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bayernhafen Bamberg is the most important hub for freight transport for the entire Upper Franconia region. It makes a considerable contribution to serving citizens and businesses and provides producers in the region with access to international transport networks. The port efficiently links road, rail and inland waterway. bayernhafen Bamberg is home to companies from the logistics, cargo transfer, shipping, production, recycling and service sectors.

Grain becomes corn, corn becomes flour, flour becomes bread. bayernhafen Bamberg plays a key role in the chain from field to breakfast table. Cereals, foodstuffs and animal feed are particularly suited to transport by inland waterway and represent the lion’s share of the ship cargo handled at bayernhafen Bamberg. Companies also use the container terminal at bayernhafen Bamberg to export their products and to import intermediate goods and components.

Infrastructure

Land and Real Estate

Cargo Transfer & Logistics

Intermodal

Cruise Services

Our high-performance infrastructure enables us to provide non-discriminatory and cost-effective access to the three equal modes of transport rail, road and inland waterway.

In order to provide the companies operating from our port with the best possible connections and accessibility, we permanently invest in the development of our infrastructure.

Should you experience any disruption or impediments when using our infrastructure, we can be reached around the clock via our location-wide hotline.

Central Disruption Management Infrastructure:

Accident Reporting Line (24 hr)
Phone 0800 7240 320

Quayside facilities

Rail facilities

Fully developed commercial sites, excellent infrastructure and trimodal connection of the three transport modes of road, rail and inland waterway offer the best conditions for establishing your business in bayernhafen Bamberg. Our location is particularly ideal for companies operating in the logistics sector or manufacturers who rely heavily on freight transport.

Our property and facility management service provides:

Development, leasing and renting of commercial sites and renting of office premises and warehouses
Support with planning and approval procedures (planning permits, and so on) and financial matters

We would be more than happy to present our services to you in person.

Land

Currently available office space

Storage/warehouse space

Mobile handling equipment

Suitably equipped storage capacity is available at our port for the storage of bulk goods, groupage freight, liquids and heavy-lift cargo as well as combined transport unit loads. With numerous silos, refrigerated warehouses, oil tanks, container depots and technical equipment, we and the companies operating from our port are specialised in all manner of transportation storage.

472,000 m² depots and warehouse space
Approx. 96,000 m³ silo storage
Approx. 6,000 m³ oil tank storage

Order picking and packaging, processing, recycling and finishing round off the range of comprehensive services and activities we offer.

Travel by river cruise ship has grown in popularity and is now an important pillar of bayernhafen’s product portfolio. With docking facilities for passenger ships in Aschaffenburg, Bamberg, Roth, Regensburg and Passau, bayernhafen offers the river cruise sector five locations in Bavaria from a single source.

bayernhafen’s locations are the starting point for tens of thousands of tourists from all over the world every year. While they enjoy their time on shore and explore the region, the ships can, for example, replenish their fresh water tanks or dispose of their waste. River cruises also benefit the cities they visit, as research studies on the regional value creation of tourism confirm. While they are on shore, the passengers spend money on items such as souvenirs, restaurants and clothes, along with expenditure on excursion packages and bus transfers. In addition, the advertising effect for the cities the cruise ships visit is enormous.

Regular berth bayernhafen Bamberg - Quay 5

MDKC kilometre 2.10-2.70 east

The UNESCO World Heritage City of Bamberg enchants visitors with its almost completely preserved medieval and baroque-period historical town centre. Its outstanding tourist attractions include the Old Town Hall, the Imperial Cathedral, ‘Little Venice’, and the rose garden in the New Residence. Your guests will be able to experience the famous Bamberg beer culture in a host of beer cellars or in the welcoming restaurants operated by the local breweries.

The first impression your guests gain of Bamberg is when they dock at bayernhafen Bamberg. From here, it is only a five-minute drive to the historic town centre, or your guests can travel to the many sights in and around Bamberg. Our services help your guests get the most out of their stay in Bamberg.

	Bus stops for coaches are available near the quay.
	Shore power: PowerLock connection
	Self-service water terminals are available at all of the piers. Activation via fleet card. Fleet cards can be credited/topped up at payment machines. If you do not already have a fleet card, the Port Master will be happy to provide you with one.
	General refuse and organic waste disposal services available. Please register with the Port Master.
	Waste water disposal: organisation of a vacuum tanker possible. Please register with the Port Master at least 2 days in advance.

News from Bamberg

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Mobilbagger taucht Greifer in Binnenschiff

Bamberg

18 March 2024

Future-proof bayernhafen Bamberg guarantees the reliable supply of goods

Bamberg, 18.03.2024 - 416,926 tonnes of goods were moved by train and barge at bayernhafen Bamberg in 2023, down 6.5%…

Bamberg

31 July 2023

Shore-side eco-power for river cruise ships in Bamberg

Würzburg/Bamberg, 30.07.2023 River cruise ships docking at bayernhafen Bamberg’s piers near Regnitzstraße will in future be supplied with electricity from…

Bamberg

14 March 2023

bayernhafen Bamberg – Upper Franconia’s gateway to the world – future-proof business thanks to investment

Bamberg, 14.03.2023 - Despite 2022 being a difficult year, bayernhafen showed what it was capable of: 26,000 truck trips (almost…

Bamberg

24 January 2023

bayernhafen sends clear signal with introduction of HVO

Regensburg, 24.01.2023 - bayernhafen is taking an important step forward in sustainability to achieve a massive reduction in CO2 emissions…

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Facts & figures

Operating Information

Guided Tours

History

Ship registration

Drinking water, electricity supply and waste disposal

Moorage and Port Fees

Rail infrastructure

Rail Infrastructure Usage Agreement

Would you like to have a look around bayernhafen Bamberg? Then we look forward to hearing from you. From time to time, we offer guided tours for schools, universities or other interested organisations. Depending on the availability of staff, we will do our best to arrange a guided tour for you. Tours are held on weekdays from Monday through Friday. Please note that we cannot provide a bus for the tour. You would have to provide your own bus.

Unfortunately, we do not offer guided tours around the port by boat. We can, however, give you a tip: Take a trip on one of the ships of the Bamberg passenger ship company, Kropf, and let yourself drift downriver on the left-hand side of the Regnitz, along the world-renowned tourist attractions such as the old town hall, the cathedral and ‘Little Venice’ to the destination of your choice. Find out more on the website of Bamberger Personenschifffahrt Kropf under “port excursions”.

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

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.