Federal Defense Minister Pistorius and Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Lies announce details of the new naval base on the North Sea coast

A new port is to be built on the North Sea coast for the navy - further details on the location and plans are expected this Monday (11.30 a.m.). Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius wants to "explain the next steps regarding a possible new naval base" together with Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Olaf Lies (both SPD) in Emden, East Frisia, as stated in an invitation to a press conference. According to dpa information, Emden will be the location for the new military port - this has not yet been officially decided.

On the North Sea coast, the Navy currently only has its own port in Wilhelmshaven - the Heppenser Groden naval base. The Navy and the Federal Ministry of Defense had recently examined possible additional locations.

“The planned expansion of the armed forces will result in new location and real estate requirements in addition to infrastructural needs,” a spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry of Defense recently announced. No further information has yet been provided about the selection process, the criteria and the candidates, including Bremerhaven.