Port of Schwedt
Schwedt Harbour was opened in October 2001 following a two-year construction period, at a cost of €27 million. It was designed as a branch harbour and branches off from the Hohensaaten–Friedrichsthal Waterway at kilometre 125.6. It has a direct connection to Berlin and, via Szczecin, to the Baltic Sea.
With its opening, the new port replaced the old industrial port in Schwedt town centre; this relieved the town on the Oder of a large proportion of its heavy goods traffic. The historic wharf – for decades a transhipment point for cargo and passenger ships – was subsequently converted into a riverside promenade (eastern section in 2004, western section in 2007). In March 2011, the Leipa paper mill conducted a test voyage under the supervision of the Technical University of Berlin. During this voyage, 1,250 tonnes of paper rolls were transported directly, without any stopovers, from the port of Schwedt via the Baltic and North Seas to the United Kingdom using a coastal motor vessel. Since 2011, there has been a connection to the Angermünde–Schwedt railway via a connecting track. The paper mill is located immediately south of the port.
Current status
Schwedt Port has a harbour basin measuring 350 × 75 m. The quay facilities are 700 m long and provide sufficient space for six berths. Both quays have a crane with a lifting capacity of 45 tonnes. The port includes an industrial area of approximately 30 hectares, which is only partially occupied.
Wikipedia
Website:https://www.hafen-schwedt.de/
