Wiener Hafen#
b. H., Wiener Hafen Lager Ausbau- und Vermoegensverwaltungsgesellschaft m. b. H., Wiener Hafen Lager- und Umschlagsbetriebe Gesellschaft m. b. H.), formed in 1979 by the merger of Wiener Staedtische Lager- und Kuehlhausgesellschaft m. b. H. (founded in 1876) and Wiener Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft m. b. H. (founded in 1962), subsidiary of (see) Wiener Holding AG. With a surface area of 3.5 million m2 , the Port of Vienna is the largest public port on the Danube river and one of Austria's most important goods transshipment centres with excellent road, rail and air connections, in particular a large motor- car terminal and a container terminal. Total turnover in 1997 amounted to 8.7 million tonnes.