The Rhine port of Kehl in southwestern Germany achieved an 14.6% increase of steel and scrap handled at the port to 3.364 million tonnes in 2025.
The category of iron and steel products has by far the biggest share of the tonnage handled, with 76% of the port’s total, Kallanish notes.
The port’s total handling volume for water vessels in the year of its 125th anniversary was 4.430mt, 6.8% higher than in 2024. This is the port’s second largest volume since the record was set in 2020.
Railway transport rose also, by 2.0%, to 2.7mt, with the combined volume of ships and railways reaching to 7.139mt, 5% higher than in 2024.
Kehl on the Rhine, near Strasbourg on the French side, is the location of rebar mill Badische Stahlwerke.
For steel and scrap, Kehl is the most important port in the Upper Rhine region, close to France and Switzerland, and arguably Germany’s biggest inland port outside the Ruhr region. The share of ships sailing under the Dutch flag is 74%, at the Kehl port with German ships accounting for 20%, according to the port authority.
