Ports in Frankfurt am Main
There are several inland ports in Frankfurt am Main , some of which are being converted into new residential areas due to their central location in the city and the attractiveness of the Main as an urban space .
In the direction of flow these are:
- The Mainkur harbor (former Cassella harbor) in the Fechenheim industrial area with only one small harbor basin is occasionally still used to supply the companies in the Cassella industrial park.
- The Osthafen is the largest port in Frankfurt and is almost fully occupied. It consists of the Oberhafen and the Unterhafen , which are separated from each other by the Offenbach barrage. The Oberhafen has two harbor basins that flow directly into the Main and can be easily reached on land by the port railway and the nearby A 661 motorway. A planned third, eastern port basin was never built. The lower harbor has the shape of a tuning fork with a fore basin that divides into two further harbor basins. A planned expansion of the north basin was excavated, but never connected to the basin. The pit filled with groundwater and today forms the Schwedlersee . About the forebay leading Honsellbrücke , on the southern basin , the Schmickbrücke .
- The Mainkai , the old town bank of the Main, was the oldest port in the city. Today it is a promenade. Its extension to the west to the Main-Neckar bridge is the Untermainkai . Until the 19th century, a narrow tributary of the Main, the Kleine Main , with an offshore island, the Mainlust, lay beneath the quay wall . The Kleine Main was filled in in 1859. A green area was created on the site, the Nice . The track of the connecting railway located here is now used more for tourist journeys by the historic Frankfurt railway than for freight traffic . Names such as Antwerpener Werft , Nizzawerft, Leonhardswerft, Fahrtorwerft and Weseler Werft are reminiscent of its earlier use as a port facility, as is a historic loading crane opposite the Städel . There is also a pier for excursion boats at the Eiserner Steg ; Hotel ships also moor down the river Main to Holbeinsteg during the trade fair .
- The Schaumainkai , the Sachsenhausen Main side, is now more of a synonym for the Museumsufer . While the museums are on the high bank , the deep quay is a green area and one of the most attractive places to stay in the city. Here, too, there are names from the time when the port was used, such as Schifferwerft, Dreikönigswerft, Deutschherrnwerft or Schlachthofwerft .
- The Westhafen in Gutleutviertel was converted into an inner-city residential area. The harbor basin was preserved, was bridged with two piers and serves as a marina . The neighboring thermal power station West still receives coal by ship via its own dock .
- The Gutleuthof river port, downstream from the power plant, is still in operation and has a rail connection to the port railway.
- The loading point at the Griesheim industrial park is rarely used.
- The Höchst port below the Höchst old town was closed in 1982. A gantry crane from the 1950s (at the same level as the former Main power plants ) and another example from the 19th century at the mouth of the Nidda are a reminder of this use.
- In the Höchst industrial park there are six risers for handling tankers on the north bank . A quay wall several hundred meters long extends between the middle works bridge and the Leunabrücke , where ships can also dock. Mainly steam coal for the thermal power station of the industrial park is discharged here. On the south side there is a 450 meter long harbor basin in which several ships can lie at the same time. It is mainly used to deliver rock salt for chlor-alkali electrolysis and to handle containers for the Rhein-Main Container Port .
The handling of goods in the Frankfurt ports fluctuates depending on the economy, but is overall slightly down. In 1997, a total of 8,439 ships were handled in all of Frankfurt's ports and around 4.9 million tons of goods were handled. By 2006 the numbers had dropped to 5516 ships with around 3.5 million tons of goods handled. The decline in bulk goods such as coal, gravel and scrap plays a key role here. In contrast, container handling plays an important role. In 2015, 4.3 million tons of goods and 64,794 containers were handled in all of Frankfurt's ports.
In 2008 the city ports accounted for 1917 ships with 2.38 million tons, including 42,652 container units . In 2011 there were 1,745 ships with 2.0 million tons, including 28,495 containers. In 2015, 2,113 ships were handled with a turnover of 2,569,287 tons, including 37,335 containers.
Approx. 1200 ships with approx. 1.9 million tons, including 32,000 containers, are handled in the Höchst industrial park.
Web links
- City Port Authority website
- Website of the trimodal port in the Höchst industrial park
See also
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- ↑ Statistical Yearbook Frankfurt am Main 2007 (PDF file; 214 kB) accessed on Feb. 26, 2020
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook Frankfurt am Main 2016 (PDF file; 162 kB) accessed on Feb. 26, 2020
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.hfm-frankfurt.de/pdf/HFM_Zahlen-Daten-Fakten_2015_update.pdf
- ↑ http://www.industriepark-hoechst.com/index/industriepark/ffekten.htm
