Cologne

Niehl I is operated by the Ports and Freight Transport Cologne (HGK). The four harbor basins have a water area of ​​472,700 m². The land area is 837,300 m², making Niehl I, with a total area of ​​1.4 million m², the largest in terms of area of ​​Cologne’s ports. 14 HGK-owned crane systems and a company crane are in use. Three facilities for liquid goods, two dry handling halls and a RoRo car loading system for the vehicles manufactured by the Ford plants complete the offer.

A bridge for pedestrians and cyclists has been crossing the harbor entrance since 1986. It connects the street Am Molenkopf with the Niehler Damm.In the port of Niehl I around 514,000 TEU were handled with four container crane bridges and reach stackers in 2011. The total throughput was around 2.1 million tons in 2011. The outreach on the water side is 36 meters for two crane bridges. In this way, two ships lying side by side can be handled.