Editing Dortmund (section)

=== Port and logistics ===
[[File:Hafen Dortmund 12.01.2013 12.JPG|thumb|Logistic Hub Harbour]]
Dortmund is one of the most important [[logistics|logistic]] hubs in Germany, more than 900 companies working in logistics, as well as nationally and internationally recognised scientific institutes. [[Dortmund Port]], which terminates the [[Dortmund-Ems Canal]] connecting Dortmund to the [[North Sea]], is the biggest European canal port with 10 docks and a pier length of 11&nbsp;km. The variety of different activities taking place at the Fraunhofer Institute Material Flow and Logistics ([[Fraunhofer Society]]) has, over the past few years, led to a bundling of skills in the areas of logistics and digitalisation in the city. Industry-based initiatives and pilot projects, such as the Hybrid Services in Logistics innovation lab, the efficiency cluster LogistikRuhr, Industrial Data Space, the Dortmund Mittelstand 4.0 Centre of Excellence, and the enterprise labs. The Digital Hub for Logistics of the [[Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action]] is based in Dortmund and twinned with [[Hamburg]].

Companies with big logistic hubs for Germany and Europe in Dortmund include:

*[[Amazon.com|Amazon]]
*[[IKEA]]
*[[Decathlon (retailer)|Decathlon]]
*[[Rhenus (company)|Rhenus Logistics]]
*[[Schenker AG]]
*[[TEDi GmbH & Co. KG]]