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European Green Deal, retaining expertise and maritime sovereignty

The maritime sector is an important mainstay of the German economy. It is one of Germany’s most important economic sectors, employing some 400,000 people and generating a turnover of around 50 billion euros. For Germany as an export nation, maritime transport is an...

Guidance for bunkering operations

Worldwide, it is necessary to reduce emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases in order to be able to implement the emission standards for decarbonisation. In shipping, plans are underway to replace fossil liquid or gaseous fuels with alternative fuels (including...

Study on Offshore Test Centre for Marine Technology completed

In March 2020, the German Maritime Centre commissioned Prognos AG to conduct a market and potential analysis for a test centre that would test innovative marine technologies under offshore conditions. The study provides an overview of the international market...

The best lecturers and professors in maritime teaching

Claus Brandt, Managing Director of the German Maritime Centre, today awarded the prizes in the “Outstanding Academic Maritime Teaching” competition at the opening of the renowned Bremen Shipping Congress. “With the competition, we want to promote academic maritime...

Competition: Outstanding Academic Maritime Teaching

The winners of the “Outstanding Academic Maritime Teaching” competition will be honoured on 1 December 2020 at the opening of the renowned Bremen Shipping Congress (Bremer Schifffahrtskongress). The German Maritime Centre will award the prize for the first time....

Expert event on LNG bunkering regulations

On September 24th the online event “Guidelines for the uniform regulation of LNG bunkering in German seaports” organized by the German Maritime Centre took place. Representatives of authorities, port operators, shipping companies and bunker suppliers spoke about...