Trierer Hafengesellschaft mbH
Ostkai 4
54293 Trier

Telefon: 0651/9680430
Telefax: 0651/9680440

info@hafen-trier.de
www.hafen-trier.de

1953
The European Conference launches the Moselle Waterway canalization project.

1956
Moselle Canalization Agreement between FRG, France and Luxembourg for 1,500-tonne ships.

1957
The Trier Valley planning authority conducts a site appraisal for construction of a public port.

1958
The Trier County Council approves the commercial-port project in Trier-Pfalzel.

1962
Founding of the port company Trierer Hafengesellschaft mbH with joint sponsoring by the Federal State of Rhineland-Palatinate, the City of Trier, Trier County and the communities of Ehrang and Pfalzel;
establishment of the handling and warehousing company "TRILAG" – Trierer Umschlags- und Lagerhausgesellschaft mbH, now Schenker;
constitution of Zweckverband Wirtschaftsförderung im Trierer Hafengebiet, a functional association devoted to the promotion of trade and industry in the Trier port area

1963
Port of Trier ground-breaking ceremony

1964
Recognition of the port as an intervention and trading centre for grain and fodder;
grand opening of the Moselle Waterway for shipping;
local establishment of the Zettelmayer company, later to become Pfalz-Mosel-Mischwerke GmbH & Co. KG, now Basalt AG.

1965
Grand opening of Trier's industrial port after a mere two years of construction;
the motor ship "Wilhelm Dorste" enters port with a load of gravel, triggering Port of Trier's first handling operation.

1969
The joint-task law governing the "Improvement of Regional Economic Structure" enters into force;
establishment of a fuel depot by the mineral-oil company Boger – now operated by "Trevitank".

1970
Local establishment of Michelin Tire Company and the steel plant Moselstahlwerk.

1971
Local establishment of packaging manufacturer Mead Verpackung GmbH.

1973
Local establishment of a scrap-recycling and metalworking operation.

1977
Takeover of the scrap-recycling and metalworking operation by Theo Steil GmbH.

1983
Extension of federal highway B 53, Port-of-Trier stage.

1988
Local establishment of the Vanck sheet metal shop.

1993
Record cargo-handling volume of approx. 980,000 tonnes achieved.

1995
Construction of the Trier Freight Traffic Center begins.

1997
Founding of Trierer Container Terminal GmbH.

1998
Opening of the Trimodal Container Terminal;
local establishment of plastic processor and recycler AVK, now the Eu-Rec plast GmbH.

2002
Steil installs a metal-shredding kondirator plant;
Luxport S.A. becomes shareholder at Trierer Container Terminal GmbH;
the port company celebrates its 40th founding anniversary.

2003
Enlargement of the port basin - erection of a new transhipment terminal.

2005
The port company enters the field of logistics property leasing / letting / renting;
with waterborne cargo transfer reaching roughly 1,085,000 tonnes, physical turnover surpasses the 1-million mark for the first time.