Port of Vienna | |
Country: | Austria |
Location: | Vienna |
Owner: | Wiener Hafen Management GmbH |
Type: | Natural/Artificial |
Size: | 350 acres (3.5 square kilometres) |
Employees: | 241[1] (2007) |
Leadershiptitle: | General manager |
Leader: | Michael Hefelle |
Arrivals: | 4,371 vessels (2007)[2] |
Cargotonnage: | 12 milliontonnes (2007)[3] |
Containervolume: | 323,000 TEU (2007)[4] |
Passengertraffic: | 305,000 people[5] (2007) |
Revenue: | 45 million Euro[6] |
Website: | http://www.wienerhafen.com |
The Port of Vienna is the largest Austrian river port and one of the largest ports on the Danube River, with a total annual traffic capacity of around 12 million tonnes of cargo.
In 2007 the Port of Vienna handled 12,000,000 tonnes of cargo and 323,000 TEUs making it the busiest cargo and container port in Austria and one of the largest in Central Europe.
Containers TEU's | 323,000 | |
Automobiles (new units) | 72,000 | |
Passengers (nr) | 305,000 | |
Total*' | 12 |
The terminal was opened in 2000 and has a storage area of .[8]
The cars terminal is one of the largest in Central Europe used for imports of new cars and can accommodate 10,000 cars at once on a plot of land.[9]
The general cargo terminal has a storage area of .[10]
The Port of Vienna has one of the largest passenger terminals on the Danube River; it handled 305,000 passengers in 2007.[11]