With its subsidiaries that have been in business since 1 Jan. 2003, Seehafen Rostock Umschlagsgesellschaft mbH (SHRU) is the leading company for port cargo handling, storage and logistics at the Rostock site.

The all-purpose range of efficient handling equipment and modern quay facilities for oil, grain, coal, ore, building materials and general cargo, for ferry and RoRo services and the large storage capabilities as well as its very convenient infrastructural connection with the hinterland by rail, road and the motorways A19 and A20 and by pipelines as well as the sea channel for large vessels make the deep-water port of Rostock the handling and trading site in the Baltic Sea region.

The service offer of SHRU and of its specialised cargo handling subsidiaries is absolutely all-purpose: fixed ferry connections with high-speed, freight and freight-passenger ferries, time-efficient RoRo connections and the well developed line and transocean tramp traffic are the cornerstones of cargo handling at the port.

But the tasks of SHRU go beyond cargo handling. The company offers its clients package solutions for all services related to a sea port and sea-going ships, which fulfill all requests in achieving transportation and logistic objectives. In this the subsidiaries work with qualified specialist companies in the fields of forwarding and goods treatment and provide one-stop service. Apart from its seven wholly-owned subsidiaries Getreide Service Rostock GmbH (grain), Düngemittel Dienstleistung Rostock GmbH (fertilizer), Bulk Terminal Rostock GmbH, General Cargo Terminal GmbH, PLU Papier- Lager- und Umschlaggesellschaft mbH (paper), Ferry Stevedoring Rostock GmbH and Gesamthafenbetriebsgesellschaft Rostock mbH (labour leasing) SHRU also holds, among others, 50 percent of the shares in Grosstanklager-Ölhafen Rostock GmbH (oil port) and 64.8 percent of the shares in Rostock Trimodal GmbH. Thus SHRU covers a wide range of services and is well equipped to develop into a major European port service company.