Schleswig-Holstein to invest EUR 140 million in five ports

Quays are to be renewed by 2030: Kiel Ostuferhafen (6.5 ha of logistics area by 2028, EUR 45 million), Brunsbüttel Elbehafen (about EUR 50 million), Lübeck (EUR 9 million for shore power), Büsum (EUR 59 million from 2027), Hörnum (EUR 20 million, subject to conditions).

Minister Claus Ruhe Madsen presented a port package of about EUR 140 million from the federal debt-financed special fund. The largest items start in 2026 in Kiel (Ostuferhafen extension, EUR 27 million in funding) and Brunsbüttel (deep-water quay, about EUR 25 million in funding); Brunsbüttel is the first privately owned port to receive support. Madsen calls for the federal share of EUR 2 million a year to be increased tenfold. (LOK Report, 26 Jan 2026)