Bremerhaven to become NATO logistics hub through 1.35 billion euro project

The Port of Bremerhaven will be developed into a central NATO and Bundeswehr logistics hub, known as the Deployment Hub, by 2031. The project involves an investment of approximately 1.35 billion euros.

The expansion aims to strengthen the overseas port, transport routes, and Bremen Airport to ensure that tens of thousands of soldiers and heavy equipment, such as tanks and vehicles, can be quickly landed via the North Sea and moved inland during crises or alliance operations.

In addition to military requirements, the measures are intended to sustainably improve infrastructure for civilian port operations, logistics, and trade. Administrative agreements and the first individual contracts for the large-scale project have been signed.