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Main in Schweinfurt

Main in Schweinfurt, Commercial river port in Schweinfurt, Germany

Main in Schweinfurt is a commercial river port situated along the river in Germany, featuring multiple docking areas and cargo handling facilities. The complex includes specialized zones designed to transfer goods between different forms of transport like ships, trains, and trucks.

The Schweinfurt harbours lie on three separate sites along the Main south of the city centre, at 203 to 208 m above sea level. After German reunification in 1990, hopes that the port would become Thuringia's gateway went unfulfilled. When the continuous Main-Danube Canal opened in 1992, freight on the Main fell sharply and transhipment volumes dropped with it. Since the late 2010s the waterway has been deepened from 2.50 to 2.90 m and widened from 36 to 40 m.

The name "Hafen" is used locally for the whole industrial area south of the Main, which gave the two city districts Hafen-West and Hafen-Ost their official names. At the passenger landing Am unteren Marienbach, an 8-tonne crane that has long been out of service stands as a monument to the former sand handling.

Visitors can explore the port area from public walkways and watch the loading activities and passing vessels along the river. The site is most active during daytime hours, making it the best time to see operations and river traffic.

The port's southern quay holds two double-jib cranes with a 6,000 kg grab capacity and 10,000 kg on the hook, plus grain silos of 45,200 m³. The largest operations there are the Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Schweinfurt power station and the Ireks malt factory. The northern quay belongs entirely to the mineral oil firm Erik Walther, with a 45,000 m³ tank farm.

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