Logistics Region Ruhr
The Ruhr is one of Germany's largest and most diverse logistics markets. Around five million inhabitants, the country's densest motorway network and the Port of Duisburg, one of the world's largest inland ports, combine a major consumer market with European reach.
Location and access
The Ruhr sits at the junction of European freight corridors and connects by motorway directly to the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. The Port of Duisburg is a trimodal node for containers, steel and general cargo and the terminus of many freight trains from China. The ports of Dortmund and Hamm and the canal network complete the offer.
Demand
Retail and e-commerce supply the conurbation and the Benelux countries from here. Major food retailers are headquartered in the region. Steel, chemicals, energy and engineering need production and supply logistics, with contract logistics providers and parcel carriers adding further demand.
Clusters
Duisburg and its logport sites form one of Europe's most important logistics clusters. Dortmund, with Westfalenhütte and its port, is the leading distribution location in the east. Unna, Kamen, Bönen and Hamm surround the Kamen interchange. Bochum's Mark 51°7 shows how former industrial land is reused, and the Emscher-Lippe area is catching up.
Outlook
Greenfield land is scarce, so new logistics buildings are mostly built on former mining, steel and industrial sites. The Duisburg Gateway Terminal expands intermodal capacity. The region is developing into a hydrogen and energy hub, and new builds rely on ESG standards and solar power.
„More than any other region, the Ruhr shows the potential of repositioning industrial land. For investors focused on value creation and for occupiers seeking central space in Germany's largest conurbation, it is one of the most compelling logistics markets in the country.“
Alexej Andreew, CEO
Submarkets of the logistics region Ruhr
- Kamen interchangeA1A2A44Kamen interchange (A1/A2) · Unna interchange (A1/A44)
- Duisburg / logportA40A42A57A59duisport container terminals · logport I Rheinhausen (D3T, DIT)
- Dortmund port / WestfalenhütteA1A2A40A45Port of Dortmund with container terminals · Dortmund-Ems Canal
- Bochum Mark 51°7A40A43A448Mark 51°7 · Bochum interchange (A40/A43)
- Gelsenkirchen / Herne / MarlA2A42A43A52Gelsenkirchen city port on the Rhine-Herne Canal · Ports in Herne
Catchment area of the logistics region Ruhr
We broker logistics and warehouse buildings, production and light industrial space and industrial land to let and for sale across the region, including in these towns:
- Arnsberg
- Bergkamen
- Bocholt
- Bochum
- Borken
- Bottrop
- Bönen
- Castrop-Rauxel
- Datteln
- Dinslaken
- Dorsten
- Dortmund
- Dülmen
- Ennepetal
- Essen
- Gelsenkirchen
- Gevelsberg
- Gladbeck
- Hagen
- Haltern am See
- Hamm
- Hattingen
- Hemer
- Herne
- Iserlohn
- Kamen
- Lüdenscheid
- Lünen
- Marl
- Menden
- Meschede
- Recklinghausen
- Schwerte
- Unna
- Velbert
- Werl
- Werne
- Wesel
- Witten
- Wuppertal
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