Extension of Skandinavienkai Terminal
Entry into service of Berth 5 in Lübeck-Travemünde

Skandinavienkai is one of Europe's largest Ro-Ro and ferry ports, with connections from Lübeck in northern Germany to Scandinavia and the Baltic States. The infrastructural heart of the port are its ferry berths, each of which is designed to meet the needs of certain ship types. The fast-paced development of the shipping industry increasingly requires these berths to be adapted from time to time, preparing the port to satisfy future needs – for example, those of mega-carriers. In this context, the Lübeck Port Authority decided to extend and develop Berth 5 to meet the shipping companies’ requirements with regard to increasing ship sizes.

Following Inros Lackner’s provision of extensive planning and design services during the preliminary design stage, the design development stage and the approval design stage, the implementation of the berth’s extension and development commenced in 2021. Within the framework of the collaborative partnering model that was adopted by the client, the contractor, the designer and the construction supervisor, Inros Lackner’s team was responsible for the local site supervision. Since the extended berth entered service in June 2023, Skandinavienkai can now regularly meet the docking needs of ships with a length of up to 250 m and a width of up to 38 m. The berth is also to be equipped with an onshore power supply system, which is currently being built in accordance with the applicable international standard IEC IEEE 80005-1, with Inros Lackner providing technical supervision services.