Mannheim Harbour
Mannheim Harbour, named Rhein-Neckar-Hafen Mannheim, is a river port on the Rhine in Mannheim, at the confluence of the Rhine and the Neckar in Baden-Wurttemberg. It consists out of 4 main harbour areas Handelshafen, Rheinauhafen, Altrheinhafen and Industriehafen, which are divided into 14 single harbour basins and 3 river docks.
| Rhein-Neckar-Hafen Mannheim | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| Location | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| Details | |
| Opened | 1828 |
| Operated by | Rhein-Neckar-Hafengesellschaft Mannheim mbH |
| Owned by | State of Baden-Württemberg |
| Type of harbour | River port |
| Size of harbour | 3.420 km² |
| Land area | 8.635 km² |
| Size | 11.310 km² |
| No. of berths | 4 |
| No. of piers | 14 |
| Statistics | |
| Annual container volume | 8.1 million tonnes (2015) |
| Website , port of Mannheim GmbH | |
It is one of the most important inland ports in Europe. The port covers 3.42 km² of water (2.83 km² Rhine, 0.59 km² Neckar) and 8.635 km² of dockland. The total land area covered from the harbour is about 11.31 km², making it the biggest inland port in Germany based on this measure.
The Rhein-Neckar-Hafen Mannheim reflects a trimodal transport node at the junction of road and rail inks and two national waterways and offers various transhipment facilities. The 4 main harbour areas have overnight rail connections to all German and many important European commercial centres and it can be accessed by road via several main motorways.