Am Zehnhoff-Söns has been operating this Rhine port since 2004. From 2008 to 2012, the area was expanded on all sides and modernised according to ecological aspects. The first phase of construction involved ramming high sheet piling over about 100 metres of bankside, reinforcing surfaces, and building a second container bridge. This bridge was commissioned as early as 2011. The second phase of construction concentrated on enlarging the container areas and converting the inclined bank into a high top bank. Today, the Port of Bonn can berth end to end four modern Rhine ships each 135 m long, and some sections even allow ship to ship handling. Investments totalling over €17 million went into expanding the desperately needed capacities at the Bonn Rhine terminal for handling the current market demands.
