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{{Short description|Multinational freight logistics company headquartered in Germany}}
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Die '''BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG''' ist ein [[Logistik]]unternehmen, das 1998 aus der Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft (BLG) –&nbsp;Aktiengesellschaft von 1877&nbsp;– entstanden ist. Der international tätige Betrieb ist das größte [[Automobil]]-Umschlagsunternehmen in Deutschland, gefolgt von dem ebenfalls in Bremen ansässigen Logistikdienstleister [[Lexzau, Scharbau]].<ref> Vgl. ''Lexzau Scharbau expandiert trotz Krise'', Artikel von ''Annemarie Struß-von-Poellnitz'' im Bremer [[Bremer Tageszeitungen AG|Weser-Kurier]], Wirtschaftsteil, vom 27.&nbsp;August 2009, S.&nbsp;20</ref>
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== Struktur ==
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[[Datei:BLG-Logistics-Gebäude 2008.jpg|mini|Hochregallager der BLG am Neustädter Hafen in Bremen]]
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[[Datei:2012-05-28 Fotoflug Cuxhaven Wilhelmshaven DSCF9300.jpg|mini|BLG Autoterminal in Cuxhaven (Luftbild&nbsp;2012)]]
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Die BLG Logistics Group mit Sitz in [[Bremen]] beschäftigt international 15.000 Mitarbeiter, davon 8500 in Deutschland, mit starkem Wachstum im Ausland.
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* Frank Dreeke ([[Chairman]] of the Management Board and [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])<ref name="Management">[https://www.blg-logistics.com/en/management Information on the Board of Management] on the company website, retrieved on January 26, 2023.</ref>
* Klaus Meier (Chairman of the [[Supervisory Board]])<ref name="Management" />
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'''BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG''' is a seaport and [[logistics]] company with [[headquarters]] in [[Bremen]]. The operative divisions offer services for automobile, industry and trading customers. The company has nearly 100 locations in [[Europe]], [[Americas|America]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]].
Persönlich haftende Gesellschafterin ist die börsennotierte ''Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft'' (BLG), deren Anteile sich wie folgt verteilen:
* Freie Hansestadt [[Bremen]] (Stadtgemeinde) (50,4 %),
* [[Bremer Landesbank Kreditanstalt Oldenburg – Girozentrale]] (12,6 %),
* Finanzholding der [[Sparkasse Bremen|Sparkasse in Bremen]] (12,6 %),
* [[Streubesitz]] (24,4 %).<ref>{{Internetquelle | url=http://www.blg.de/de/blg-logistics/investor-relations/aktienkurse/ | titel=Aktienkurs der Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft - Aktiengesellschaft von 1877 | hrsg=BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG | zugriff=2010-05-05}}</ref>


==History==
Die BLG Logistics Group betreibt u.a. das [[Autoterminal Bremerhaven]] mit dem Umschlag auf [[Autotransporter (Schiffstyp)|Autotransporter]] am Osthafen, Nordhafen und an den Kaiserhäfen im [[Freihafen]] Bremerhaven. Für den umfangreichen Vor- und Nachtransport aus dem bzw. in das Landesinnere wurde das [[Tochterunternehmen]] ''BLG AutoRail GmbH'' gegründet, das über rund 1300 [[Autotransportwagen|Spezialwaggons für den Autotransport]] verfügt.<ref>Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: ''Autodrehscheibe Bremerhaven boomt''. In: ''[[Täglicher Hafenbericht]]'' vom 24.&nbsp;Juli 2013, S.&nbsp;1&nbsp;u.&nbsp;13</ref>
===1877 to 1933===


65 merchants founded Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- (BLG) in February 1877. A key factor in the company's creation was the desire of Bremen [[cotton]] traders to obtain an improved warehousing and trading infrastructure, including the option of issuing [[warehouse receipt]]s and [[Dock warrant|warrants]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The BLG story |website=www.blg-logistics.com|publisher=|url=https://www.blg-logistics.com/en/the-blg-story |url-status=|format=|accessdate=2021-09-21}}</ref><ref>List of merchants in Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 287 f. Explanation of the preliminary steps for incorporation in Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen,'' p. 41–51. [[Articles of association|Company statutes]] in Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 297–302.</ref> The business was restricted to handling and [[Warehouse|storage]]; it did not include the [[transport]] of goods. The company's own initial five warehouses went into operation in 1878 on the left bank of the [[Weser]] in the Sicherheitshafen<ref>Brief reference to the Sicherheitshafen Heinrich Flügel: ''Die Häfen von Hamburg und Bremen im frühen 20. Jahrhundert.'' 1st edition. (Reprint of the edition) Jena 1914. Europäischer Hochschulverlag, Bremen 2010. P. [https://books.google.com/books?id=IAW1kwMsX2kC&dq=Bremer+Sicherheitshafen&pg=PA166 166], {{ISBN|978-3-86195-473-6}}</ref> – referred to since approx. 1900 by locals as Hohentorshafen.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 137.</ref><ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen,'' p. 57.</ref> BLG itself provided for the early connection to the [[Rail transport|railway line]].<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 60.</ref> In the first decade of operation, the company stored mainly [[grain]] and [[legume]]s, [[lard]], [[bacon]] and [[pork]], [[tobacco]], cotton, sheep's [[wool]] and [[Coffee bean|coffee]].<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 67.</ref>
== Vorstand ==
=== Aktuell ===
* Vorstandsvorsitzender ist Frank Dreeke (seit Mai 2013).
* Finanzvorstand ist Jens Bieniek.
* Vorstand für die Autologistik ist Michael Blach.
* Vorstand für Kontraktlogistik Andreas Wellbrock.
* Vorstand für Eurogate ist Emanuel Schiffer.
* Arbeitsdirektor ist Hartmut Mekelburg.<ref>[http://www.blg.de/blg-logistics/unternehmen/vorstand ''BLG Logistics Group'']. Online auf www.blg.de vom 25. Juni 2013.</ref>


In 1888, BLG expanded its operations to the [[Ports of Bremen#Weser Correction and modern basins|Europahafen]] (Free Port I) on the right bank of the Weser, which following Bremen's accession to the Customs Union (October 1888) was conceived as a [[Free economic zone|free port]];<ref>Hans Schackow: ''Brücken nach Übersee, Bridges to the world across the seas.'' In: ''Das Buch der bremischen Häfen. The Book of the Bremen Ports'', p. 48–151, here p. 100–102.</ref> the relevant operating agreement between Bremen and BLG dates back to May 1888.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 115. Reprint of the contract provisions, Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 116–118.</ref> BLG played a seminal role in the development of port facilities on the right bank of the Weser up until [[World War I]].<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 127. Details there on p. 127–137.</ref> With its completion in 1906, the company also became active in the Free Port II, the operating agreement was amended for this purpose.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 177–184 and p. 303–306.</ref> Moreover, from 1897, the company ran the Getreideverkehrsanlage (grain transport system)<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 158–162.</ref><ref>''Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft, Bremer.'' In: W. Kloos, R. Thiel: ''Bremer Lexikon. Ein Schlüssel zu Bremen.'' p. 205.</ref> and in 1929, it took over the Weser Railway Station.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 213.</ref> As a reaction to the ramifications of the [[Great Depression]], BLG introduced the so-called "Krümpersystem" in the beginning of April 1932, intended to prevent unemployment through staggered furloughing of workers. The system remained in force until the end of April 1935.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 217 and p. 225.</ref><ref>[[Herbert Schwarzwälder]]: ''Geschichte der Freien Hansestadt Bremen, Band 3. Bremen in der Weimarer Republik (1918–1933)''. Erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage. {{Ill|Edition Temmen|de}}, Bremen 1995, p. 543.</ref>
=== Früher ===
* Hugo Hoernecke (1852–1911), Direktor, ('' Hoerneckestraße'' in Bremen-[[Überseestadt]])
* [[Gerhard Beier (Manager)|Gerhard Beier]] (1920–2006), von 1962 bis 1985 Vorstandsvorsitzender
* Holger Wohlleben, von 1996 bis 2006 BLG-Vorstand als Arbeitsdirektor
* [[Detthold Aden]] (*1948), von Juli 1999 bis Mai 2013 Vorstandsvorsitzender


== Geschichte ==
===1933 to 1945===
During the course of the [[Adolf Hitler's rise to power#Seizure of control (1931–1933)|seizure of power]] by [[Nazi Party|National Socialists]] in Bremen, the long-standing Chairman of the management board Kurt Dronke, a member of the [[German State Party]] group in the [[Bürgerschaft of Bremen|State Parliament of Bremen]],<ref>Dieter Fricke: [https://www.bremische-buergerschaft.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Informationsmaterial/VerfolgteAbgeordnetederBuergerschaft.pdf ''„Freiheit und Leben kann man uns nehmen, die Ehre nicht “. Verfolgte Abgeordnete der Bremischen Bürgerschaft in biographischen Skizzen''], p. 40.</ref> was forced out of office in April 1933. His successor was an [[Nazi Party|NSDAP]] member.<ref>Fritz Peters: ''Bremen zwischen 1933 und 1945. Eine Chronik'' (Nachdruck). Dogma, Bremen 2013, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UtK6rmGXb6IC&dq=Kurt+dronke+nsdap&pg=PA21 21], {{ISBN|978-3-95507-860-7}}.</ref><ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 219 and p. 293.</ref> A similar fate befell Carl Krüger, who had been a member of the management board since 1931: Under political pressure, he requested a six-month leave of absence in September 1933, and on May 31, 1934, he retired.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen.'' p. 294.</ref> Based on National Socialist legislation, also in Bremen all temporary workers of the port were hired in an overall port operating company (in Bremen since June 25, 1934: Hafenbetriebsverein in Bremen e.V., a port operating association). This association assigned workers to the port operators, also to BLG.<ref>Löbe. ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 227 f.</ref><ref>Herbert Schwarzwälder: ''Geschichte der Freien Hansestadt Bremen, Vol. 4. Bremen in der NS-Zeit (1933–1945)''. Erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage. Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, p. 240.</ref> After the beginning of [[World War II]], these laborers also included foreign workers, [[prisoners of war]], [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|slave laborers]] from Central and Eastern Europe, and occasionally also prisoners and [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camp]] inmates.<ref>[http://www.chronik-horn-lehe.de/3_Reich/kriegsgefangene_und_zwangsarbeit.htm ''Kriegsgefangene und Zwangsarbeiter'']. Information in the digital history of Horn-Lehe. Retrieved on July 23, 2017.</ref><ref>Herbert Schwarzwälder: ''Geschichte der Freien Hansestadt Bremen, Vol 4. Bremen in der NS-Zeit (1933–1945)''. Erweiterte und verbesserte Auflage. Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, p. 475–479.</ref>
1877 von Bremer Kaufleuten gegründet, expandierte die BLG stetig. 1888 übernahm die BLG den neuen Freihafen&nbsp;I (Europahafen), damals das größte Hafenbecken der Welt. 1906&nbsp;wurde der Freihafen&nbsp;II (Überseehafen) an die BLG übertragen. 1919&nbsp;stieg die BLG mit der Übernahme der Getreideanlage in das Getreidegeschäft ein. 1953&nbsp;wurde ihr noch der Betrieb der [[Bremerhaven]]er Freihäfen übertragen.


In early January 1941, a fire set off by [[Incendiary device|incendiary bombs]] ravaged the administrative offices of BLG.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 230.</ref> Explosive and incendiary bombs destroyed a large part of the port and its facilities by the end of the war (warehouses, [[silo]]s, enclosures, cranes, [[Hydraulics|hydraulic]] equipment, rails, lines, grain facilities, Weser Railway Station etc.).<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 187 and p. 231–234.</ref><ref>For US aerial photos of the destroyed port complex see Arnold Agatz: ''Die Hafenanlagen im Spiegel der Zahlen. Facts and Figures about the Port Installations.'' In: ''Das Buch der bremischen Häfen. The Book of the Bremen Ports.'' P. 152–177, here from p. 176.</ref>
In den 1960er Jahren entstand der noch heute benutzte Neustädter Hafen, der ebenfalls an die BLG übertragen wurde. Der erste [[ISO-Container]], der in Deutschland angelandet wurde, wurde über die bremischen Häfen umgeschlagen; das Schiff ''[[Fairland (Schiff)|Fairland]]'' traf im Jahr 1966 in Bremen ein. 1967&nbsp;wurde die erste Containerbrücke im Neustädter Hafen in Betrieb genommen.


===1945 to 1998===
Die Containersparte der BLG fusionierte 1999 mit der Hamburger Firma [[Eurokai KGaA]] zu [[Eurogate GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG]].
The authorities in the [[Allied-occupied Germany#American zone|American Zone of Occupation]] dismissed ten executive employees of BLG on September 17, 1945.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 202.</ref> The company obtained a renewal of its operating permit on November 29, 1945.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 235.</ref> As repairs to the port progressed, the activities of BLG were revitalized. Initially, the business was focused mainly on the Überseehafen, then repairs began on the Europahafen. In 1951, the Weser Railway Station resumed operations. In the first half of the 1950s, operations also began in the cold storage warehouse at the Holz- und Fabrikenhafen.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 234–239, p. 242 and p. 245–247.</ref>


[[File:HafenhochhausBremen.JPG|thumb|Port high-rise structure (photo from 2010)]]
Die BLG Group steigerte 2013 ihren Umsatz um etwa 3,1 Prozent auf knapp 1,2 Mtrd. Euro. Das Ergebnis vor Streuern betrug 20,2 Mio Euro (58 % weniger als 2012). Hauptgrund für diesen Rückgang war das Abschreiben eines Engagements angesichts der [[Ukrainekrise]].<ref>[http://www.ir.blg.de/websites/blg/German/0/investor-relations.html Download-Link auf blg.de zum Geschäftsbericht 2013]</ref>
From mid-1953, BLG was also directing operations in the Ports of [[Bremerhaven]]. This involved the Kaiserhafen, Columbuskaje, the Neuer Hafen and the Verbindungshafen. The Nordhafen was added later.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 241 f.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">''Bremer Lagerhausgesellschaft''. In: Schwarzwälder: ''[[Das Große Bremen-Lexikon]], Vol. 1, A–K''.</ref> In 1959, the municipality of Bremen and BLG concluded an operating agreement, which provided that the city maintain the majority of shares.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 253–255. Reprint there p. 313–317.</ref> In 1961, the company moved into the newly built port high-rise structure at the head of the Überseehafen.<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 247.</ref> Two years later, the City of Bremen and BLG signed a contractual agreement that allowed the company to assume third-party loans in the [[capital market]] for additional projects. This is how it financed the significant expenditures for the building and operation of the Neustädter Hafen (operating from 1965/1966) as well as for the building and operation of the [[Container port|container terminals]] in Bremerhaven (construction from 1968; operation from 1971).<ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 272.</ref> Already in 1966, the first [[Container ship|container vessel]] appeared in Europe, the ''Fairland'', and called on the Überseehafen.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vor 50 Jahren. Das erste Containerschiff im Bremer Überseehafen|trans-title=|periodical=[[Deutschlandfunk]]|publisher=|url=http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/vor-50-jahren-das-erste-containerschiff-im-bremer.871.de.html?dram:article_id=353356|format=|accessdate=2017-07-23|last=Godehard Weyerer|date=2016-05-06|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>Löbe, ''Seehafen Bremen'', p. 277.</ref> Since 1967, there was a temporary facility for [[Roll-on/roll-off|RoRo vessels]] in this port; at the end of 1973, there was one available on a permanent basis in the Europahafen.


From 1970 on, Bremerhaven was [[Cargo ship#Definitions|regularly frequented]] by [[Lighter aboard ship|LASH]] mother ships. From February 1974, a floating [[barge]]<ref>Concerning the term ''barge'', refer to the term [http://wirtschaftslexikon.gabler.de/Definition/kombinierter-verkehr.html ''kombinierter Verkehr''] in [[Springer Gabler|Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon]], retrieved on July 23, 2017. Moreover the [[Lemma (morphology)|lemma]] ''Barge Carrier.'' In: Peter Klaus, Winfried Krieger, Michael Krupp (Hrsg.): ''Gabler Lexikon Logistik. Management logistischer Netzwerke und Flüsse.'' 5. Auflage. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-8349-3371-3}}, p. 41.</ref> moorage was located at the head of the Überseehafen.<ref>Karl-Heinrich Müller, Günter Gerdes, Gerhard Thoms, Klaus-Peter Rehm: ''Die Hafenanlagen in Bremen''. In: ''Jahrbuch der Hafenbautechnischen Gesellschaft''. Vol. 35 (1975/76), p. 41–55, here p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=2QfOBgAAQBAJ&dq=bargenliegeplatz&pg=PA39 41].</ref> In 1979, BLG took over the Cape Horn handling facility from Anker Schiffahrtsgesellschaft with access to the Weser as well as to the Industriehafen. In the same year, the RoRo facility in the Neustädter Hafen was ready for operation.<ref>''Bremer Lagerhausgesellschaft''. In: Schwarzwälder: ''Das große Bremen-Lexikon, Vol 1, A–K''.</ref>
Die Firmenzentrale ist heute in dem Gebäude des ehemaligen [[Amerikanisches Generalkonsulat (Bremen)|amerikanischen Generalkonsulats]] am Präsident-Kennedy-Platz im Bremer Stadtteil [[Mitte (Bremen)|Mitte]]. Dieses wurde 1954 im sogenannten „[[Internationaler Stil|Internationalen Stil]]“ der Nachkriegsmoderne nach Plänen von [[Skidmore, Owings and Merrill]] ([[Vereinigte Staaten|USA]]) unter Mitwirkung von [[Otto Apel]] errichtet und steht mittlerweile unter [[Denkmalschutz]]. 2005&nbsp;wurde es für die Nutzung durch die BLG Logistics Group saniert.


BLG participated in the booming container business in the 1980s, which completely reshaped the port economy and in Bremerhaven, in particular, led to the expansion of the terminals in several phases.<ref>For more information, refer to {{cite web |url=https://www.blg-logistics.com/dam/jcr:007a8485-63b3-4ccc-ac31-051d1880bc68/Container-Chronik_Bremische_Haefen.pdf |title=Container-Chronik Bremische Häfen |language=DE |access-date=2017-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204111153/https://www.blg-logistics.com/dam/jcr:007a8485-63b3-4ccc-ac31-051d1880bc68/Container-Chronik_Bremische_Haefen.pdf |archive-date=2020-12-04}}</ref>
== Literatur ==
* Frank Binder: ''Adens letzte BLG-Bilanz'' und ''BLG investiert über 100 Millionen Euro''. In: ''[[Täglicher Hafenbericht]]'' vom 24. April 2013, S.&nbsp;1 und S.&nbsp;3, Seehafen-Verlag, Hamburg 2013, {{ISSN|2190-8753}}


The stiff competition put downward pressure on the [[Profit margin|margins]] at BLG. The recession of the world economy at the beginning of the 1980s led to [[layoff]]s of BLG employees in the industrial and commercial sector. Through business contacts to [[Volkswagen]] and later to [[Daimler-Benz]], the company began with logistics services for the [[Automotive industry|automobile industry]] and in doing so, improved its [[value added]], initially per dispersion of supplier material to German factories, then per [[Knock-down kit|Semi Knocked Down and Completely Knocked Down]].<ref>Please see a detailed account by Heinz Bamberger, former BLG Manager, in an interview: [http://digitales-heimatmuseum.de/blg-logistiker-mit-eigenem-hafen/ ''BLG – „Logistiker mit eigenem Hafen“''], interview by Frauke Wilhelm with Heinz Bamberger (2013), ''digitales-heimatmuseum.de'', retrieved on July 23, 2017.</ref> BLG also took over logistical services with improved value added since 1980 for [[Minolta]].<ref>Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: ''Logistik ohne Kopiereffekt. BLG Logistics Group arbeitet seit 27 Jahren mit Konica Minolta zusammen''. In: ''FM Fracht + Materialfluß''. Volume 3, 2007.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=30 Jahre Logistik für Konica Minolta / BLG betreibt das größte Logistikzentrum für den langjährigen Kunden|trans-title=|periodical=Press Release of BLG Logistics|publisher=|url=http://irpages2.equitystory.com/cgi-bin/show.ssp?companyName=ircenter_medientreff&language=German&id=9020&newsID=982656&companyDirectoryName=blg|format=|accessdate=2017-07-24|last=|date=2010-09-27|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref name="Aden-2006">{{cite web|access-date=2022-11-21|archive-date=2019-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608122403/https://www.iff.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/iff/de/dokumente/publikationen/wandel-in-produktion-und-logistik-ehrenkolloquium-gottschalk-2006-fraunhofer-iff.pdf|author=Detthold Aden|date=2006-01-13|pages=19–24|title=Konsequente Orientierung am weltwirtschaftlichen Wandel – vom lokalen Hafenunternehmen zu internationaler Logistikkompetenz''. In: Fraunhofer-Institut für Fabrikbetrieb und -automatisierung: Ehrenkolloquium Wandel in Produktion und Logistik anlässlich des 70. Geburtstages von Prof. Dr. Dr.-Ing. Prof. E.h. Eberhard Gottschalk|url=http://www.iff.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/iff/de/dokumente/publikationen/wandel-in-produktion-und-logistik-ehrenkolloquium-gottschalk-2006-fraunhofer-iff.pdf|website=iff.fraunhofer.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
== Weblinks ==
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*[http://www.blg.de/ BLG Logistics Group]


The fall of the [[Real socialism|socialist regimes]] in [[Central and Eastern Europe]] at the end of the 1980s/beginning of the 1990s meant significant cargo losses for BLG in the conventional business. The company experienced a crisis.<ref name="Aden-2006" />
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===Since 1998===
[[File:BLG-Logistics-Gebäude 2008.jpg|thumb|High-bay warehouse of ''BLG Logistics'' at the ''Neustädter Hafen'' in Bremen]]


At the beginning of the 1990s, the objective was to develop from a local port company into an international logistics group, according to Detthold Aden, who as Chairman of the Management Board promoted this change from 1999 to 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rede von Detthold Aden auf der Hauptversammlung (der BLG Logistics) am 23. Mai 2013|trans-title=|website=equitystory.com|publisher=|url=http://www.equitystory.com/download/companies/blg/Other%20Information/BLG-Hauptversammlung2013.pdf|accessdate=2017-07-24|last=|date=2013-05-23|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>Aden: ''Seehafenlogistik''. In: Klaus, Krieger, Krupp (Hrsg.): ''Gabler Lexikon Logistik''. P. 510.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=BLG-Vorstände verabschieden sich|trans-title=|periodical=Weser-Kurier|publisher=|url=http://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-wirtschaft_artikel,-BLGVorstaende-verabschieden-sich-_arid,577394.html|accessdate=2017-07-24|last=Maren Beneke|date=2013-05-24|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref> Already in 1998, the organizational structure was revamped: The BLG Group was created with Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- as the general partner and the new BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG as the limited partner. As a [[holding company]], the KG focused on the strategic orientation and growth of the Group. Since that time, several branch subsidiaries and affiliates have operated under the Group umbrella in corporate independence. They fall under the three operative divisions: automobile, contract and container.<ref name="Aden-2006" />
{{SORTIERUNG:Blg Logistics Group}}

[[Kategorie:Logistikunternehmen]]
In 1999, the container business was merged with [[Hamburg|Hamburg's]] Eurokai into Eurogate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eurogate – Die Geburt eines Container-Riesen|trans-title=|periodical=|publisher=[[Die Welt]]|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article582557/Eurogate-Die-Geburt-eines-Container-Riesen.html|accessdate=2017-07-24|last=|date=1999-09-02|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Europas größte Hafenfirma|trans-title=|periodical=[[Hamburger Abendblatt]]|publisher=|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/1999/article204661563/Europas-groesste-Hafenfirma.html |accessdate=2017-07-24|last=|date=1999-09-02|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180627173154/https://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/1999/article204661563/Europas-groesste-Hafenfirma.html |archive-date=2018-06-27}}</ref> Today, this [[joint venture]] operates container terminals on the [[North Sea]], on the [[Atlantic]], in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and on the [[Baltic Sea]]. Moreover, Eurogate has holdings in several inland terminals and railway cargo companies.<ref>See the site overview on the [http://www1.eurogate.de/en/EUROGATE/Terminals Website of ''Eurogate''], retrieved on September 21, 2021.</ref><ref>BLG Logistics: [https://www.blg-logistics.com/fileadmin/Investor_Relation/IR-Archiv/BLG_AG_1877_GB_2016.pdf ''Financial Report 2016''], p. 50.</ref>
[[Kategorie:Unternehmen (Bremen)]]

[[Kategorie:Hafenwirtschaft]]
In 2002, BLG Logistics took over the contract logistics of Paul Günther Logistik AG (Hamburg) and thus gained logistics locations in eastern Germany. Furthermore, it acquired 50 percent of the shares in the vehicle [[Freight forwarder|forwarding company]] E.H. Harms Automobile Logistics operating in Bremen and Bremerhaven.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bremer Logistikgruppe BLG verzeichnet hohes Wachstum|trans-title=|periodical=Die Welt|publisher=|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article397566/Bremer-Logistikgruppe-BLG-verzeichnet-hohes-Wachstum.html|accessdate=2017-07-24|last=|date=2002-07-02|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>''BLG Logistics übernimmt 50 Prozent der Harms-Gruppe.'' In: [[Handelsblatt]]. April 8, 2002.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/> In 2009, the company increased its share to 94 percent.<ref>{{cite web|title=BLG übernimmt E. H. Harms|trans-title=|periodical=VerkehrsRundschau|publisher=|url=http://www.verkehrsrundschau.de/blg-uebernimmt-e-h-harms-798539.html|accessdate=2017-07-24|last=|date=2009-01-14|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2009-05-06 |title=Hafenbetreiber BLG kämpft mit Krise |trans-title=Port operator BLG struggling with crisis |url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/article3682870/Hafenbetreiber-BLG-kaempft-mit-Krise.html |work=Die Welt |language=DE |access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref><ref>Kliese: ''Bremische Chronik. 2005–2014. Teil 1''. P. 267.</ref> In the year 2002, the headquarters of BLG Logistics moved into a building next to the former American Consular Agency,<ref>{{cite web|title=BLG feiert Richtfest in der neuen Konzernzentrale|trans-title=|periodical=Die Welt|publisher=|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article475419/BLG-feiert-Richtfest-in-der-neuen-Konzernzentrale.html|accessdate=2017-07-27|last=|date=2001-09-12|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>''BLG Logistics im neuen Bürogebäude.'' In: ''Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung''. March 7, 2002.</ref> and since 2006, also into this historic building.
[[Kategorie:Bremische Häfen]]

In 2003, the high-bay warehouse went into operation at Bremen's Güterverkehrszentrum (cargo transport center).<ref>{{cite web|title=Bremer Hafenkonzern sticht Deutsche Post bei Tchibo aus|trans-title=|periodical=Die Welt|publisher=|url=https://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/wirtschaft/article13334694/Bremer-Hafenkonzern-sticht-Deutsche-Post-bei-Tchibo-aus.html|accessdate=2017-07-27|last=Birger Nicolai|date=2011-05-04|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=In Bremens GVZ ganz oben: Eines der größten Hochregallager in Europa|trans-title=|periodical=Via Bremen Foundation|publisher=|url=http://www.via-bremen.com/in-bremens-gvz-ganz-oben-eines-der-groessten-hochregallager-in-europa/|url-status=dead|format=|accessdate=2017-07-24|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625011105/http://www.via-bremen.com/in-bremens-gvz-ganz-oben-eines-der-groessten-hochregallager-in-europa/|archivedate=2015-06-25|last=|date=2015-01-21|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>For details on the high-bay warehouse, see Aden: ''Outsourcing der Logistik als strategische Option: Tchibo/BLG''.</ref>

In 2008 the company acquired half the shares in CTL Car Transport Logistics GmbH. This company changed its name and became BLG AutoRail GmbH.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hafen-Konzern BLG Logistics setzt auf die Schiene|trans-title=|periodical=Die Welt|publisher=|url=https://www.welt.de/welt_print/article1968105/Hafen-Konzern-BLG-Logistics-setzt-auf-die-Schiene.html|accessdate=2017-07-27|last=|date=2008-05-06|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref> Up to 2017, it expanded its rail vehicle carriers to some 1500 units.<ref>See the information in the category [https://www.blg-autorail.de/?page_id=57 ''Waggonequipment''] on the company website, retrieved on September 21, 2021.</ref>

The contract division began in 2015 with the establishment of the Fashion logistics division.<ref>{{cite web|title=BLG baut neues Geschäftsfeld Sports- und Fashion-Logistik auf / 51 Prozent der Motex-Anteile übernommen. "Große Lösungen aus einem Guss"|trans-title=|periodical=Kreiszeitung|publisher=|url=https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/bremen/baut-neues-geschaeftsfeld-sports-fashion-logistik-prozent-motex-anteile-uebernommen-5326153.html|accessdate=2017-07-24|last=|date=2015-08-07|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>''BLG Logistics gründet Spezialfirma.'' In: ''Täglicher Hafenbericht''. July 22, 2015.</ref> In 2016, the company acquired ''Fortagroup'', followed in 2017 by the purchase of ''Kitzinger & Co.'' and its subsidiary ''Arno Rosenlöcher''.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2018-07-05|author=Peter Hanuschke|date=2017-05-08|title=BLG übernimmt Speditionsunternehmen Kitzinger|url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-wirtschaft_artikel,-blg-uebernimmt-speditionsunternehmen-kitzinger-_arid,1595065.html|website=Weser-Kurier}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In 2021, the company sold its forwarding activities in the sea and air freight business, which were organized in ''BLG International Forwarding'', to ''[[Rhenus (company)|Rhenus]]. Air & See''; the BLG forwarding location in Bremen war not part of that deal.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-26|author=Lisa Boekhoff, Peter Hanuschke|date=2021-02-15|title=Bremer Unternehmen BLG verkauft Speditionsgeschäft|url=https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/wirtschaft/blg-verkauft-speditionsgeschaeft-rhenus-uebernimmt-standorte-doc7es9wkx89hs18xwxmf6u|website=Weser-Kurier}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> 2022, a joint venture with [[Hyundai Glovis]] was launched in Bremerhaven.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-26|date=2022-05-19|title=Joint Venture von BLG und Hyundai Glovis gestartet|url=https://www.dvz.de/rubriken/see/detail/news/joint-venture-von-blg-und-hyundai-glovis-gestartet.html|website=Deutsche Logistik-Zeitung}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Since the end of 2022, the company has been one of 28 stand-by partners of the [[World Food Programme|United Nations World Food Programme]] to provide logistical expertise in emergencies.<ref>Joshua Wygand: ''BLG Logistics hilft bei Welternährung''. In: ''Täglicher Hafenbericht'', Issue 213/2022 (November 4, 2022).</ref>

==Structures, shareholders, management==
===Structures===
The BLG Group consists of Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- as general partner and BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG as limited partner. The Municipality of Bremen owns 100 percent of the KG. It owns a majority (50.4 percent)<ref name="share">BLG Logistics: [https://www.blg-logistics.com/en/investor-relations/information-about-our-share ''Information about our share''], information on the website, retrieved on July 18, 2023.</ref> in Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877-. Several branch subsidiaries and affiliates have operated under the Group umbrella in corporate independence.<ref>Simonides Krull: ''Bedeutung der Risikoaggregation bei der BLG LOGISTICS GROUP''. P. 79.</ref> They fall under the three operative divisions Automobile, Contract and Container.<ref name="Aden-2006" /><ref>Thomas Kuzay: ''Über der Milliardengrenze. BLG Logistics präsentiert Bilanz 2016. Weniger Autos umgeschlagen''. ''Kreiszeitung'', April 6, 2017.</ref>

===Shareholders===
The shares of the publicly-listed Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- are divided up between:<ref name="share" />
* Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Municipality
* Financial holding of the Sparkasse in Bremen (Sparkasse savings bank in Bremen)
* Waldemar Koch Stiftung foundation
* Panta Re AG
* [[Public float|Free float]]

=== Management and executive bodies ===
Frank Dreeke has been a member of the Management Board since the beginning of 2013. Since June 1, 2013<ref>Kliese: ''Bremische Chronik. 2005–2014. Teil 2.'' p. 40.</ref> he has been Chairman of this body, which consists of five people. Klaus Meier is the Chairman of the 16-person supervisory board.<ref name="Management" /> 16 members comprise the advisory board, which is headed up by Frank Straube ([[Technische Universität Berlin]]). The mission of this body is to advise the company in all matters of strategic [[Business development|corporate development]].<ref name="Management" />

==Additional information==
===Buildings at headquarters===
The company headquarters has been in a building complex in the center of Bremen since 2002. This includes the building of the former Consular Agency of the United States on Präsident-Kennedy-Platz in the [[Bremen#Administrative structure|Bremen district of Mitte]]. It was built in 1954 in the so-called post-war modern [[International Style (architecture)|international style]] according to blueprints from [[Skidmore, Owings & Merrill]], in collaboration with Otto Apel. It has been under [[Cultural heritage management|historic preservation]] since 1994. From 2005 to 2007, it was refurbished for use by BLG Logistics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Amerikanisches Konsulat (Heute BLG Logistics)|trans-title=|periodical=Architekturführer Bremen|publisher=|url=http://architekturfuehrer-bremen.de/n_anzeigen.php?id=28&big=3|format=|accessdate=2017-07-21|last=|date=|year=|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Versprechen einer neuen Zeit|trans-title=|periodical=Kreiszeitung|publisher=|url=https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/bremen/versprechen-einer-neuen-zeit-1536212.html|accessdate=2017-07-21|last=|date=2011-12-20|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref><ref>Kliese: ''Bremische Chronik. 2005–2014.'' Teil 1, p. 170.</ref>

===Bremer Unternehmergespräche event===
Detthold Aden, the long-standing BLG Chairman of the Management Board launched the Bremer Unternehmensgespräche, a round table for business.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leute von Welt|trans-title=|periodical=Die Welt|publisher=|url=https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article450921/Leute-von-Welt.html|accessdate=2017-07-26|last=Corinna Laubach|date=2001-05-14|language=German |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417133415/https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article450921/Leute-von-Welt.html |archive-date=2019-04-17}}</ref><ref>Concerning this discussion, see also {{cite web|title=Hallo Bremen, hier ist die ISS|trans-title=|periodical=Weser-Kurier|publisher=|url=http://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/bremen-wirtschaft_artikel,-Hallo-Bremen-hier-ist-die-ISS-_arid,1488753.html|accessdate=2017-07-26|last=Stefan Lakeband|date=2016-11-04|language=German|pages=|quote=}} Furthermore, Kliese: ''Bremische Chronik. 2005–2014. Teil 1.'' p. 250.</ref> The event regularly occurs in the [[Bremen City Hall]] and is hosted by BLG Logistics, along with the [[Senate of Bremen|Senator]] of Economics, Labor and Europe and the Bremen [[Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Weichen stellen für künftige Zusammenarbeit – Wirtschaftsdelegation aus den USA zu Gast in Bremen|trans-title=|periodical=senatspressestelle.bremen.de|publisher=|url=https://www.senatspressestelle.bremen.de/pressemitteilungen/weichen-stellen-fuer-kuenftige-zusammenarbeit-wirtschaftsdelegation-aus-den-usa-zu-gast-in-bremen-109078|last=<!--not stated-->|date=2014-12-12|language=German|pages=|quote=}}</ref>

===Sponsorships===
Since 2005/2006, the company supports the professional basketball club [[Eisbären Bremerhaven]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-18|date=2021-07-16|title=Eisbären Bremerhaven verlängern Vertrag mit Hauptsponsor BLG Logistics|url=https://www.dieeisbaeren.de/aktuell/news/verein/20212022/vertrag-mit-hauptsponsor-blg-logistics-verlaengert|website=dieeisbaeren.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> Since 2010, the company is also a sponsor of the [[association football|football]] club [[SV Werder Bremen]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.werder.de/de/business/sponsoring/sponsorenuebersicht |title=Sponsorenübersicht |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=werder.de |publisher= |access-date=2023-07-18 |quote=}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Hasso Kliese: ''Bremische Chronik. 2005–2014.'' Teil 1: ''2005–2011''. Published by the Bremen State Archives. Selbstverlag des Staatsarchivs Bremen, Bremen 2015, {{ISBN|978-3-925729-77-5}}.
* Hasso Kliese: ''Bremische Chronik. 2005–2014.'' Teil 2: ''2011–2014. Register''. Published by the Bremen State Archives. Selbstverlag des Staatsarchivs Bremen, Bremen 2015, {{ISBN|978-3-925729-77-5}}.
* Annette Schimmel: ''Baseport Logistik für den Windpark Global Tech 1 – Umsetzung durch den Logistikdienstleister BLG''. In: Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Hans-Dietrich Haasis, Marco Lewandowski (Hrsg.): ''Logistik für die Windenergie Herausforderungen und Lösungen für moderne Windkraftwerke. Industrie-Symposium, 03.12.2014, Bremen, Tagungsband''. epubli, Berlin 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-7375-1475-0}}, p.&nbsp;35–45.
* Detthold Aden: ''Seehafenlogistik''. In: Peter Klaus, Winfried Krieger, Michael Krupp (Hrsg.): ''Gabler Lexikon Logistik. Management logistischer Netzwerke und Flüsse''. 5. Auflage. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-8349-3371-3}}, p.&nbsp;509–515.
* Dietmar Krull, Sandra Simonides: ''Bedeutung der Risikoaggregation bei der BLG LOGISTICS GROUP''. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Risikomanagement e.V. (Hrsg.): ''Risikoaggregation in der Praxis. Beispiele und Verfahren aus dem Risikomanagement von Unternehmen''. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/ Heidelberg 2008, {{ISBN|978-3-540-73249-5}}, S. 77–91.
* Detthold Aden: ''Outsourcing der Logistik als strategische Option: Tchibo/BLG''. In: Joachim Zentes (Hrsg.): ''Faszination Handel – 50 Jahre Saarbrücker Handelsforschung''. Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, {{ISBN|978-3-86641-088-6}}, p.&nbsp;534–546.
* ''Bremer Lagerhausgesellschaft''. In: Herbert Schwarzwälder: ''Das große Bremen-Lexikon''. Band 1: ''A–K.'' 2., aktualisierte, überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, {{ISBN|3-86108-693-X}}, p.&nbsp;126.
* ''Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft, Bremer''. In: Werner Kloos, Reinhold Thiel: ''Bremer Lexikon. Ein Schlüssel zu Bremen''. 3., überarbeitete Auflage. Hauschild, Bremen 1997, {{ISBN|3-931785-47-5}}, p.&nbsp;205 f.
* Karl Löbe: ''Seehafen Bremen. 100 entscheidende Jahre. Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft 1877–1977''. Verlag Heinrich Döll & Co, Bremen 1977, {{ISBN|3-920245-42-3}}.
* Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft und Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung e.V., Bremen (Hrsg.): ''Das Buch der bremischen Häfen. The Book of the Bremen Ports''. 2. Auflage. Internationale Verlagsgesellschaft Robert Bargmann, Bremen 1953.

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BLG Logistics Group
BLG Logistics
Company typeKommanditgesellschaft
BLH
ISINDE0005261606
IndustryLogistics
Founded1877 (1877) in Bremen
HeadquartersBremen,
Bremen
,
Germany
Key people
Revenue~ 1.1 billion EUR[2] (2022)
Number of employees
11,492[3] (2022)
Websitewww.blg-logistics.com

BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG is a seaport and logistics company with headquarters in Bremen. The operative divisions offer services for automobile, industry and trading customers. The company has nearly 100 locations in Europe, America, Asia and Africa.

History

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1877 to 1933

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65 merchants founded Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- (BLG) in February 1877. A key factor in the company's creation was the desire of Bremen cotton traders to obtain an improved warehousing and trading infrastructure, including the option of issuing warehouse receipts and warrants.[4][5] The business was restricted to handling and storage; it did not include the transport of goods. The company's own initial five warehouses went into operation in 1878 on the left bank of the Weser in the Sicherheitshafen[6] – referred to since approx. 1900 by locals as Hohentorshafen.[7][8] BLG itself provided for the early connection to the railway line.[9] In the first decade of operation, the company stored mainly grain and legumes, lard, bacon and pork, tobacco, cotton, sheep's wool and coffee.[10]

In 1888, BLG expanded its operations to the Europahafen (Free Port I) on the right bank of the Weser, which following Bremen's accession to the Customs Union (October 1888) was conceived as a free port;[11] the relevant operating agreement between Bremen and BLG dates back to May 1888.[12] BLG played a seminal role in the development of port facilities on the right bank of the Weser up until World War I.[13] With its completion in 1906, the company also became active in the Free Port II, the operating agreement was amended for this purpose.[14] Moreover, from 1897, the company ran the Getreideverkehrsanlage (grain transport system)[15][16] and in 1929, it took over the Weser Railway Station.[17] As a reaction to the ramifications of the Great Depression, BLG introduced the so-called "Krümpersystem" in the beginning of April 1932, intended to prevent unemployment through staggered furloughing of workers. The system remained in force until the end of April 1935.[18][19]

1933 to 1945

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During the course of the seizure of power by National Socialists in Bremen, the long-standing Chairman of the management board Kurt Dronke, a member of the German State Party group in the State Parliament of Bremen,[20] was forced out of office in April 1933. His successor was an NSDAP member.[21][22] A similar fate befell Carl Krüger, who had been a member of the management board since 1931: Under political pressure, he requested a six-month leave of absence in September 1933, and on May 31, 1934, he retired.[23] Based on National Socialist legislation, also in Bremen all temporary workers of the port were hired in an overall port operating company (in Bremen since June 25, 1934: Hafenbetriebsverein in Bremen e.V., a port operating association). This association assigned workers to the port operators, also to BLG.[24][25] After the beginning of World War II, these laborers also included foreign workers, prisoners of war, slave laborers from Central and Eastern Europe, and occasionally also prisoners and concentration camp inmates.[26][27]

In early January 1941, a fire set off by incendiary bombs ravaged the administrative offices of BLG.[28] Explosive and incendiary bombs destroyed a large part of the port and its facilities by the end of the war (warehouses, silos, enclosures, cranes, hydraulic equipment, rails, lines, grain facilities, Weser Railway Station etc.).[29][30]

1945 to 1998

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The authorities in the American Zone of Occupation dismissed ten executive employees of BLG on September 17, 1945.[31] The company obtained a renewal of its operating permit on November 29, 1945.[32] As repairs to the port progressed, the activities of BLG were revitalized. Initially, the business was focused mainly on the Überseehafen, then repairs began on the Europahafen. In 1951, the Weser Railway Station resumed operations. In the first half of the 1950s, operations also began in the cold storage warehouse at the Holz- und Fabrikenhafen.[33]

Port high-rise structure (photo from 2010)

From mid-1953, BLG was also directing operations in the Ports of Bremerhaven. This involved the Kaiserhafen, Columbuskaje, the Neuer Hafen and the Verbindungshafen. The Nordhafen was added later.[34][35] In 1959, the municipality of Bremen and BLG concluded an operating agreement, which provided that the city maintain the majority of shares.[36] In 1961, the company moved into the newly built port high-rise structure at the head of the Überseehafen.[37] Two years later, the City of Bremen and BLG signed a contractual agreement that allowed the company to assume third-party loans in the capital market for additional projects. This is how it financed the significant expenditures for the building and operation of the Neustädter Hafen (operating from 1965/1966) as well as for the building and operation of the container terminals in Bremerhaven (construction from 1968; operation from 1971).[38] Already in 1966, the first container vessel appeared in Europe, the Fairland, and called on the Überseehafen.[39][40] Since 1967, there was a temporary facility for RoRo vessels in this port; at the end of 1973, there was one available on a permanent basis in the Europahafen.

From 1970 on, Bremerhaven was regularly frequented by LASH mother ships. From February 1974, a floating barge[41] moorage was located at the head of the Überseehafen.[42] In 1979, BLG took over the Cape Horn handling facility from Anker Schiffahrtsgesellschaft with access to the Weser as well as to the Industriehafen. In the same year, the RoRo facility in the Neustädter Hafen was ready for operation.[43]

BLG participated in the booming container business in the 1980s, which completely reshaped the port economy and in Bremerhaven, in particular, led to the expansion of the terminals in several phases.[44]

The stiff competition put downward pressure on the margins at BLG. The recession of the world economy at the beginning of the 1980s led to layoffs of BLG employees in the industrial and commercial sector. Through business contacts to Volkswagen and later to Daimler-Benz, the company began with logistics services for the automobile industry and in doing so, improved its value added, initially per dispersion of supplier material to German factories, then per Semi Knocked Down and Completely Knocked Down.[45] BLG also took over logistical services with improved value added since 1980 for Minolta.[46][47][48]

The fall of the socialist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s/beginning of the 1990s meant significant cargo losses for BLG in the conventional business. The company experienced a crisis.[48]

Since 1998

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High-bay warehouse of BLG Logistics at the Neustädter Hafen in Bremen

At the beginning of the 1990s, the objective was to develop from a local port company into an international logistics group, according to Detthold Aden, who as Chairman of the Management Board promoted this change from 1999 to 2013.[49][50][51] Already in 1998, the organizational structure was revamped: The BLG Group was created with Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- as the general partner and the new BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG as the limited partner. As a holding company, the KG focused on the strategic orientation and growth of the Group. Since that time, several branch subsidiaries and affiliates have operated under the Group umbrella in corporate independence. They fall under the three operative divisions: automobile, contract and container.[48]

In 1999, the container business was merged with Hamburg's Eurokai into Eurogate.[52][53] Today, this joint venture operates container terminals on the North Sea, on the Atlantic, in the Mediterranean Sea and on the Baltic Sea. Moreover, Eurogate has holdings in several inland terminals and railway cargo companies.[54][55]

In 2002, BLG Logistics took over the contract logistics of Paul Günther Logistik AG (Hamburg) and thus gained logistics locations in eastern Germany. Furthermore, it acquired 50 percent of the shares in the vehicle forwarding company E.H. Harms Automobile Logistics operating in Bremen and Bremerhaven.[56][57][35] In 2009, the company increased its share to 94 percent.[58][59][60] In the year 2002, the headquarters of BLG Logistics moved into a building next to the former American Consular Agency,[61][62] and since 2006, also into this historic building.

In 2003, the high-bay warehouse went into operation at Bremen's Güterverkehrszentrum (cargo transport center).[63][64][65]

In 2008 the company acquired half the shares in CTL Car Transport Logistics GmbH. This company changed its name and became BLG AutoRail GmbH.[66] Up to 2017, it expanded its rail vehicle carriers to some 1500 units.[67]

The contract division began in 2015 with the establishment of the Fashion logistics division.[68][69] In 2016, the company acquired Fortagroup, followed in 2017 by the purchase of Kitzinger & Co. and its subsidiary Arno Rosenlöcher.[70] In 2021, the company sold its forwarding activities in the sea and air freight business, which were organized in BLG International Forwarding, to Rhenus. Air & See; the BLG forwarding location in Bremen war not part of that deal.[71] 2022, a joint venture with Hyundai Glovis was launched in Bremerhaven.[72] Since the end of 2022, the company has been one of 28 stand-by partners of the United Nations World Food Programme to provide logistical expertise in emergencies.[73]

Structures, shareholders, management

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Structures

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The BLG Group consists of Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- as general partner and BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG as limited partner. The Municipality of Bremen owns 100 percent of the KG. It owns a majority (50.4 percent)[74] in Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877-. Several branch subsidiaries and affiliates have operated under the Group umbrella in corporate independence.[75] They fall under the three operative divisions Automobile, Contract and Container.[48][76]

Shareholders

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The shares of the publicly-listed Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft -Aktiengesellschaft von 1877- are divided up between:[74]

  • Freie Hansestadt Bremen, Municipality
  • Financial holding of the Sparkasse in Bremen (Sparkasse savings bank in Bremen)
  • Waldemar Koch Stiftung foundation
  • Panta Re AG
  • Free float

Management and executive bodies

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Frank Dreeke has been a member of the Management Board since the beginning of 2013. Since June 1, 2013[77] he has been Chairman of this body, which consists of five people. Klaus Meier is the Chairman of the 16-person supervisory board.[1] 16 members comprise the advisory board, which is headed up by Frank Straube (Technische Universität Berlin). The mission of this body is to advise the company in all matters of strategic corporate development.[1]

Additional information

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Buildings at headquarters

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The company headquarters has been in a building complex in the center of Bremen since 2002. This includes the building of the former Consular Agency of the United States on Präsident-Kennedy-Platz in the Bremen district of Mitte. It was built in 1954 in the so-called post-war modern international style according to blueprints from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, in collaboration with Otto Apel. It has been under historic preservation since 1994. From 2005 to 2007, it was refurbished for use by BLG Logistics.[78][79][80]

Bremer Unternehmergespräche event

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Detthold Aden, the long-standing BLG Chairman of the Management Board launched the Bremer Unternehmensgespräche, a round table for business.[81][82] The event regularly occurs in the Bremen City Hall and is hosted by BLG Logistics, along with the Senator of Economics, Labor and Europe and the Bremen Chamber of Commerce.[83]

Sponsorships

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Since 2005/2006, the company supports the professional basketball club Eisbären Bremerhaven.[84] Since 2010, the company is also a sponsor of the football club SV Werder Bremen.[85]

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  76. ^ Thomas Kuzay: Über der Milliardengrenze. BLG Logistics präsentiert Bilanz 2016. Weniger Autos umgeschlagen. Kreiszeitung, April 6, 2017.
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  85. ^ "Sponsorenübersicht". werder.de. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

Further reading

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  • Hasso Kliese: Bremische Chronik. 2005–2014. Teil 1: 2005–2011. Published by the Bremen State Archives. Selbstverlag des Staatsarchivs Bremen, Bremen 2015, ISBN 978-3-925729-77-5.
  • Hasso Kliese: Bremische Chronik. 2005–2014. Teil 2: 2011–2014. Register. Published by the Bremen State Archives. Selbstverlag des Staatsarchivs Bremen, Bremen 2015, ISBN 978-3-925729-77-5.
  • Annette Schimmel: Baseport Logistik für den Windpark Global Tech 1 – Umsetzung durch den Logistikdienstleister BLG. In: Klaus-Dieter Thoben, Hans-Dietrich Haasis, Marco Lewandowski (Hrsg.): Logistik für die Windenergie Herausforderungen und Lösungen für moderne Windkraftwerke. Industrie-Symposium, 03.12.2014, Bremen, Tagungsband. epubli, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-7375-1475-0, p. 35–45.
  • Detthold Aden: Seehafenlogistik. In: Peter Klaus, Winfried Krieger, Michael Krupp (Hrsg.): Gabler Lexikon Logistik. Management logistischer Netzwerke und Flüsse. 5. Auflage. Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-8349-3371-3, p. 509–515.
  • Dietmar Krull, Sandra Simonides: Bedeutung der Risikoaggregation bei der BLG LOGISTICS GROUP. In: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Risikomanagement e.V. (Hrsg.): Risikoaggregation in der Praxis. Beispiele und Verfahren aus dem Risikomanagement von Unternehmen. Springer-Verlag, Berlin/ Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-540-73249-5, S. 77–91.
  • Detthold Aden: Outsourcing der Logistik als strategische Option: Tchibo/BLG. In: Joachim Zentes (Hrsg.): Faszination Handel – 50 Jahre Saarbrücker Handelsforschung. Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-86641-088-6, p. 534–546.
  • Bremer Lagerhausgesellschaft. In: Herbert Schwarzwälder: Das große Bremen-Lexikon. Band 1: A–K. 2., aktualisierte, überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X, p. 126.
  • Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft, Bremer. In: Werner Kloos, Reinhold Thiel: Bremer Lexikon. Ein Schlüssel zu Bremen. 3., überarbeitete Auflage. Hauschild, Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-931785-47-5, p. 205 f.
  • Karl Löbe: Seehafen Bremen. 100 entscheidende Jahre. Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft 1877–1977. Verlag Heinrich Döll & Co, Bremen 1977, ISBN 3-920245-42-3.
  • Bremer Lagerhaus-Gesellschaft und Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung e.V., Bremen (Hrsg.): Das Buch der bremischen Häfen. The Book of the Bremen Ports. 2. Auflage. Internationale Verlagsgesellschaft Robert Bargmann, Bremen 1953.
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