Used containers at Nuremberg: southern Germany's combined transport hub

Capacity that is being rebuilt

In March 2024 the port company reported 318,471 TEU for 2023 and a plan to lift crane capacity by about a fifth, to 400,000 TEU, with new cranes expected by the end of 2026. Trade press later reported 478,680 TEU for the whole bayernhafen network in 2025. Those are the operator's own accounts and a plan, not stock.

Why the terminal matters for the equipment

We do not handle cargo. For a container resale, a busy rail terminal is where an owner decides whether to keep a unit, move it or sell it. We ask where it stands, in what condition and under whose release, and we leave the logistics to the parties.

One operator, electrified tracks

bayernhafen names TriCon Container-Terminal Nürnberg as the operator of the handling facilities and says the terminal's connections are fully electrified. We act for neither. The operator's name tells a buyer whom to ask about gate and release rules.

Owners and buyers in Franconia and Bavaria

Owners name type, quantity and release date. Buyers in the region register what they need and how far they can collect. Hamburg has its own page, and a request can be compared with it by actual distance.

• According to bayernhafen, the trimodal terminal at bayernhafen Nürnberg is the central hub for combined transport in southern Germany, and its connections are fully electrified (page undated).
• According to bayernhafen, the operator of the handling facilities at bayernhafen Nürnberg is TriCon Container-Terminal Nürnberg GmbH (page undated).
• According to bayernhafen (21 March 2024), combined transport throughput at bayernhafen Nürnberg totalled 318,471 TEU in 2023, down 10.7% on the previous year.
• According to bayernhafen (21 March 2024), the combined transport terminal had reached the limit of its capacity since entering service in 2006, and new cranes expected by the end of 2026 would raise crane capacity by 21% to a total of 400,000 TEU.
• According to trade press reporting bayernhafen's results (27 February 2026), its seven locations handled 478,680 TEU in combined transport in 2025, a rise of one percent.

Sources: bayernhafen.com · bayernhafen.com · transport-online.de · verified 2026-10-01

• Dry containers (20DC / 40DC / 40HC): on request — tell us what you have or need in Nuremberg and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Damaged / AS-IS units: on request — tell us what you have or need in Nuremberg and we will say honestly whether we can help.
• Reefer: on request — tell us what you have or need in Nuremberg and we will say honestly whether we can help.
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• We are also extending into further equipment and service categories. Tell us what you have or need if you do not see it above — we will say honestly whether we can help.