Mainly on the Elbe River - Central Europe

2.5 PORTS
Ports are the keystone for handling goods and for a possible connection of water transport to
road or railway transport. This chapter presents a brief statistical comparison of the volumes of
reloaded goods in the important ports on the Elbe river and in the major European sea ports
connected with the Elbe waterway.
2.5.1 The Elbe inland ports
There are following major inland ports on the Elbe waterway:
• in the Czech Republic – Mělník, the public port Lovosice, the private port Lovosice, Ústí
nad Labem, Děčín
• in Germany – Dresden, Riesa, Torgau, Rosslau, Aken, Magdeburg, Wittenberge
Six of the ports – the public port Lovosice, Děčín, Drážďany, Riesa, Torgau and Rosslau are
operated by Česko-saské přístavy přístavy Ltd. (Sächsische Binnenhäfen Oberelbe GmbH – the
SBO). The Mělník and Ústí nad Labem ports are operated by České přístavy Inc.
Picture 5 - Ports on the Elbe
Source: http://www.inlandports.be/ – adjusted by the processor
A feasibility study for “Improvement of Conditions for the River Transport in Central Europe (mainly on the Elbe
River)“ realized within the ChemLog project 48