3. Today's challenges
•global climate change/ greenhouse gases
•rising sea levels
•species becoming extinct at an alarming rate
•Noise/air pollution
•increasing land use
•Globalization
•Extinction of species ( loss of biodiversity)
4. People from all over the world are responsible for
.. our planet.
And the ports in Bremen have taken appropriate
..action – at regional, national and international levels.
« Small steps take us forward. And each step helps to
improve the carbon footprint of our port operations. »
5. Green issues:
• the protection of nature and the countryside
• the regular review of high ecological standards
• the avoidance of pollution
• promotion of innovative environmental technologies
• improving energy efficiency at the ports
• publication of an up-to-date environmental report at two-
yearly intervals
6. Target:
•safeguard the future viability of the ports of
Bremen by a suitable development strategy
•CO2 reduction in
-Maritime shipping
-Ports
•Reduction of climate-damaging emissions
•Reduction of energy-consumption
•The use of eco-efficient practices and
technologies
•The use of renewable energies
7. economy and ecology need not to be a contradiction in terms
Approach:
• Modern technology is used to keep the noise level at container-…
terminals to a minimum
• The shipyards collect the washing water (used in dock operations)
….and reuse it
environment management system
• Help to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
• In consultation with the North range ports of :
• Le Havre, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Hamburg
8. •Compensatory measures
(e.g. Luneplate as a 1.000 ha
central compensation area)
•Active and passive
territorial protection
measures
•Agreements with
environmental
organizations
9. •ecological fleet management: fuel-efficient and
climate-friendly official cars and bikes
•Photovoltaic systems: it generates 60.000
kilowatt electricity since 2009 on the roof of the
bremenports workshop
•Cycling to work: the port company has a number
of company bikes so that employees visiting nearby
customers buildings sites no longer have to take the
car
10. •international standards for the disposal of
shipboard waste
•switch to renewable energies
•Expansion of more energy-efficient lightning-
systems
•Analysis of the CO2-Footprint
•intensified work in public relations/ more public
information work
11. •Bremen and its ports are surrounded by valuable
ecological areas
•the landscape is dominated by the important brackish
water habitats and sensitive salt marshes, mudflats and
sandbanks that make up the Wadden Sea National Park
solution: effective compensation
•Wherever port construction projects destroy protected
habitats, equivalent natural areas have to be created
•The compensation measures planned and monitored by
bremenports – for instance on Luneplate in the south of
Bremerhaven – satisfy the expectations of the ecologists
and are also appreciated by nature conservation
associations
Nature reserves and rare species - the sensitive port environment
12. Grosse Luneplate on the right bank of the Weser
http://www.greenport.com/features101/marine-and-port-
operations/environmental-protection-at-bremen-ports
•what used to be intensively farmed land is
now being converted into a 290-hectare wet
grassland zone
•attractive habitat and refuge for many – in
some cases endangered – species of breeding
and resting birds
On the banks
