A brief history of the Container-Terminalback to History
February 1968
Construction work begins on Stromkaje, the 700-metre long riverside quay for the Container-Terminal in Bremerhaven.
June 1968
Container operations start at Bremerhaven`s Nordhafen.
April 1971
Inauguration of the first berth at Stromkaje in Bremerhaven`s Container-Terminal.
September 1971
Official opening of the new terminal on the mouth of the Weser.
February 1978
Construction work begins to expand the terminal to the south.
August 1980
Construction work begins on expansion to the north.
August 1983
Inauguration of the terminal expansion in the north. Bremerhaven now has the largest container handling facility on the Continent.
October 1994
Construction work begins on Container-Terminal (CT) III.
December 1994
This year, for the first time, the ports in Bremen / Bremerhaven surpass the annual cargo figure of 1.5 million TEU.
1995
An application is submitted for planning permission (design and location approval) for deepening the Outer Weser navigation channel to 14 metres.
1996
The first areas of the CT III site are surfaced and put into use.
March 1997
Three new Super Post Panmax gantry cranes are installed.
December 1997
CT III is operational along the entire length.
January 1999
The navigation channel of the Outer Weser is deepened, with Federal Government funding. Huge container vessels can now reach Wilhelm Kaisen Terminal largely irrespective of the tides.
December 1999
Bremerhaven Container-Terminal boasts an exceptionally high growth rate of more than 20 per cent.
December 2000
The first four of eight Super Post Panmax gantry cranes ordered from China (manufacturer: ZPMC) arrive at the terminal in Bremerhaven. Their jibs span 23 rows of containers. With these new cranes, the terminal is now able to handle mega-carriers with capacities of 10,000 TEU and more.
May 2001
For more Super Post Panmax gantry cranes arrive in Bremerhaven after travelling from China on a specially designed vessel.
October 2001
Container-Terminal IIIa: Senator Josef Hattig drives in the first pile. A further 340 metres are to be added to the quay by autumn 2003.
December 2002
The documents required to initiate design and location approval proceedings for the CT 4 are submitted to the approving authority, Wasser- und Schiffahrtsdirektion Nordwest, in Aurich.
November 2003
Container-Terminal CT IIIa expansion is officially inaugurated.
June 2004
bremenports receives official design and location approval for the project, including the ecological compensation measures on Luneplate and dyke foreland along the Wursten coastline.
November 2004
Container-Terminal 4: Senator Dr. Gloystein drives in the first pile. The riverside quay is to be extended by a further four berths by the year 2007 / 2008.
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