The Port Information Guide for Bremerhaven and Bremen enables you and your crew to prepare for going on shore before you even reach the port. The guides for Bremen and Bremerhaven can be downloaded here.
Port authority “Hansestadt Bremisches Hafenamt”
Port safety and security on water and land is one of the sovereign tasks of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in the port areas in Bremen and Bremerhaven and is the responsibility of Bremen’s port authority, HBH. Its remit includes:
Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH)
General shipping tasks, ship safety and security, ship surveying, nautical and hydrographical services, marine environmental protection and oceanographic tasks are the responsibility of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH), a higher federal authority within the portfolio of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Housing).