Shaped by the coast - maritime logistics

Niedersachsen's maritime logistics

Niedersachsen is Germany's leading logistics location and uses its advantages to the full, especially along the North Sea coast. With nine seaports at the heads of high-capacity road, rail, air and inland waterway networks, Niedersachsen can offer ideal connections to the international goods flow. Since 2012 JadeWeserPort at Wilhelmshaven has been operating as Germany's only deepwater harbour, handling the latest generation of container ships whatever the tide and with a short approach channel.

Whether you're a logistics company or components supplier looking to use the potential of our locations, or a company relying on distribution services and needing a convenient site - you'll find a warm welcome from Niedersachsen's maritime logistics industry.

Large fleet

A merchant fleet of around 1,100 makes Niedersachsen the second-largest shipping location in Germany after Hamburg. And the vocational schools and universities of our state offer a wide spectrum of excellent initial and in-service training, from navigation to ship technologies, including for example the ship piloting simulator with 270° vision at Leer.

Niedersachsen is currently home to 120 shipping companies, mostly SMEs, active in very diverse areas of business.

Offshore Megawatts

Electricity generation from offshore wind farms in the German Bight has now risen to over 3,000 Megawatts - that's enough power for more than 3 million households. 1,500 MW of this come ashore in Niedersachsen. Along our North Sea coast, over the last few years a very diversified offshore power industry has evolved, covering the sector's entire value chain. The latest addition is the Siemens offshore wind turbine factory at the German Offshore Industry Centre in Cuxhaven.