Rostock is the Fastest Growing Port in the Baltic Sea

The new shipping traffic forecast from the federal government identifies the port of Rostock as the fastest growing German Baltic Sea port. The forecast established by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport is based, among other things, on the expansion of infrastructures for sustainable energy supply. Growth is expected to increase by 0.8 percent annually until 2040.

(Rostock/Berlin) The Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport has examined the development of shipping traffic until 2040 in its new “Baseline Forecast 2040,” starting from the year 2019. While the overall freight transport volume across all modes of transport is expected to increase from 4.4 billion tons to 5.1 billion tons, a rise of 17.3 percent, the growth of cargo handling in German seaports is largely stagnating, with an overall increase of only 2.4 percent (or 0.1 percent per year) until 2040. This sideways trend is also observable in the German Baltic Sea ports, where cargo handling is expected to rise from a total of 53 million tons to 56 million tons during the same period.

Rostock Port is Expected to Experience the Strongest Growth on the German Baltic Coast

The port of Rostock is expected to see the strongest growth along the German Baltic coast. The cargo volume is projected to grow to around 25 million tons (net) by 2040, marking an annual increase of about 0.8 percent. The future viability of Rostock Port is secured by various expansion projects listed in the forecast, focusing on sustainable energy supply. Newly added types of goods are expected to substitute the declining handling of fossil bulk goods, specifically coal and crude oil, in Rostock.

Results Serve Ongoing Demand Planning

The results of the now presented traffic forecast 2040 serve the federal government for the ongoing demand planning review of the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 and its updates.
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