The Mannheim port ( Wikipedia ) has a fascinating history that can be traced back to 1247. Today it comprises four port areas with a total of 14 harbour basins and 3 river ports. The Mannheim port is thus the fourth largest inland port and one of the most important in Europe.
The Mannheim harbour through the ages
First documented mention of water customs in the Neckar estuary
Rhine customs stations upstream from the fishing village Mannheim
Foundation of the city of Mannheim, expansion into a trading centre and entrepot
First steam ship – paddle steamer Friedrich Wilhelm – arrives in Mannheim.
Opening of the free port Mannheim
Rhine shipping file (Mainz File)
Opening of the “New Mannheimer Port” , consisting of a domestic and foreign port
Connection of the port to the railway
Revised Rhine Shipping File (Mannheim File)
Construction of Mühlau docks
Construction of the Rhine quay
Construction of the Rheinau docks, private company; nationalized in 1903
Construction of the municipal industrial docks
Construction of the Thyssen docks, private company; 1958 taken over by the state (Rheinau docks, dock 24)
Construction of the oil docks (Friesenheim dock)
Container terminal in the commercial docks
RoRo terminal in the Rheinau docks
New harbour sluice between the Neckar and industrial docks opens for shipping
New construction of roads in the trading port
Expansion of the container terminal
New construction of the extended Dortmunder Straße in the Rheinauhafen and its own connection to the harbour
Founding of Staatliche Rhein-Neckar-Hafengesellschaft Mannheim mbH
Extensive environmental protection and safety measures at warehouses in the Handelshafen and Rheinauhafen
Combined traffic terminal in the commercial docks
Eight power stations in the Handelshafen
Safe berth for two-cone ships in the Old Rhine docks-Oil docks (preventative environmental protection)
2. Expansion of the container terminal to now 32,500 m² and third container crane (50 t)
Expansion of the container terminal to 44,000 m²
Commissioning of the remote-controlled Mannheim harbour sluice; the Rhine-Neckar port of Mannheim is voted inland port of the year 1998
10th anniversary of Staatliche Rhein-Neckar-Hafengesellschaft Mannheim mbH
2000s
Cooperation agreement with the port operations Ludwigshafen / Rhein GmbH
2. Second access road to the port Mannheim-Rheinau
Expansion of the RoRo facility
Construction of a new container terminal (18,700 m²); photovoltaics system built on 5,000 m² roof surface
Photovoltaics systems on total 7,000 m² roof surface
Photovoltaics on total 2,000 m²
Solar tracking systems with a total area of 600 m²
Energy terminals for 5 passenger vessels at the Haus Oberrhein
