On Wednesday, January 16th, the mayor of Bremen Dr.Henning Scherf visited the Container Terminal Bremerhaven to get an insight into the job and the development of NORTH SEA TERMINAL BERMERHAVEN (NTB).

Since April 1999 NTB is managing the CT 3 in the sea town, with growing success. Partners of NTB are the shipping company MAERSK SEALAND and the terminal operator EUROGATE. Gerhard Wahlers (Managing Director NTB), Emanuel Schiffer (CEO EUROGATE Group) and Hans Georg Andersen (Managing Director MAERSK Deutschland GmbH) personally informed the Bremen major Dr. Henning Scherf on the bridge of the �Susan Maersk� about the development of the terminal during the last three years.

Normally from the bridge (approx. 164 ft. above the sea level) you will have avel) you will have a breathtaking view of the whole terminal and the outer river Weser. But on January 16th there was nothing to see than fog. So the explanations by the terminal operators, completed with a computer presentation gave the virtual view and looking through.

Target of this presentation was, to explain to Dr. Henning Scherf the urgency of the planned and needed extension of the terminal (CT 3A and CT 4), of a further deepening of the outer river Weser as well as of an expansion of the turning cycle. NTB Managing Director Gerhard Wahlers emphasized, that this all would be needed to serve the coming container ships of the new generations and with this also the main customer MAERSK SEALAND in the future. Only like this way Bremerhaven can hold it�s own against the European competitors, especially Rotterdam and Antwerp.

The NTB turnover, in 2001 more than 80 % higher as expected (678.090 TEU), will increase sharply till 2004 (expected today: 1.880.000 TEU). This also will mean, that more employees would be needed on the terminal, an important argument in Bremerhaven. Today the number of staff on the NORTH SEA TERMINAL isTH SEA TERMINAL is 321, plus approx. 200 external manpower (techniques and service).

A blockade of the terminal extension could mean a new orientation of important customers to efficient terminals just as Rotterdam and Antwerp. So the extensions are important for job creation and job guarantee.

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"Van Carrier will become more safer"

..."We shift the cabin to the front of the vehicle, explained NTB-Chef Gerhard Wahlers. The driver shall be more protected in case of an accident. Because the driver cannot be hit by the vehicle. The new van carrier are even higher than the previous. Adopt so far three, they can stack four container."..." Their delivery is delayed about ten weeks, because of the reconstruction.
..."Besides the experts shall examine if one could retrofit the older vehicles with the "anti-tip over-automatic", which is standard about three years in seriesproductions"...

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May 11^th, 2001
First new Van Carrier (4 high) are taking up their duty at NTB!

The first new Van Carrier have taken up their duty at NTB.
In July 2001 NTB will have 14 Van Carrier of this type in all .
Additional they are build under newest security standards.

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May 26^st, 2001 - 4:00 p.m.

May 26^st, 2001
The next NTB-Gantries have arrived in Bremerhaven

The special carrier "Zhen Hua 1", which also has delivered the first four STS Gantry Cranes for NTB from China, has arrived in Bremerhaven with another delivery of cranes on Saturday, May 26^st at 4:30 p.m.. The STS cranes are identical with the four which had been delivered in December 2000. They are created to work optimal with the container ships of the next generation (22 container on deck, side-to-side).

On Wednesday, May 30^th (8:00 a.m.), and Sunday, June 03^rd (12:30 p.m.), these steel giants will be unloaded.

The cranes will start with real operation in July.

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First Gigantic-Gantries from China are taking up their duty

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