Editing Wilhelmshaven (section)

==Today==
[[File:Karte-Stadtteile-Wilhelmshaven.png|thumb|Wilhelmshaven and its city districts]]

Wilhelmshaven is Germany's only deep-water [[port]], and its largest [[naval base]]. Concerning the new plans for the [[Bundeswehr]] which took shape in 2011 it has become the largest military base in Germany as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abendblatt.de/region/niedersachsen/article108161097/Wilhelmshaven-waechst-zum-groessten-Bundeswehrstandort.html |title=Wilhelmshaven wächst zum größten Bundeswehrstandort |publisher=Hamburger Abendblatt |date=2011-11-04 |access-date=2017-12-18 |archive-date=2020-09-29 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200929151327/https://www.abendblatt.de/region/niedersachsen/article108161097/Wilhelmshaven-waechst-zum-groessten-Bundeswehrstandort.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The German defence forces ([[German Navy]], navy arsenal, logistics centre) together with the public sector, are the main pillars of the local employment market.{{cn|date=September 2022}}

The benefits of the deep shipping channel were already recognised at the end of the 1950s with the construction of the first [[oil tanker]] [[jetty]]. Wilhelmshaven has been the most important German import terminal for [[crude oil]] ever since.{{cn|date=September 2022}} Pipelines from here supply refineries in the Rhine-Ruhr region and Hamburg. Other major business operations followed, and constructed jetties for crude oil and oil products, coal, and chemical products. 

Planning for a [[liquefied natural gas terminal]] for [[LNG carrier|LNG ships]] began in 2017,<ref name=gasmagazine20170803>{{cite news |title=Zeitung: LNG-Terminal in Wilhelmshaven wieder in Planung |url=http://www.gas-magazin.de/gasmarkt/zeitung-lng-terminal-in-wilhelmshaven-wieder-in-planung_77020.html |work=Gas-Magazin |access-date=9 August 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170803232043/http://www.gas-magazin.de/gasmarkt/zeitung-lng-terminal-in-wilhelmshaven-wieder-in-planung_77020.html |archive-date=3 August 2017 |location=Berlin |language=de |date=20 October 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> but [[regulatory authority|regulatory]] impediments delayed construction for years.<ref name=politico20220227/> 

Following the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]],<ref name=politico20220227>{{cite news |title=Germany to upgrade two ports 'quickly' to receive shipped gas |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-build-two-lng-terminals-quickly-to-reduce-energy-dependency-on-russia/ |work=[[Politico]] |date=27 February 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022 }}</ref><ref name=reuters20220719>{{cite news |title=Germany says fifth floating LNG terminal to be built by end of 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/germany-says-fifth-floating-lng-terminal-be-built-by-end-2022-2022-07-19/ |work=Reuters |date=19 July 2022 |access-date=24 September 2022 }}</ref> as gas commitments from the [[Nord Stream 1]] and [[Nord Stream 2]] undersea [[Baltic Sea|Baltic]] pipelines [[2022–2023 Russia–European Union gas dispute|became unreliable]]<ref name=guardian20220808>{{cite news |title='We got too comfortable': the race to build an LNG terminal in north Germany |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/18/berlin-scrambling-to-import-lng-as-russia-throttles-gas-supply |last=Oltermann|first=Philip |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=8 August 2022 |access-date=8 August 2022 }}</ref> and [[2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage|then unavailable]], construction of the [[Wilhelmshaven LNG terminal]] was rapidly accelerated from May 2022 to displace some of the pipeline gas imported from Russia.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Villegas |first1=Paulina |last2=Morris |first2=Loveday |title=Germany begins construction of liquefied natural gas terminal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/05/russia-ukraine-war-news-putin-live-updates/#link-C7M3IFOIMZHTVIYXIZC7ALCZS4 |access-date=5 May 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=5 May 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220505224918/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/05/russia-ukraine-war-news-putin-live-updates/#link-C7M3IFOIMZHTVIYXIZC7ALCZS4 |url-status=live }}</ref> The terminal received its first load of LNG in December 2022.<ref name=op20230103>[https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Germany-Welcomes-First-LNG-Carrier-At-New-Wilhelmshaven-Terminal.html Germany Welcomes First LNG Carrier At New Wilhelmshaven Terminal], OilPrice.com, 3 January 2023.</ref>

Another element of the "Wilhelmshaven energy hub" programme is the [[chemical industry]] (refinery, PVC, and chlorine gas production), as well as power generation (two [[coal-fired power station]]s, wind power).{{cn|date=September 2022}} Two short pipelines connect the LNG reception to the industrial zone.<ref>{{cite web |title=Germany's OGE Ensures Stable Gas Supply with Successful Completion of WAL II Pipeline {{!}} Pipeline Technology Journal |url=https://www.pipeline-journal.net/news/germanys-oge-ensures-stable-gas-supply-successful-completion-wal-ii-pipeline |website=www.pipeline-journal.net |date=6 October 2023}}</ref>

One of the main industrial sectors in Wilhelmshaven is the port industry with its wharves, sea port service companies, service providers and repair businesses, transhipment and handling businesses, agencies, etc.... The "[[JadeWeserPort]]" – Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven (CTW), operational since 2012 and the development of the neighbouring Freight Village provide prospects for employment in areas such as logistics and distribution. In 2016 Eurogate increased transhipment volume up to 480,000 Container (TEU). And since [[Volkswagen]] is interested in using the deep-water facilities the number of employed workers is assumed to rise from 400 to 600.<ref>{{Citation |last=Wolschner |first=Klaus |author-link = Klaus Wolschner |title=VW entdeckt Wilhelmshaven |journal=Tageszeitung TAZ |page=41 |date=2017-10-05}}</ref>