741
First documented mention of the town of Hallstadt as a strategically important border crossing on an ancient arterial road between the Rhine and the Danube.

793
The “Lorscher Annals” report that Emperor Charlemagne had 6,000 workers work on a moat “2,000 steps long and 300 feet wide” to connect the Main to the Danube.

1062
Bamberg merchants are mentioned in documents as users of the Regnitz-Main waterway.

1348
The Bamberger Rechtsbuch mentions for the first time the loading of a ship in Bamberg.

1370
It is reported that the Bamberg skipper Gundelach delivers iron from Bamberg to Aachen by water.

1441
“An den Kranen” is reported as having a stone quay and a wooden loading crane.

1771
A storehouse ordinance is issued by the prince-bishop and a weighing scale is built.

1819
Completion of the feasibility study for a connecting canal between the Main and the Danube.

1834
The proposed route designed by Heinrich Freiherr von Pechmann is accepted and enshrined in law.

1836
A ship connection is established between Bamberg and Cologne.

1840
Between 1820 and 1840, the volume of traffic on the Main increases 10-fold…

1841
Foundation of the Main-Dampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft (Main Steamship Company), which establishes a connection from Bamberg to Mainz.

1846
After 10 years of construction the Bavarian. King Ludwig I opens the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal, which begins in Bamberg and ends in Kelheim.

1962
The port is extensively developed and modernised.

1966
More than 3,000,000 tonnes of goods are handled in the port.

2000
Development of the port of Bamberg into a modern multimodal freight transport centre of nationwide importance.

2006
Check-in of the first passenger ships at quay 5 in bayernhafen Bamberg.

2008
Opening of the urgently needed new passenger landing pier (with 2 jetties) at quay 5.

2008
The new  baymodal Bamberg container terminal enters into operation.