Water-based Transport
In the center of the European shipping network, Bavaria’s Rhine-Main-Danube waterway extends from Aschaffenburg in the east to Passau in the west and covers 677 kilometers in the state, offering trimodal transport connections throughout. Furthermore the canal links the state’s waterways with the Germany-wide and European grids, whose main arteries of transport are the Rhine (in the west) and the Danube (in the southeast).
Proximity to high-capacity inland waterways represents a major business advantage to companies whose activities depend upon the receipt or delivery of bulk and extra-heavy goods. Areas served by a waterway generally consist of a belt running 50 kilometers wide on each of its sides, but can occasionally extend further afield.
In 2005, some 10.55 million tons of freight were transloaded in Bavaria’s harbors. Some 7.6 million tons were transported on the Main-Danube canal.
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