Ferry port
Port-Joinville on the French Atlantic coast
A ferry port is a port that is on an important traffic or trade route and from which people, vehicles and / or goods are transported by ship, barge or boat across an immediately adjacent body of water .
There are numerous examples of ferry ports that handle their passengers or goods almost exclusively with the ferries that dock and depart here. The ferry ports are not necessarily, but often in small communities, unlike traditional ports, which such as B. Hamburg are the core and crystallization point of a big city .
The transfer of the various vehicles to the ships and back on land is usually done via ferry bridges.
Examples of ferry ports in Germany
- Puttgarden ferry port (from Puttgarden on Fehmarn to Rødbyhavn on Lolland in Denmark )
- Kiel (largest port for passenger ferries to Norway and western Sweden )
- Lübeck - Travemünde
- Rostock - Warnemünde
- Sassnitz / Mukran ferry port (on Rügen )
- Dagebüll (to the North Frisian islands Amrum and Föhr )
- Bensersiel (to the East Frisian island of Langeoog )
- Emden with the train station Emden Außenhafen (to the East Frisian island of Borkum )
- Friedrichshafen with different destinations on Lake Constance such as Romanshorn or Konstanz.
- Harlesiel (to the East Frisian island of Wangerooge )
- Neßmersiel (to the East Frisian island of Baltrum )
- Neuharlingersiel (to the East Frisian island of Spiekeroog )
- Norddeich (to the East Frisian islands Juist and Norderney )
- Schaprode (to the island of Hiddensee )