The Baltic Sea Port of Lübeck

The port in Lübeck and Lübeck-Travemünde functions as an important link between Hamburg and the whole Baltic Sea region.Germany’s largest Baltic Sea port handles over 27 million metric tons (2010) of cargo annually and provides more than 100 departures per week to Scandinavia, Finland, Russia and the Baltic countries, as well as to the USA. Ferries and Ro-Ro traffic are particularly important.

As a distribution and logistics centre, the port specialises strongly in paper and forest products. Also trucks and trailer, containers, general cargo and bulk cargo are handled. The largest terminal operator is the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (www.lhg.com), which operates four cargo-handling terminals. Among them is the Terminal Scandinavienkai, Europe’s largest ferry terminal, which has nine berths and over 80 arrivals and departures per week. The terminal has been modernised and expanded extensively during the last few years.