Simplify your transport chain. Transporting heavy goods by road can be complex, with congestion often requiring vehicles to spend hours in traffic jams or make long detours. Road transports are also subject to permits, and to the observance of driving time limits. Shipping eliminates these costly and time-consuming processes.
In Bremerhaven, bulky and heavy-lift cargo can be loaded directly from the production facility onto the ship. When handled within the Labradorhafen area, heavy cargo does not require a permit or a BF3 vehicle.
Production on the coast? Bremerhaven’s excellent port infrastructure enables you to transport heavy goods – such as large machines, industrial plants, construction vehicles and cranes – around the world quickly, reliably and safely.
Our terminals for heavy-lift cargo enable you not only to save on logistics costs, but also to provide greater delivery flexibility and reliability.
Located next to waterways navigable for seagoing ships and offering excellent transport links to the surrounding region, the port’s plots of land and production halls boast an ideal infrastructure.
Bremerhaven is an international seaport boasting excellent connections for both ocean and short sea shipping.
Investment and innovation programmes, location scouting, land brokerage and much more – our BIS business development team can provide you with expert support in setting up your business, always tailoring its approaches and solutions to suit your specific needs.
Heavy goods: Do you manufacture transformers, large construction machinery, castings, turbines, aggregates or similar? Bremerhaven offers you industrial estates and modern production facilities located right next to navigable waterways – ideal conditions for exporting rolling and heavy goods.
Areas at the port: Bremerhaven offers you a range of large plots situated alongside a navigable waterway – ideally located and sized for your project.
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| A27 motorway (junction: Fischereihafen) | 3,5 km |
| B71/B6 federal road | 0,4 km |
| Public transport connection | 0,3 km |
| Bremerhaven main train station | 6 km |
| Seaport Labradorhafen | 0,5 km |
| Seaport Überseehäfen/container terminal | 9 km |
| Bremen Airport | 60 km |
| Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz | 36 km |
| A27 motorway (junction: Fischereihafen) | 3,5 km |
| B71/B6 federal road | 0,4 km |
| Public transport Connection/Bus stop | 0,8 km |
| Bremerhaven main train station | 6 km |
| Seaport Labradorhafen | 0,5 km |
| Seaport Überseehäfen /container terminal | 9 km |
| Bremen Airport | 60 km |
| Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz | 36 km |
| A27 motorway | 5 km |
| B6/B212 federal road | 5 km |
| Bremen Airport | 70 km |
| Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz | 30 km |
| Bremerhaven main train station | 7 km |
| Bremen main train station | 60 km |
| Bremen Cargo Distribution Centre | 65 km |
| Bremerhaven seaport | 1 km |
| Bremerhaven inland port | 1 km |
Heavy-goods transports by road are subject to a complex approvals process that can take several weeks to complete. Companies that produce directly at the port require significantly fewer permits, which in turn means lower logistics costs and less complex logistics management.
Bremerhaven is the fourth-largest container port and largest automobile transshipment centre in Europe, and enjoys an excellent reputation. It is also ideally equipped for the handling of heavy goods and, with its heavy-duty berths, can ship even the most oversized cargo to destinations around the world.
Located only 32 nautical miles from the open sea, Bremerhaven is quite easy to reach for maritime traffic (for the other major ports in the area, Bremen and Hamburg, this distance is 66 and 77 nautical miles respectively). It therefore only takes 2:36 hours for ships to get to Bremerhaven from the open sea, while ships heading to one of the other two cities will take twice as long.
Companies that use Bremerhaven can benefit of the extensive shipping expertise and logistics know-how of the port’s highly trained staff, who ensure that goods are handled safely and arrive at their destination on time and with no detours.
Bremerhaven has four ports capable of heavy-cargo handling. These are part of a comprehensive logistics concept catering to the requirements of the large machine- and plant-engineering industry.
From the publicly accessible heavy-lift platform, large construction components can be loaded onto pontoons or ships using hydraulic shifting systems or heavy-duty vehicles.
The ABC-Halbinsel terminal located between Kaiserhafen II and Kaiserhafen III is operated by BLG LOGISTICS. It offers berths for ships and heavy-load-bearing areas for the storage and shipment of heavy cargo.
This terminal specialises in handling and loading heavy cargo weighing more than 1,000 tonnes. It is therefore equipped with specially modified container gantry cranes and large mobile cranes.
Bremerhaven boasts excellent
connections for both ocean and short sea shipping. It therefore makes an ideal location for import and export operations.
Bremerhaven is connected to the European motorway network via the Autobahn A 27. The city has five junctions connecting it with the A 27 motorway. It also has the Weser tunnel connecting it with Oldenburg/Wilhelmshaven
and the Netherlands.
Bremerhaven has an excellent roads network, and traffic in the city tends to be flowing, with little or no congestion.
Bremerhaven is situated on the main railway line to the city of Bremen, which is served by numerous long-distance trains.
Bremen Airport is around 50 minutes away by car.
In 2017 alone, goods with total weight of 33,965,000 tonnes were shipped out of Bremerhaven’s ports to destinations all over the world, including Germany, Russia, Norway, Spain, China, Singapore, Australia, South Africa, Oman, Brazil, Canada and the US.
Therefore Bremerhaven offers a wide range of international shipping lines. The inland waterways leading out of Bremerhaven are also navigable for seagoing vessels.
Thanks to its excellent port infrastructure and heavy-lift facilities, Bremerhaven is ideally positioned not only to transport goods by sea, but also to transport bulky and heavy cargo.
The Bremerhavener Gesellschaft für Investitionsförderung und Stadtentwicklung mbH, BIS for short, serves as an interface between the worlds of politics, administration, business and science. It is also there to support you. The BIS business development team sees itself as a partner to and champion of businesses in the region.
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