FFC 2 – A Port Connection

Bremerhaven and Hamburg are the

two most important seaports in

Germany . A good reason to establish

a permanent inland waterway liner

service between both ports .

A barge service could take

containers off the roads and might

decongest rail links to the ports as

well

Wirtschaftsverband Weser and

Rhenus Partnership Hanse developed

a concept to provide such a service .

The barge “ Steigerwald ” was the first

on this itenary . Rhenus currently

deploys two barges on a rotation

from Minden to Bremerhaven and

another five on a separate one from

Minden / Hannover / Braunschweig /

Fallersleben to Hamburg

The initial sailings revealed that a

direct inland waterway connection

between both ports is hardly

attractive for shippers

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Jessica Nolte ( RHENUS ) and Thomas Voigt ( WVW )