The Senator for Economic Affairs and Ports Jörg Lattner Seaports management models in Poland and Europe Gdansk 13.09.2010

Bremerhaven – Overseas port Bremen – Industrial port Bremen – Neustädter port

Development of cargo throughput in million tons - 15 % 3

Offshore wind industry Growth sectors – Bremerhaven Container Automobile Offshore wind industry 4

One relates to 1 million TEU Iven Krämer Development Northrange-Containerhandling 2009 2003 2008 1998 Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerpen Bremerhaven Le Havre 2.2 mio. 7 mio. 4.6 mio. 9.8 mio. 7.3 mio. over 15 years of continuous growth until 2008 all Northrange-ports increased enormous until 2008 Bremerhaven and Hamburg increased their market share until 2008 One relates to 1 million TEU Zeebrugge 2.3 mio. 2009 Guten Tag! 5

One relates to 1 Million TEU Iven Krämer Comparison of Container Handling 2008/2009 explicit downturn in (almost) all ports Hamburg experiences the biggest loss effect: rearrangement of market shares - 28% 17% 10% 15% Hamburg Bremerhaven + 5% Rotterdam Guten Tag! 10% 2008 Antwerpen 2009 Zeebrugge Downturn in % Le Havre One relates to 1 Million TEU 6

Car handling in Bremen/Bremerhaven in Million - 41 % 7

Growth sectors – Bremen Birthplace of cargo villages German main port for conventional general cargo

Port management by a private-law company Senator for Economic Affairs and Ports Ministerial tasks (since 2002) Harbour Master Office (HBH) Tasks of the harbour master and seamens`s registration office, official tasks bremenports GmbH & Co. KG Development, planning, expansion, maintenance and marketing of Bremen`s ports by the private-law company (wholly owned subsidiary by the City of Bremen)

water area inside the port Bremen/Bremerhaven as Landlord port Infrastructure = City of Bremen water area inside the port quays cranes vehicles hauling gear Suprastructure = handling operations land areas rail / road

The tasks of bremenports Port planning Design engineering Project supervision Reconstruction Surveillance and inspection of port facilities + equipment 11

The tasks of bremenports Building inspection Management & maintenance of port railway Operation & maintenance of equipment Port webpage Brochures, Publications, Adverts Events & Exhibitions 12

bremenports competences – international and national projects Planning approval – Regioport Minden Ecological sustainable water way – Shanghai, China Project control – water injection vessel – Cuxhaven straightening of nautical bottlenecks – river Weser Passenger transport – Klaipeda, Lithuania New construction of locks 13

Seaward access and hinterland connections Current projects of Bremen JadeWeserPort Seaward access and hinterland connections Kaiserlock

For the Future: OFFSHORE The Senate of Bremen has taken the decision for the construction of an offshore lading port at the end of September 2009

Total Cargo Throughput with Poland 2002 to 2009 in 1,000 tons

Thank you for your attention Jörg Lattner Tel.:0049 421 361 22 08 Fax:0049 421 496 22 08 Joerg.lattner@wuh.bremen.de