Rostocker Fracht- und Fischereihafen GmbH

What Rostocker Fracht- und Fischereihafen GmbH does

Rostocker Fracht- und Fischereihafen GmbH (RFH), headquartered at Fischerweg 408, 18069 Rostock, Germany, operates a universal port at the western shore of the river Warnow with direct access to the Baltic Sea. The company runs three integrated business segments: Port Business (transloading, storage, transport and logistics of bulk cargo, general cargo, project cargo, and forest products), Real Estate Management (commercial, office, outdoor storage, and advertising space in the harbor area and business park), and Cold Store (IFS-certified cold storage for frozen and chilled products adjacent to the Warnow). Infrastructure includes 1,020m of quay at Warnowkai, 1,085m at the old fishing harbor, a federal waterway dredged to 9.00m depth (since 2004), port railway connectivity, Liebherr mobile harbor crane and conveyor systems, and a 10,000-tonne cold store originally opened in 1965. In 2006, RFH achieved a cargo handling record of 900,000 tonnes, and by 2007, 156 companies had settled in the harbor area and business park.

RFH is a privately held GmbH under German law, 94% owned by RVV (Rostocker Versorgungs- und Verkehrsholding GmbH), the municipal holding company of the Hanseatic City of Rostock, since 2003. The company traces its origins to the Fischkombinat Rostock (1950), was restructured in 1990 following German reunification, and was rebranded in 2001 from "Fischereihafen" to "Fracht- und Fischereihafen" to reflect its transformation from a fishing port to a diversified universal port. Revenue is generated through transaction-based port service fees (transloading, storage, transport, logistics), real estate rental income from the harbor area and business park, and cold storage fees. Distribution is direct and regional, with customers being importers, exporters, logistics companies, freight forwarders, commercial tenants, and food industry clients requiring cold chain services. RFH holds multiple certifications including ISPS, ISO 9001:2000, IFS Logistics, and GMP+ FSA, and has been repeatedly recognized as a TOP Ausbildungsbetrieb by IHK zu Rostock (2020, 2024). The current Managing Director is Steffen Knispel.

Name

Rostocker Fracht- und Fischereihafen GmbH

Legal name

Rostocker Fracht- und Fischereihafen GmbH

Website

https://rfh.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

RFH operates a universal port in Rostock on the Baltic Sea, offering transloading, storage, and logistics for bulk, general, project, and forest cargo, plus real estate rental and IFS-certified cold storage, serving importers, exporters, logistics firms, and food industry clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Maritime Port and Logistics Services

NAICS

Port and Harbor Operations (488310), Marine Cargo Handling (48832), General Warehousing and Storage (493110), Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage (493120)

SIC

Water Transportation (4400), Public Warehousing & Storage (4220), Deep Sea Foreign Transportation Of Freight (4412)

akta.pro primary industry

Warehousing, CFS & Bonded Storage for General Cargo (Within Terminal) (TLAHADAI)

Keywords

• Universal port operations
• Cargo transloading services
• Cold storage logistics
• Multimodal freight handling
• Harbour real estate

Headquarters

HQ city

Rostock

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Port Services, Real Estate Rental, and Cold Storage: Revenue is generated from port service fees including transloading and storage charges for bulk cargo, general cargo, project cargo, and forest products. Additional revenue streams include real estate rental income from commercial and office spaces in the harbor area, and cold storage services for frozen and chilled products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

RFH is a universal Baltic Sea port providing transloading, storage, transport and logistics of bulk cargo, general cargo, project cargo and forest products, complemented by harbour-area real estate rental (commercial, office, outdoor storage and advertising space) and an IFS-certified cold store for frozen and chilled goods. The facility combines waterway, railway and road access to serve importers, exporters, logistics providers and food-industry customers in the Baltic Sea region.

Product overview

RFH operates as a universal port offering an integrated portfolio of three core business segments: Port Business (transloading, storage, and logistics for bulk, general, and project cargo), Real Estate Management (commercial and industrial property services), and Cold Store (IFS-certified cold storage for frozen and chilled products). The port provides multimodal logistics capabilities combining waterway, railway, and road access. Additional services include Port Railway for rail transport, Storage Areas for various cargo types, and specialized Technology infrastructure. The company serves customers in the Baltic Sea region with customized logistics solutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Port Business Core universal port operations providing transloading, storage, transport and logistics services for bulk cargo, general cargo, project cargo and forest products. Serves importers, exporters, logistics companies and freight forwarders operating in the Baltic Sea region, combining waterway, rail and road multimodal transport.
• Real Estate Management Professional property and real estate management in the harbour area and business park, providing commercial office space, workshop areas, outdoor storage areas and advertising space for rent. Targets companies seeking to establish operations in the Rostock harbour area with direct transport connections.
• Cold Store IFS-certified cold storage facility next to the river Warnow providing storage and logistics for frozen foods and chilled products. Serves food industry businesses, fishing operations and importers/exporters requiring temperature-sensitive cold chain handling with documented quality standards.

Quantifiable outcome

• 900,000 tonnes annual cargo throughput achieved (2006 record year)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Hafen Hamburg (Hamburg Port Authority): Hamburg is one of Europe's largest universal ports handling container, bulk, and project cargo with rail, road, and inland waterway connections. It is a broad incumbent serving overlapping shipper segments at far greater scale than RFH.
• Port of Gdansk (Port Gdansk Eksploatacja): Port of Gdansk is one of the largest Baltic ports handling container, bulk, and liquid cargo with deep-water access. It is a broad regional incumbent that competes with RFH for larger Baltic cargo volumes.

Direct peers

• Seehafen Rostock: Seehafen Rostock operates the larger public port in the same city as RFH, handling ro-ro, container, and cruise traffic at substantially greater scale. It is RFH's most direct local competitor for Baltic cargo volumes, with overlapping hinterland and customer base.
• Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft (LHG): LHG operates the Port of Lübeck on the Baltic coast, handling ro-ro, container, and bulk cargo with multimodal road/rail access. It is directly comparable to RFH as a mid-sized German Baltic universal port serving Scandinavia and the Baltic states.
• Port of Kiel (Seehafen Kiel): Port of Kiel operates a major German Baltic port handling ferry, cargo, and cruise traffic. It competes with RFH for Baltic cargo flows and shares the same multimodal and cold chain logistics characteristics.

Regional players

• Mukran Port (Fährhafen Sassnitz): Mukran Port on Rügen handles ferry, ro-ro, and project cargo with rail ferry connections to Scandinavia. It overlaps with RFH's Baltic and Scandinavian cargo segments as a regional peer.
• Port of Wismar: Port of Wismar is a smaller German Baltic port with bulk and general cargo operations and multimodal connections. It competes regionally with RFH for similar shipper segments in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
• Klaipėda State Seaport: Klaipėda is Lithuania's main Baltic port handling container, ro-ro, and bulk cargo. It is a regional Baltic competitor for cargo flows between Scandinavia, the Baltics, and Russia/CIS that RFH also targets.
• Hafen Stralsund: Stralsund operates a smaller German Baltic port with comparable cargo handling and storage services. It competes regionally with RFH for Baltic general and bulk cargo volumes.

Others

• Spedition Petersen & Co. Petersen is a regional freight forwarder and logistics provider operating in the Baltic region. It is an ecosystem participant that channels cargo volumes through Baltic ports including RFH and represents a customer-adjacent comparable.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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