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- №11 may 2009
Port of Bamberg
Port of Bamberg
| General Information | The river Port of Bamberg, situated 200 kilometers to the north of the Bavarian capital city of Munich, is one of the key river ports in Europe with an annual cargo turnover of over 2.4 million tones. Its central position on the 3,500 km long Rhein-Main-Danube waterway means that it is connected to all the main European inland waterways and industrial centers and opens up the door to the world via the ports of Amsterdam, Antwerp and Rotterdam. The port possesses an extensive infrastructure offering various services, such as logistics and warehousing, railway, container, and passenger services. Some 75 companies have their offices here employing more than 4,000 people. The port’s convenient geographical location right in the centre of Europe between Berlin and Munich allows its customers to make the most use of all the motorways and railway junctions adjacent to the port. |
| Port Infrastructure | The port occupies a total area of 96 ha, of which 18.5 ha are covered by water, 12.5 ha are used by the port infrastructure buildings, 8.7 ha are used by the rail facilities, and the rest of the area is allocated contractually. The total berth length is 4050 meters. The port possesses 6 rail gantry cranes with lifting capacities of up to 45 tones, as well as more than 450,000 sq. meters of warehousing buildings, including refrigerated storage facilities and oil tanks. |
| Container and Railway Turnover | The Port of Bamberg is directly connected to the railway network of the City of Bamberg which allows it to gain full access to the European railway infrastructure network. The are more than 14 km of railway tracks and a 10-track port railway station in place. In 2008, the port serviced 1043 TEU, which is almost the double of what was serviced the year before, and all these containers were shipped by rail. In total in 2008 the port serviced 2.429 million tones of cargo, 80% of which was shipped by road, 14% by water, and only 6.5% by rail. Starting from 1998 the annual volumes of freight shipped via the port by rail grew from 139,490 tones to 156,392 tones. |
