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Facts & Figures

A few selected details about the port are presented in short form.

Completion:October 2007 (in operation since June 2008)
Waterway:Dortmund-Ems-Canal/Ems
Stream-Canal-Kilometre:km 176.6
Coordinates:52° 46' N 7° 16' O
Port facilities:Harbour basin with branch canal and adjacent industrial area with a total of 43 ha
Branch canal:Encounter traffic possible
Type of ship:Large motor cargo ship (110 m long, 11.45 m wide, 2.80 m draught, 2,100 t deadweight)
Berths:4 transshipment berths & 1 dolphin berth, total quay length of 570 m
Water area:Harbour basin approx. 4.05 ha + branch canal of approx. 6 ha
Transport connection:Trimodal -> rail - road - water
Rail connection:Connection to the Deutsche Bahn AG rail network
Goods handled by ship:Around 600,000 t per year
Main handled goods:Agricultural products, building materials, fertilisers, heavy goods
Other:Three-lane container traffic possible northway
Industrial area:"Eurohafen Emsland" area with 23 ha net building area, as well as 6 currently settled companies. Immediately adjacent to "Eurohafen Industrial Park" area with 63 ha net building area
Total costs:€ 21 million
Financing:Including subsidies from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Objective 2 programme of the European Union amounting to € 8,123,000.00, the district of Emsland and the towns of Haren (Ems) and Meppen.