What ENNSHAFEN does

ENNSHAFEN is an Austrian public port and trimodal logistics hub operated by EHG Ennshafen GmbH as a public-private partnership between the federal states of Upper Austria and Lower Austria. Founded in 1976 and commercially operating since 1994, it spans 3.5 million square meters on the Danube at river kilometer 2112 and serves as one of two Austrian core nodes in the TEN-T Rhine-Danube Corridor. Its core product is the ENNSHAFEN port itself — a water/rail/road transshipment center with approximately 2,500 meters of quayside, a 275,000 m² Container Terminal Enns with 500,000–600,000 TEU capacity, and a Roll-On/Roll-Off terminal for heavy lift and project cargo — complemented by 3,600 m² of logistics-center office/seminar space and ~2.43 million m² of business-park land for tenant settlement.\n\nRevenue is generated across three streams: (1) transaction-based port fees and water/land handling charges regulated by the Hafenentgeltordnung, (2) recurring rental income from office space in the logistics center and warehouse/industrial space in the on-site business parks (Enns in Upper Austria, Ennsdorf in Lower Austria), and (3) terminal, RoRo, warehousing, packaging, and bunkering services delivered by operators located within the port. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The customer base is enterprise and B2B across international shipping, freight forwarding, industrial manufacturing, recycling, energy, and timber — including MAERSK, Kühne+Nagel, Container Terminal Enns GmbH, Fixkraft-Futtermittel, Galaxy Power, Rauch Recycling, and most recently Rosenbauer AG via the new Panattoni Park.\n\nUnderlying technology combines physical trimodal infrastructure (gantry cranes, block-train rail connections, feeder lines, RoRo ramp with 8,500 m² fenced storage, heavy-duty quays) with selective process digitization — a mandatory digital ship registration system since October 2023, a digital cargo-handling data-recording system, and distribution of the DoRIS Mobile waterway-information app. The ongoing EU CEF-2 funded shore-power rollout (EUR 3,159,000; construction started October 2025, completion targeted by end of 2027) and Austria's first floating dock (opened June 2022) anchor a multi-year infrastructure investment program coordinated with viadonau and the Danube Commission. Throughput was approximately 500,000 tonnes of water/land cargo in 2024 (+25% YoY) and roughly 400,000 TEU containers in 2023.

Name

ENNSHAFEN

Legal name

EHG Ennshafen GmbH

Website

https://ennshafen.at

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ENNSHAFEN is an Austrian public-private trimodal port on the Danube, operated by EHG Ennshafen GmbH between Upper and Lower Austria, providing water/rail/road transshipment, container and RoRo terminal services, and on-site business-park leasing to shipping, logistics, and industrial tenants across Central Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Inland Port Logistics

NAICS

Port and Harbor Operations (48831), Port and Harbor Operations (488310), Marine Cargo Handling (48832)

SIC

Transportation Services (4700)

akta.pro primary industry

Towage & Berthing Coordination (Tug/Line Handling Dispatch) (TLAHAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Bulk Transloading & Intermodal Bulk Transfer Facilities (Rail/Truck/Conveyor/Barge) (TLAHABAN)

Keywords

• Trimodal port logistics
• Container terminal services
• Inland waterway shipping
• Intermodal freight handling
• Business park leasing

Headquarters

HQ city

Enns

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Port Fees and Handling Charges: Fees levied for use of the ENNSHAFEN port including pierage/port fees and transshipment charges. Water/land handling services for cargo including bulk goods, containers, and heavy cargo.
2. Business Park and Office Space Rental: Rental of single offices starting at 27 m² and room combinations in the 3,600 m² logistics center. Also includes warehouse and industrial space rentals in the business parks.
3. Logistics and Terminal Services: Container terminal operations, RoRo terminal services, warehousing, packaging, and bunkering services provided by operators located within ENNSHAFEN.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ENNSHAFEN is a public port operating company that operates a 3.5 million square meter trimodal logistics hub on the Danube at river kilometer 2112, connecting waterway, rail, and road transport for cargo transshipment. Core offerings include Container Terminal Enns (500,000-600,000 TEU capacity), Roll-On/Roll-Off Terminal for heavy lift cargo, approximately 2,500 meters of quay facilities, High & Heavy transshipment services, shore power infrastructure, business park leasing, logistics center office space rentals, and digital ship registration services.

Product overview

ENNSHAFEN is a trimodal public port and logistics hub in Austria spanning 3.5 million square meters, operated as a public-private partnership between the states of Upper and Lower Austria. The core offering centers on the port facility itself — a waterway-rail-road transshipment node on the Danube at river kilometer 2112, serving as a TEN-T Rhine-Danube Corridor core network hub. Its main products include the Container Terminal Enns (275,000 m², 500,000–600,000 TEU capacity), the Roll-On/Roll-Off Terminal for heavy lift and project cargo, approximately 2,500 meters of quay facilities with specialized High & Heavy transshipment, and a Logistics Center offering office and seminar room rentals. Supporting services include Digital Ship Registration (mandatory from October 2023), DoRIS Mobile river information app, Shore Power infrastructure for ship electrification, and business park land for settlement. The port hosts over 60 companies employing approximately 2,600 people, handling water/land cargo throughput of approximately 500,000 tonnes annually (2024) and container throughput of 400,000–457,500 TEU annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ENNSHAFEN Port (Hafen) Austria's newest public port, serving as a trimodal transshipment center on the Danube at river kilometer 2112. Spanning 3.5 million square meters, it connects waterway (Rhine-Main-Danube corridor), rail (north-south corridor), and road (A1, A7, A8, A9 motorways) transport, linking the Enns and Ennsdorf business parks. The port features approximately 2,500 meters of quayside for cargo handling, water/land transshipment, and is a core network node in the TEN-T Rhine-Danube Corridor.
• Container Terminal Enns (CTE) A major hinterland terminal for large sea ports, functioning as the primary container gateway of Ennshafen. It spans approximately 275,000 square meters with a capacity of 500,000-600,000 TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units), featuring modern gantry cranes and block train rail connections to seaports. The terminal handled 457,500 TEU in 2022 and approximately 400,000 TEU in 2023, with around 90 combined transport trains per week serving seaports and Austrian cities.
• Roll-On/Roll-Off (RoRo) Terminal A roll-on/roll-off terminal offering services for heavy lift and project cargo, allowing vehicles and agricultural machines to drive directly on and off vessels without additional equipment. The terminal includes 8,500 square meters of protected, fenced, CCTV-monitored storage space connected to the RoRo ramp, and hosts the Star Lines RoRo liner service connecting Passau, Ennshafen, Vidin, and Ruse via the Danube.
• Logistics Center / Office Space and Seminar Rooms The ENNSHAFEN Logistics Center offers rental office space starting at 27 m², room combinations with river views, and two seminar/meeting rooms (100 m² and 160 m²) with state-of-the-art technical equipment. The center provides 3,600 m² of modern infrastructure with central location and parking, hosting tenants and event organizers with an on-site restaurant (Kai 7).
• High & Heavy Transshipment Specialized crane-based transshipment of oversized and heavyweight cargo over the quay wall, ideal for project logistics and cargo that cannot be transported by road. Services include heavy cargo transshipment, with dedicated heavy-duty quays at ENNSHAFEN for large-dimension and high-weight shipments.
• Shore Power (Landstromanlagen) Onshore electricity supply infrastructure for ships at berth, enabling vessels to shut down their own diesel generators while moored. Five modules with a total of 19 connection boxes are being installed across the port's two harbor basins, serving both cargo ships and Danube cruise ships (especially for winter mooring). EU CEF-2 funded project (3,159,000 EUR contribution, project no. 101174873) running October 2024-December 2027.
• Digital Ship Registration and Shipping Company Portal (Reedereiportal) Mandatory digital ship registration system accessible via hb.ennshafen.at, where ships provide ENI number, ship email, and captain's direct phone number for registration. The companion shipping company portal stores ship and personnel data for repeat registrations, streamlining subsequent ship arrival declarations for shipping companies operating on the Danube.
• Business Park Enns / Ennsdorf Industrial land and building lots for rent within the ENNSHAFEN economic zone. The Business Park Enns (Upper Austria) covers approximately 1,750,000 m² and the Ennsdorf Business Park (Lower Austria) covers approximately 680,000 m², both with direct rail feeder lines, motorway access, and proximity to Linz Airport.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25% increase in water/shore handling in 2024 compared to previous year, reaching approximately 500,000 tonnes
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• viadonau (Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft mbH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2024viadonau is the Austrian waterway management company that coordinates shore power development along the Danube. They collaborated on the CEF-2 project 'Electrified Danube_Close the Gaps at Ennshafen, Austria' and participate in joint exhibition stands at transport logistic trade shows.
• Ennshafen OÖ GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperating company for Upper Austrian portion of ENNSHAFEN port. Managed by Werner Auer. Responsible for infrastructure development and operations.
• Ennshafen NÖ GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOperating company for Lower Austrian portion of ENNSHAFEN port. Managed by Jörg Praher. Part of ecoplus Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur.
• Container Terminal Enns GmbHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeased operator of Container Terminal Enns since 2015. Provides container handling services with 500,000 TEU capacity and rail connections to seaports.
• Pro Danube InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean association promoting Danube navigation. Co-organizer of Danube Ports Days events and DIONYSUS project consortium partner.
• Donaukommission (Danube Commission)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational organization facilitating Danube navigation. Represented at the CEF project kick-off event for shore power development.
• Business Upper Austria (OÖ Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBusiness settlement agency for Upper Austria promoting ENNSHAFEN as a business location for new company installations.
• ecoplus (Niederösterreichs Wirtschaftsagentur GmbH)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBusiness settlement agency for Lower Austria managing Business Park Ennsdorf and promoting ENNSHAFEN as a business location.
• SEANERGY Project Consortium (12 European Partners)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02 project creating master plan for transforming ports into clean energy hubs. Budget EUR 2,497,043.75. ENNSHAFEN participates as project partner.
• DIONYSUS Project Consortium (19 Partners from 9 Countries)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterreg Danube Programme project integrating Danube Region into smart multimodal transport chains. Budget EUR 3,603,511.25. ENNSHAFEN hosted First Year Review event.
• FCC Freistadt Abfall Service GmbHminorOthersWaste management service provider for bilge water and other waste disposal at the port. Contact: Markus Kreindl.
• Star Lines RoRo (Donau Star BG EOOD)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorScheduled ro-ro liner service connecting Passau (Germany) and Ennshafen to Bulgarian cities Vidin and Ruse. Austrian contact: Bolk Transport GmbH.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves16 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Port of Budapest (MAHART): Hungarian Danube port providing inland waterway cargo handling and passenger services on the same waterway. Comparable Danube-port services but primarily serves Hungarian cargo flows rather than competing directly in ENNSHAFEN's catchment.
• Bratislava Port (SPP-prístav): Slovak public Danube port operator providing cargo transshipment services on the same Rhine-Danube corridor. Geographic competitor serving Slovakia-bound cargo with similar trimodal infrastructure.

Direct peers

• Port of Vienna (Hafen Wien): Downstream Austrian Danube port operated by Wien Holding, providing trimodal logistics, container handling, and real-estate services. Directly competitive with ENNSHAFEN for Austrian and Central European cargo flows on the same waterway.
• via donau (Österreichische Wasserstraßen-Gesellschaft): Austrian waterway management company coordinating Danube shipping infrastructure and a strategic partner of ENNSHAFEN on the CEF-2 shore power project. Operates and coordinates the broader Austrian Danube port network of which ENNSHAFEN is the largest public commercial node.
• Container Terminal Enns GmbH (CTE): Operator-tenant at ENNSHAFEN running the 275,000 m² container terminal with 500,000-600,000 TEU capacity and rail feeder connections to seaports. Comparable in function as a hinterland container gateway, though its terminal is hosted within ENNSHAFEN.
• Port of Linz (LINZ AG Hafen): Upstream Austrian Danube port providing trimodal logistics and industrial-port services for Upper Austria. Competes with ENNSHAFEN for the same Upper Austrian industrial and logistics catchment.

Broad incumbents

• Rhenus Logistics: Major European inland port and multimodal logistics operator with multiple inland terminals along the Rhine and connected waterways. Comparable in offering trimodal logistics and port operation services at scale across Central Europe.
• duisport (Duisburger Hafen): Largest inland port in Europe, located at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr. Directly comparable to ENNSHAFEN as a trimodal inland port operator on the Rhine-Danube waterway, though significantly larger, handling tens of millions of TEU and tonnes annually.
• HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik): Large publicly listed German port and logistics group operating container terminals and intermodal networks. Comparable as a container-terminal operator with rail-hinterland focus, though primarily seaport-based rather than inland.

Others

• De Boer / Goodman / Panattoni (logistics real estate): Pan-European industrial and logistics real-estate developers operating large-format business parks — Panattoni just opened the 35,000+ m² Panattoni Park Ennshafen in July 2025. Adjacent service provider offering complementary business-park development next to port infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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