”

OTB has been designed for the preassembly, storage and transshipment of offshore wind turbine components; the proposed 500-meter-long quay will be able to accommodate two or three offshore jack-up vessels, and about 200 hectares of industrial sites are available nearby for new companies and expansions.

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the North Sea, container terminal operator Eurogate specializes in the transshipment of wind turbines. The port is particularly well equipped to deal with vehicles as well as the high and heavy sector. And bremenports has ambitions plans for a 25-hectare terminal to serve the offshore wind industry – the Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven.

2016 was a busy and successful year for bremenports, Howe said. “Together, our staff of roughly 370 employees ensured that the infrastructure at the world port of Bremen/ Bremerhaven was available for our customers without restrictions round the clock, 365 days a year.”

“The ports of Bremen/Bremerhaven are perfectly confident when facing the competition for the cargoes of the future,” said Robert Howe, managing director of port management company bremenports.

Bremerhaven handles the largest container vessels in the world – 400 meters long, more than 20,000 20-foot equivalent units – without any difficulty, as well as car carriers, refrigerated fruit vessels and all other types of seagoing vessels.

“Our ports repeatedly prove their capabilities in the breakbulk segment – for instance, when it comes to handling iron, steel and forest products, machines and machine parts, project cargo, extra-large vehicles, wind turbines and other kinds of general and heavy-lift cargo. Over the last few decades, the specialists on the Weser have made their location the market leader in Germany, ranking far ahead of Hamburg in terms of breakbulk transshipment.”

bremenports is committed to continued development of the ports, with several major investment projects under way. However, day-to-day work is also considerable; for example, bremenports’ dredging operations regularly work to capacity to guarantee the necessary water depths in its harbors, Howe said. “The effort, time and resources required for maintenance of the public port facilities in Bremerhaven and Bremen are immense and will remain so in future.”

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Rail Investment Bremen and Bremerhaven’s hinterland connections are efficient – but as cargo traffic in Germany is increasing year by year, so Germany must invest massively to build new railway tracks and roads, says Robert Howe, management director of bremenports.

At Bremerhaven, roughly half of containers travel to and from the port by rail, while for automotive traffic the figure is a staggering 85 percent.

The expansion of the Imsumer Deich storage track complex at Bremerhaven’s Überseehafen is the most important construction project under way, said Robert Howe, managing director of port management company bremenports. Due for completion at the end of this year, this €30 million project will provide eight new parallel tracks, of 750 meters in length.

Two years ago, bremenports provided additional tracks and technology for rail freight around Kaiserhafen, an area used primarily by car-carrying trains. The expanded facilities at Imsumer Deich will be used mainly for the transport of containers.

“Last year our ports handled about 30,000 cargo trains, with the majority carrying containers and cars. Today, one in every two containers in Bremerhaven’s hinterland traffic is transported by train – the highest share amongst Europe`s maritime hubs. We are investing in the port’s railway system to increase the capacity, to allow for more trains transporting more containers and cars,” Howe said.

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employees about 50 different working hours Howe says there are many plausible reasons why models to allow them to combine their career the ports of Bremerhaven and Bremen will conand family interests flexibly. The choice even tinue on their successful course. These include includes home office models, provided that high-quality port logistics, competitive terminal working from home can be reconciled with operators, a well-proven regional network of pro- workflows at the company.” fessional maritime service providers, fair prices for port and transportation services, trustful long- One of the core tasks of bremenports is to identerm cooperation with international trading part- tify solutions that lead to sustainable port operaners and shipping companies, tions and the promotion of green and short distances to different shipping. Last year the company industrial centers in Europe as a won the ESPO Award 2016 in result of a wide range of reliable of its Luneplate BREMENPORTS recognition hinterland connections. ecological compensation site.

STATISTICS Additionally, its new sounding 2016 However, there are risks that and surveying vessel Seeadler, Bremen and Bremerhaven take which was commissioned, Total throughput: seriously. “The danger of growwith its modern diesel engine, ing international protectionism has significantly reducing fuel 74.15 million is by no means over,” he says. consumption. The batteries store tonnes “It is not yet clear to what extent surplus energy, which means (1% up on 2015) Brexit and the trade policies that the Seeadler can cover short of President Trump will affect distances at the port without Breakbulk cargo: world trade and consequently generating any emissions.

4 million tonnes breakbulk business.”

This year bremenports is modCars: Politics aside, he believes that ernizing its fleet of 20 working 2.1 million units the greatest challenge facing vessels, and the LNG hopper bremenports is the demographbarge greenports1 will join the ic trend. “We have to replace a fleet. This is the first working Containers: total of 112 colleagues who will 5.48 million TEUs vessel at a European port to be be retiring between now and powered with liquefied natural (1% down on 2015) 2025,” Howe said. “That is by gas, Howe said. no means an easy task. We are planning to redouble our efforts However, he says it is still provas a training company in order ing difficult to establish LNG to find replacements for those qualified employ- infrastructure at the ports of Bremen. “There are ees who will be leaving the company. simply not enough LNG-powered vessels yet.

Nevertheless, Bremen and Bremerhaven are LNG“We are also banking on cooperative educaready and, if necessary, vessels can refuel from a tion programs so that the trainees will remain truck at both ports without any problem.” loyal to the company after graduating from university.”

The ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven are explicitly encouraging the maritime shipping In the future, Howe said, bremenports will business to operate environmentally friendly need to make even more effort to attract new ships and this is reflected in the ‘greenports employees – for example, at job and vocaAward’ that is presented to the most ecotional training fairs. “bremenports offers its friendly ship to call at Bremen and Bremerhaven every year. In 2016, bremenports presented the award for the third time, the winner being EUKOR’s car carrier Morning Lisa.

“A vessel’s emissions are assessed in accordance with the international Environmental Ship Index (ESI),” Howe said. “Last year, 45 particularly eco-friendly ships called at Bremen and Bremerhaven a total of 76 times and were granted an appropriate discount on port charges.”

Q&A: A conversation with Robert Howe, managing director, bremenports

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We are proud of our international openness and welcoming culture.”

BREMEN BUILDS ON KEY STRENGTHS Q: What can delegates to Breakbulk Europe expect from the port and the city? Any specific highlights they should look forward to?

A: Bremen’s international traditions as a Hanseatic trading city and through its seafaring history are still alive today. But those traditions go beyond its maritime locations, being particularly visible in the international and diverse society living and working in the city.

We are proud of our international openness and welcoming culture.

The city is marvelous – one of Northern Germany’s most picturesque places, including UNESCO world heritage sites such as the gorgeous Weser Renaissance town hall, the cathedrals and, of course, the Bremen Town Musicians.

Bremen is green and safe; many parks

and gardens make the city a livable place.

Whether in the historical Buergerpark or along the River Weser, there is always an opportunity for time out under trees. And the city is safe – you can easily walk around during evenings. Bremen is a mid-size town, with roughly a half-million inhabitants. Distances in Bremen are short and many places are within walking distance. Alternatively, a public transportation network brings you to any place in the city.

Q: bremenports reported positive cargo volumes in 2016 (aside from a 1 percent fall in containers) – what are the key strengths of Bremen and Bremerhaven, and what are the prospects for 2017, 2018 and beyond?

A: There are different key strengths. Here are the advantages at a glance:

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•H igh standards in throughput operations and top quality logistics services. To give you an example, North Sea Terminal (NTB) is rated as the most productive container terminal in Europe.

•A short estuary trip between our Bremerhaven terminals and the North Sea. • E fficient and reliable hinterland connections to all parts of Europe (rail, road, Autobahn, waterways).

• E xcellent cost-benefit ratio.

•C ountless opportunities for specialist and advanced training.

•O utstanding communications and IT competence.

• A highly qualified and motivated workforce.

To answer the second part of your question: Different international problems – such as political tensions, low economic growth in many countries, upcoming protectionism, Brexit uncertainties – are putting a strain on the world’s economic development. Nevertheless, we are sure that Bremen/Bremerhaven will defend their strong position in European port competition. We will see a moderate growth of throughput volume in the years to come.

Q: Is bremenports investing? What are the most important investment projects recently completed, ongoing, or planned?

A: The most important project right now is the expansion of the Imsumer Deich storage track complex at Bremerhaven’s Überseehafen. Construction work is making good progress and will be finished at the end of this year. This €30 million project will provide eight

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new 750-meter parallel tracks. We are investing in the port’s railway system to enlarge the capacity for more trains transporting more containers and cars.

Other important investment projects are Offshore Terminal Bremerhaven, which will strengthen the (offshore) wind energy sector in Bremerhaven, including industrial construction of wind turbines and heavy load logistics; quay restoration at the Kaiserhafen III port basin, with construction of a new 500-meter quay to make it easier for car carriers and other ships to navigate there; and dyke construction in the south of Bremerhaven.

Q: Are ‘green’ issues important?

A: Another core task of bremenports is to identify solutions for maritime environment protection and green shipping. This leads to an increasing international reputation: last

autumn, the European Sea Ports Organisation presented bremenports with the ESPO Award 2016 in recognition of our overall concept for Luneplate (central substitute site for the ecological compensation for port construction projects). Right now we are modernizing our fleet of about 20 working vessels. The LNG hopper barge greenports1 will join the bremenports fleet in summer – a small but important step to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our port.

Q: What makes bremenports special?

A: Terminals in Bremen and Bremerhaven handle practically all kinds of freight. That is one of the reasons why the ports of Bremen rank among the most important universal ports in Europe. They have excellent overseas and hinterland connections, an efficient cruise terminal, outstanding logistics expertise and a highly qualified and motivated skilled workforce, as well as numerous oppor-

tunities for specialist and advanced training.

The division of labor is the key to the success of the twin ports.

Bremerhaven is the port of choice for container vessels, car carriers and refrigerated fruit carriers and accounts for about 80 percent of the total freight volume handled by the port group. Bremerhaven is also evolving into a major location for the offshore wind energy industry.

The ports in the city of Bremen, on the other hand, specialize in handling conventional general cargo and heavy-lift, as well as bulk cargo. The share of breakbulk has steadily declined in line with the increase in containerization. But the ports of Bremen still remain a center for handling these kinds of freight.

Most of the breakbulk cargo handled by the Bremen/Bremerhaven port group is handled at the terminals in Bremen City.

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bremen timeline CREATING VALUE AT EVERY POINT OF TRANSFER

2,000 YEARS AGO: The northeast district of Bremerhaven, the Wurtendorf Weddewarden, was settled by humans. The first documentary evidence of human activity dates back to 1091.

1139: A written record of the villages of Geestendorf and Wulsdorf date back to this year. The settlements were situated on islands rising from large swamps and riverine areas.

MID-1200S: The first port of Bremen, the Balge, was on a narrow branch of the Weser. A new quay was built, the Schlachte, on Bremen’s side of the main river.

1275: The market town Lehe was mentioned in documents for the first time. Lehe’s development was closely linked to the importance of the Geeste, the first navigable

tributary of the Weser, which provided a sheltered port area for oceangoing vessels. A trading center was created close to a military crossing of the Geest.

1405-1410: Construction of Bremen’s famous town hall in the Gothic style – its Renaissance style façade was not added until two centuries later. Also in the market square – Roland, Bremen’s “statue of liberty,” has been a symbol of trading rights and freedom since 1404.

1600S: The area at the mouth of the Geeste was contested for a long time. In the mid-1600s, the area, together with the Archdiocese of Bremen, came under Swedish sovereignty. However, the Carlsburg fortress built by the Swedes on the Geeste estuary in 1672 did not succeed.

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welcome to bremen 1719: After a short period under Danish occupation, the area was taken over by the Electorate of Hanover.

1827: As silting of the River Weser posed a threat to the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen’s port, the city’s Mayor, Johann Smidt, led the initiative to found a new outer harbor on the former Carlsburg site – Bremerhaven. The first port of Bremerhaven was opened in 1830.

1832: Trade with America and the beginning of mass emigration meant a rapid boom for Bremerhaven. The settlement that grew up around the port was granted city rights in 1851.

The following decades saw a rapid expansion of industrial and maritime activity on both banks of the Geeste, including passenger

services, dry docks, machine shops and deepsea fishing.

1964: Bremen’s first container port was opened, the Neustadter Hafen.

1847: The first rail link to the port was opened, with a freight station on the new quay, the Weserbahnhof.

1970S: From this decade, new container terminals were built north of the older part of Bremerhaven port operations, towards the open sea.

LATE 1800S: Dredging work was carried out on the Weser and new modern basins were built in Bremen.

1900S: Bremen and Bremerhaven experienced the upheaval of changing borders and two World Wars.

1950S-1960S: The post-war years saw massive reconstruction followed by a strong upswing in port, shipbuilding and fishing sectors.

1960S: The advance of air travel led to a rapid falloff in transatlantic passenger traffic.

TODAY: Bremen/Bremerhaven is the fourth-largest container port in Europe; the second-largest for new cars; and the second-largest for breakbulk. Neustadter Hafen, operated by BLG Cargo, is Europe’s largest terminal for general and heavy-lift cargo, with throughput reaching 1.2 million tonnes in 2016.

2002: bremenports took over management of the port infrastructure in Bremen and Bremerhaven on behalf of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. bremenports is responsible for the operation, maintenance and repair of the whole of this complex maritime infrastructure.

In Bremerhaven, the container terminal operator Eurogate also specializes in the transshipment of wind turbines. bremenports has invested heavily in facilities to serve the offshore wind energy sector.

Bremerhaven welcomes visiting cruise ships at the Columbus Cruise Center, the very spot from which more than 8 million emigrants left Europe for the New World, from the early 19th century onwards.

2008: Container Terminal 4 was completed.

2011: Kaiserschleuse Lock was opened.

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I CAN LIFT 200 TONS WITH MY LITTLE FINGER Dennis Feldhusen, gantry crane driver at the BLG general cargo terminal at Neustädter Hafen in Bremen

And as if that weren’t enough: the specialist terminals at the ports of Bremen can even handle huge components weighing up to 600 tons each.

Numerous specialist companies, extensive operating and storage areas and excellent hinterland connections make Bremen one of the leading project cargo and break bulk terminals in Europe.

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ACCOMMODATING THE MOVE Overwhelming demand for Breakbulk 2018

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reakbulk Europe, the world’s largest event for the project cargo and breakbulk industry, will move to Bremen, Germany, for the first time in its 12-year history. Messe Bremen will welcome the Breakbulk community May 29-31, 2018, while Antwerp Expo undergoes renovations.

“Last year’s stakeholder survey was resounding in terms of the community’s interest in Germany and we are incredibly excited about hosting everyone in Bremen for the 2018 edition,” said an ITE spokesperson.

Andreas Marquardt, of Messe Bremen, credited the city and trade fair company’s success on “our overall package of logistics expertise, internationally established exhibition center and the maritime flair of our Hanseatic city.”

Although the 2018 event is nearly a year away, demand for stand space has been overwhelming, with nearly 70 percent of Breakbulk Europe’s 2017 exhibitors rebooking their stand space already.

Following the usual 30-day renewal period, new exhibitors will be allocated positions via a waiting list, on a first-come, first-served basis, with the new 2018 plan due to be made public in late June.

For a detailed explanation of the booking/ rebooking process and timeline for Breakbulk Europe 2018, please go to www.breakbulk.com When the city of Bremen opens its doors to Breakbulk Europe in 2018, attendees will have some 100 hotels to choose from, with 10,000 beds at their disposal, 60 percent of which are within walking distance of the conference center. Breakbulk has secured large blocks of rooms in Bremen in order to provide exhibitors and attendees with the best rates available.

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Like with the exhibitor booking process, reservations have been offered first to 2018 exhibitors and hotel organizer, BTZ Bremer Touristik-Zentrale (Bremen Convention Bureau), is accepting hotel booking forms from all participants. Requests are processed as they are received, so exhibitors and delegates are encouraged to submit forms as soon as possible.

For day visitors to Messe Bremen, there are 2,500 parking spaces at the exhibition grounds and the central train station is a three-minute walk from the venue. The airport is 6 kilometers from the city center and Hamburg airport is also accessible by train.

Breakbulk Europe 2018’s host city is home to the twin ports of Bremen and Bremerhaven, which are managed by bremenports. Together they are important logistics hubs for the automotive industry and the offshore wind sector. Project cargo and breakbulk cargoes – large machinery, industrial plant components, steel and more – are primarily handled through the Port of Bremen.

Sven Riekers, head of breakbulk sales at the BLG Logistics Group in Bremen and Bremerhaven, noted: “The ports of Bremen naturally also benefit from their role as two of the leading breakbulk ports in Europe. The decision to hold the fair here is a logical consequence of our activities.”

All indicators are suggesting that Breakbulk Europe will continue its success at its new locale. Breakbulk Europe was launched following the many successes of Breakbulk Americas, the longest standing Breakbulk event, which was created more than 25 years ago. The Europe edition was an immediate hit when it debuted in 2006, filling Antwerp’s Old Town Hilton to capacity. The event then moved to Antwerp Expo, each year increasing in both scale and attendance. The 2017 event continued that success, attracting more than 1,000 new attendees. Total attendance also increased with 8,210 industry professionals participating at Antwerp Expo.

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BREMEN IS ‘BUZZING’

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When Breakbulk Europe 2018 exhibitors and delegates arrive in Bremen, the city will offer plenty of opportunities to mix pleasure with business.

“However you arrive in Bremen, once you are here you don’t need any transport,” said Maike Lucas at Bremen Tourism. “You can walk out of the exhibition and straight into the old historic city. There are 10,000 hotel beds in Bremen, and 5,000 of them are within walking distance of Messe Bremen.”

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Where to go? Let’s start with some landmark attractions: a visit to Bremen would likely take in the city’s UNESCO World Heritage listed town hall; Gerhard Marcks’ bronze statue of the Bremen Town Musicians from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale; the Ratskeller, which is Germany’s oldest wine cellar; Bremen’s beautiful cathedral; and the Schnoor, the city’s oldest quarter, packed with historical charm.

The Hanseatic city of Bremen on the River Weser has clearly been shaped by 1,200 years of history, and the grand old buildings around the market square reflect its roots as an ancient trading center.

But without wishing to consign history to – well – the history book, the city’s amazing heritage is just one aspect of Bremen’s undoubted attractions. As the people at Bremen Tourism emphasise, Bremen today is “buzzing,” a cosmopolitan city with a packed calendar of events including art, music, dance, opera and theater, as well as Europe’s biggest six-day cycle race, sports events and other summer activities such the Maritime Festival and the Freimarkt, the oldest funfair in Germany. All this is matched by a vast choice of shopping, eating and drinking.

“We work with four theme clusters – historical, surprising, natural and vibrant,” said Lucas at

VISITOR HOTSPOTS Visitors taking a tour of the most notable sights in Bremen do not even need a map; 2,000 brass and steel studs guide them from Liebfrauenkirchhof to Böttcherstrasse via the market square and the Schnoor quarter.

Bremen’s 600-year-old town hall became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2004. The UNESCO report described it as an “outstanding example of the Weser Renaissance architectural style in northern Germany.” In the Upper Hall, the most magnificent ceremonial venue in Bremen, model ships hanging from the ceiling bear witness to the importance of commerce and maritime trade.

St. Peter’s Cathedral (pictured below, at right) reaches a height of 99 meters.

It is an unwritten rule that no structure in Bremen can be taller than the cathedral.

Pretty half-timbered houses dating back more than 500 years line the narrow lanes of the Schnoor Quarter – visitors can browse for handicrafts and handmade gold, or call in at the House of History.

The Ratskeller, where people have enjoyed fine wine and good food since 1409, has the world’s largest selection of German wines.

‘CELEBRATIONS GO ON ALL YEAR ROUND’ Bremen Tourism. “In Bremen, the celebrations go on all year round. There’s something for everyone, from gravity-defying acrobats and graceful dancers to chart-breaking pop acts.

Not a month goes by without some exciting event taking place in the city.”

Besides serving as the location for Breakbulk Europe 2018, Messe Bremen – Bremen Exhibition Center – houses a wide range of events every year.

Highlights on the calendar include the international Space Tech Expo, which is booked at Messe Bremen every year to 2022, fish international and jazzahead, the exhibition and meet-

ing point for international jazz, which has expanded constantly over the past 10 years.

Bremerhaven welcomes visiting cruise ships at the Columbus Cruise Center, the very spot from which more than 8 million emigrants left Europe for the New World, from the early 19th century onwards. Visitors can learn their story at the German Emigration Center or explore Bremen’s wider seafaring tradition on the Maritime Mile, where Germany’s first man-made harbor was built 400 years ago and the country’s last fully rigged ship afloat is anchored.

A notable addition to the calendar next year will be the International Astronautical Congress (IAC), the annual scientific conference and space exhibition which attracts about 4,000 astronauts and others from the space industry.

IAC was held in Bremen in 2003; as Germany’s main space city and one of Europe’s major space centers, Bremen is delighted to be welcoming it back in October 2018, says Andreas Marquardt, director of guest events at Messe Bremen.

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MESSE BREMEN: BREAKBULK EUROPE’S 2018 HOME “Being right in the middle of the city is a big advantage and very important for us.”

– Andreas Marquardt director of guest events, Messe Bremen

Located in the heart of the vibrant city of Bremen is Messe Bremen – Bremen Exhibition Center, where Breakbulk Europe 2018 will be held.

“Being right in the middle of the city is a big advantage and very important for us,” said Andreas Marquardt, director of guest events at Messe Bremen. “We are directly next to the main railway station and only 15 minutes from the international airport, which is linked to Messe Bremen by tram. Sixty percent of our visitors arrive by public transport. We are also close to the motorways and have parking for 2,500 cars.”

Messe Bremen’s eight exhibition halls provide a total of 40,000 square meters of exhibition area. It is directly linked to the OVB-Arena and Bremen Congress Center, providing 21 conference rooms with individual capacities of between 70 and 1,600.

Operated as a department of the state-owned Bremen Economic Development Corp., Messe

Bremen has helped put Bremen on the map as a modern exhibition city with world-class standards. This has particularly been the case over the past two decades – since Halls 4 to 6 were opened in 1997, followed by Hall 7 in 2002.

“Our job is to satisfy customers and bring people to Bremen,” Marquardt said. “Twenty years ago we started out with empty halls – now we are fully booked and have about 80 in the Messe team. As well as hosting shows, we started to build our own events, and we now have more than 20 of our own shows.”

“As for Breakbulk, it means a lot to bring the show to Bremen. Of course, Bremen is Germany’s biggest port for breakbulk and the No. 2 port overall in Germany. Bremenport’s operations are a big reason why Breakbulk is coming here.

“Messe Bremen is a very functional center, with a lot of glass and light. And, of course, we are also very friendly!” Marquardt said.

MESSE BREMEN is delighted being the host of Breakbulk Europe 2018 for the first time.

We are looking forward to a successful event and wish everyone involved an enjoyable stay in Bremen.

MESSE BREMEN c/o WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen GmbH Findorffstraße 101 /28215 Bremen, Germany P +49 (0) 421 35 05 - 0 info@messe-bremen.de www.messe-bremen.de

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MESSE BREMEN: FACTS AND FIGURES T otal of 40,000 square meters of exhibition area E ight flexible, interconnecting exhibition halls I n the heart of Bremen, next to the main train station 1 5 minutes from the international airport by tram 5 ,000 hotel beds within walking distance, 10,000 total in the city C lose to the motorways and parking for 2,500 cars.

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where project cargo professionals from around the world meet for new business.

JOIN US. It’s an important opportunity to meet our customers, show our commitment to the region and use it as a building platform for our presence in India, the Red Sea and beyond.”

– Matthew Luckhurst, Liner Director, Bahri Breakbulk Middle East 2015, 2016, 2018

Visit www.breakbulk.com/bbme2018 for details.

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BREAKBULK EUROPE 2018 EXHIBITORS Go to www.breakbulk.com to see updated exhibitor lists and floor plans in the months leading up to the event.

Beluga Projects Logistic, JSC

Damen Shipyards

Goldhofer Aktiengesellschaft

Benchmark-Oversize

Danir 19

GP Shipping

Bertling Logistics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.

DAS GLOBAL LOGISTIK

Grimaldi

BigMove

DB Schenker

GRS MARINE

Blue Water Shipping

Dealex APS

BNSF Logistics, LLC

Denholm Project Forwarding

Gurkan Nakliyat International Heavy Transport

BOCS GmbH

Denholm Wilhelmsen

GWC Logistics

Bok Seng Logistics Pte Ltd

deugro

Hacklin Oy Ltd.

Bolloré Logistics

DHL Global Forwarding (UK) Limited

Halifax Port Authority

BORUSAN LOJISTIK

Dr. Shrink

HANSA HEAVY LIFT

Breadbox Shipping Lines

DSV

Hanssy

Bremenports

Dunkerque Port

Hapag-Lloyd AG

Bremer Lloyd Logistics GmbH

E. Log World

Briese Group

Eastern Shipping

Hareket Heavy Lifting & Project Transportation Hartel Shipping

Broekman Logistics

Edwards Moving & Rigging

A. Henriksen Shipping AS

Burger Liner Group

AAL

BVT

Egyptian International Shipping Agencies

Access World

BVT Chartering and Logistic

EGYTRANS

Herfurth Group

Africa Cargo Central Sarl

C-Shipping

Ekin Heavy & Project Cargo

HI TECH INTERNATIONAL

C. Steinweg

Elebia Autohooks S.L.U

HLI Höegh Autoliners Holleman Special Transport & Project Cargo S.R.L.

Agility AIR CHARTER SERVICE

CABA MISNAK PROJECT LOG.

EMS Chartering

ALE

Cargo-Levant Schiffahrts-gesellschaft

Enerpac Heavy Lifting Technology B.V.

ALL SEAS Tunisia

Cargow BV

Allelys Group

Caribbean Line

Erdoganlar International “Heavy” Transport

Almajdouie

Carl Polzin

AMA Laser BV

CAS - Group

Amasus Shipping B.V.

Ceekay Shipping Services

Heavy World Ltd. HECKSHER GROUP

Holmatro

Euroafrica Shipping Lines

HongFa Shipping Co. Ltd

Euroports

Houcon

Expeditors International GMBH

Hugo Stinnes SchiffahrHugo Stinnes Scht

Express Global Logistics

American Roll-on Roll-Off Carrier

CERTEX Peter Harbo

Aneka

CES Group

Anipsotiki

CF&S Estonia

Antonov Airlines

Chandler GmbH

APM

Felbermayr Transport-und Hebetechnik GmbH & Co KG

Chapman Freeborn Airchartering

Aqua-Dragon International Logistics Limited

FERJOVI

INSTAR Project Logistics BVBA

Checkmate Group

FESCO

International Lashing Systems NV (ILS)

Chinaland Shipping

FLOGIS International Corp

International Shipping Agencies CNAN

Chipolbrok

Forth Ports Ltd.

J M Baxi Group

Clarksons Port Services

Fracht GROUP

J. Müller Agri

CMA CGM

France Cargo International

JAS Projects – Oil & Gas

Collett

FREJA

JENKINS

Comark

Friderici Special

KAHL Unternehmensgruppe GmbH

Combined Logistics Networks (CLN)

FTE - Logistics

Container Technics NV

FTMH Srl

Karl Gross Internationale Spedition GmbH

COORDINADORA

FULMENN UAB

Core ILS

G2 OCEAN

Corinth Canal SA- AEDIK

G&H GmbH Rothschenk

COSCO Shipping Co., Ltd.

GAC

CTS ITALY - Heavy Transport & Lifting

Geodis

DAHER PROJECTS GmbH

Global Project Logistics Network (GPLN)

Dako Worldwide Transport GmbH

Globalink Logistics Group

Asia Breakbulk Singapore Pte Ltd. Associated British Ports AsstrA Associated Traffic Atlantic RoRo Carriers, Inc. Atlas Breakbulk Alliance Baggio Shipping and Chartering Bahri Logistics BALTKONTA Barnhart Crane & Rigging Basque Country Logistics Bati Group of Shipping Company BBC Chartering BDP International Bedmet

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Fagioli Faymonville

Hwy H2O Hydra-Slide Ltd. Hyundai Construction Equipment Ilya Shipping Ltd

Keen-Mark Gruppe Kestrel Group Keystone Logistics KML Logistics Konecranes Kuebler Spedition Kuehne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG

Lasarte

NovaAlgoma Shortsea Carriers SA

Project Logistics- Gold Star Consulting

Tallship

LASO Transportes

Novaedes International NV DEUFOL

Project Partners

TBA Ltd

LC Volgo-Baltic Logistic

NS Trans

Tehran Rahvar Int’l Freight Forwarders

Lehmann – Lübeck

NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers Ltd

Protranser International Logistics Co.,Ltd.

LHMV Landesverband Hafenwirthschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V.

OCEAN7 Projects

PWL

OceanTeam Solutions

Qingdao City Yuedasite Rigging Co. Ltd.

The Bristol Port Company [or] Bristol Port Co.

Liburnia Maritime

Onego Shipping & Chartering BV

Quality Cargo Networks Ltd

The Heavy Lift Group (THLG)

Licvem Shipping

Ravestein B.V.

The Port of Virginia

LIEBHERR

OVERSEAS PROJECT CARGO ASSOCIATION

Red Hook Terminals

TITAN Containers AS

Lift and Shift

Panalpina

Rezayat Group Company

Topsheen Shipping Group

Lighthouse Navigation

PD Ports

Rhenus SE & Co. KG

Tork Industrial Logistics Solutions

LPL Projects & Logisitics

Perez Torres Group

Rickmers-Line

Trans American

LS International Cargo GmbH

Pewag

River Sea Management Co. Ltd

Trans-China Transportation Service

Maersk Line

Phoenix Hallensysteme

RMS Group

MAG

Plant Speed Limited

Royal Wagenborg Group

TRANSANNABERG Wiesiollek J.M. Sp. Jawna

Magdenli Transport

PNFXELLZ

RTL Ltd

TransInterService Frankfurt GmbH

Malin Group

Pola Management

Rubb Buildings Ltd

Tschudi Logistics AS

Mann Lines Limited

Polytra NV

Safe-Trans China

Tuscor Lloyds

Mantsinen Group Ltd Oy

Port Atlantique La Rochelle

Safi Port Derince

UAB Arijus

Martin Bencher

Port of Amsterdam

Saga Welco AS

UECC

Maysun Supply Chain Management Group

Port of Antwerp

SAL Heavy Lift

Port of Arkhangelsk

Santini Export Packing Corporation

ULTRABULK STEEL ULTRABULK MPP SERVICES

MBM Consultancy

Port of Bilbao

Sarjak Container Lines

Medlink Ports

Port of Duqm

Schmidbauer GmbH & Co. KG

Merford Cabins

Port of Ghent

Schulte & Bruns

Meriaura Ltd

Port of Gothenburg

Seacom

Mersin International Port

Port of Hamburg

Seaports of Niedersachsen GmbH

Misje Rederi Ltd

Port of Koper

Seatrade

MLB Manfred Lauter Jung Befrachtung GmbH

Universal Transport Michels GmbH & Co. KG

Port of Leixôes - Port of Viana do Castelo

Shanghai PortStar Rigging

UTC Overseas, Inc.

Port of Marseille

Van Ameyde Marine

Port of Monfalcone

Shanghai Shineway Int’l Forwarder Co., Ltd.

Port of Oulu

Shanghai Victory Shipping

Montrose Port Authority

Port of Port-La-Nouvelle

Shinning Line

MSC

Port of Rauma Ltd

Shipping-dk

Multilift Transportsysteme Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG

Port of Rotterdam

Silvasti Oy

Port of Sunderland

Silverburn Shipping

Multiport Ship Agencies Network

Port of Tallinn

Silverknot Management

Mund + Bruns GmbH

Port of Tyne

Sloman Neptun

Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port

Port of Venice-Venice Port Authority

Solar Shipping

Neal Brothers

Port of Zeebrugge

SOLVO EUROPE B.V.

NEK Group

Port of Zwolle

Spliethoff Group (Spliethoff & BigLift)

Neptune Lines

Port Paldiski

Steder Group b.v.

NileDutch

Ports Haropa

STENA LINE

World Wide Shipagencies Association (WWSA)

NMT SHIPPING

Ports of Genoa

Strang Systems

WWL ALS

NORDFROST GmbH & Co. KG

Ports of Normandy Authority

Suvari Shipping & Trading Co. Ltd.

XLPROJECTS

Nordic IT

Ports of Spain

Swire Shipping

Zeeland Seaports

Normed

Project Experts Network (PEN) Worldwide

TAG -SPEZIALTRANSPORTE & PROJEKTLOGISTIK

ZTE.PL

Modul Co Ltd MOL Project & Heavy Cargo (Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Group)

Nortrop Ltd.

TGS

Uni-Forwarding International UNIATLANTICO UniportBilbao United Heavy Lift Universal Africa Lines HMT

Van der Vlist Transportgroup Varamar Verbrugge Terneuzen Terminals Vertom Shipping & Trading BV Vertraco Shipping B.V. Viktor Baumann GmbH & Co.KG Volans Logistics Volga-Dnepr Group Wallenius Wilhelmsen WCA Projects Wilson Eurocarriers (Wilson Agency BV)

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