On 11 October 2019 the autumn meeting of TC 16 took place at wpd offshore solutions in Bremen. At the opening, Dr. Anne Bechtel (wpd) reported on the special features of offshore support structures in Taiwan. The central topic was and is the bolted ring flange connection. Mrs. Kristin Hartmann (SKI) gave a lecture on "Influence of sequential tightening of bolts for rammed flange connections". Finally, Mr. Karsten Schürmann (LUH) reported on the research project FATInWeld on the fatigue strength of automatically welded tubular joints.