A transporting device for transporting containers having multiple gripping apparatuses, having a support plate for receiving the gripping apparatuses, having a drive shaft for rotating the support plate and having an actuating device, wherein the multiple gripping apparatuses for gripping, holding and guiding containers, in particular bottle-like containers, having - in each case, at least one pair of gripping arms configured from a first gripping arm as well as a second gripping arm of mirror-inverted configuration, wherein the first and second gripping arm of the pairs of gripping arms in each case are furnished with a bore for receiving a bearing element for pivotably fixing the gripping arm in the gripping apparatus and, in each case, with a receptacle for a closing means for moving the gripping arm from an open position into a gripping position, wherein the bore is configured so as to receive a bearing element functioning as a pivot shaft and to connect to the bearing element in a rotationally fixed manner in order to transfer a pivoting movement of the bearing element to the gripping arm for moving the gripping arm from the gripping position into the open position; wherein the first and second gripping arm have at least one effective engagement section, in particular a toothed section with teeth arranged coaxially at least in segments around the bore on the gripping arm inner side, for the synchronous pivoting of the gripping arm with the gripping arm of mirror-inverted configuration of the respective gripping apparatus; the gripping apparatuses furthermore each having - two pivot shafts (18, 18a) for the respective pair of gripping arms, - an operating element configured on one of the pivot shafts (18, 18a) for actuating said pivot shaft, and having - a closing means configured for moving the pair of gripping arms from the open position into the gripping position, wherein a part or a first section of the closing means is arranged in the respective first gripping arm and another part or, respectively a second section of the closing means is arranged in the second gripping arm assigned to it; wherein the actuating device is fixed in one position and is configured so as to drive each operating element between a first and a second position/angularity of the corresponding gripping apparatus so that the respective gripping apparatus is shifted into the open position, held in the open position at a certain angle, and subsequently conveyed into the gripping position; characterized in that the actuating device is configured as a cam apparatus made of multiple cam components displaceable in one another, which are each integrally configured or have multiple cam parts arranged on top of one another. the multiple gripping apparatuses for gripping, holding and guiding containers, in particular bottle-like containers, having - in each case, at least one pair of gripping arms configured from a first gripping arm as well as a second gripping arm of mirror-inverted configuration, - in each case, at least one pair of gripping arms configured from a first gripping arm as well as a second gripping arm of mirror-inverted configuration, wherein the first and second gripping arm of the pairs of gripping arms in each case are furnished with a bore for receiving a bearing element for pivotably fixing the gripping arm in the gripping apparatus and, in each case, with a receptacle for a closing means for moving the gripping arm from an open position into a gripping position, wherein the bore is configured so as to receive a bearing element functioning as a pivot shaft and to connect to the bearing element in a rotationally fixed manner in order to transfer a pivoting movement of the bearing element to the gripping arm for moving the gripping arm from the gripping position into the open position; wherein the first and second gripping arm have at least one effective engagement section, in particular a toothed section with teeth arranged coaxially at least in segments around the bore on the gripping arm inner side, for the synchronous pivoting of the gripping arm with the gripping arm of mirror-inverted configuration of the respective gripping apparatus; the gripping apparatuses furthermore each having - two pivot shafts (18, 18a) for the respective pair of gripping arms, - an operating element configured on one of the pivot shafts (18, 18a) for actuating said pivot shaft, and having - a closing means configured for moving the pair of gripping arms from the open position into the gripping position, - two pivot shafts (18, 18a) for the respective pair of gripping arms, - an operating element configured on one of the pivot shafts (18, 18a) for actuating said pivot shaft, and having - a closing means configured for moving the pair of gripping arms from the open position into the gripping position, wherein a part or a first section of the closing means is arranged in the respective first gripping arm and another part or, respectively a second section of the closing means is arranged in the second gripping arm assigned to it; wherein the actuating device is fixed in one position and is configured so as to drive each operating element between a first and a second position/angularity of the corresponding gripping apparatus so that the respective gripping apparatus is shifted into the open position, held in the open position at a certain angle, and subsequently conveyed into the gripping position; characterized in that the actuating device is configured as a cam apparatus made of multiple cam components displaceable in one another, which are each integrally configured or have multiple cam parts arranged on top of one another.