Loading apparatus for a transport apparatus, comprising: a feeding apparatus for supplying order-picked products, a vertical product shaft, the feeding apparatus supplying the products at the entry region of the same, at the upper end of the product shaft, a first vertical-transport apparatus, which comprises a vertically displaceable fork and is designed to pick up a plurality of products and to move a plurality of products vertically in the vertical product shaft, and a second vertical-transport apparatus for moving a plurality of products vertically in the vertical product shaft, characterized in that the second vertical-transport apparatus comprises a vertically displaceable fork, which, in a transfer region, engages with the fork of the first vertical-transport apparatus, and wherein the second vertical-transport apparatus and the first vertical-transport apparatus are arranged such that products can be transferred from the fork of the first vertical-transport apparatus onto the fork of the second vertical-transport apparatus in the transfer region in the vertical product shaft, and in that the second vertical-transport apparatus continues the transport path of the first vertical-transport apparatus at least to some extent, and wherein the fork of the first vertical-transport apparatus can be swung downwards and/or can be moved away to the side, and in that the fork of the second vertical-transport apparatus can be moved away to the side, and in that the first vertical-transport apparatus is arranged on a first side of the vertical product shaft and the second vertical-transport apparatus is arranged on the opposite side of the vertical product shaft, and in that the first vertical-transport apparatus can be displaced in the central and upper regions of the product shaft and the second vertical-transport apparatus can be displaced in the central and lower regions of the product shaft, and in that the transport apparatus which is to be loaded can be introduced into the loading apparatus in a loading region at the lower end of the product shaft. a feeding apparatus for supplying order-picked products, a vertical product shaft, the feeding apparatus supplying the products at the entry region of the same, at the upper end of the product shaft, a first vertical-transport apparatus, which comprises a vertically displaceable fork and is designed to pick up a plurality of products and to move a plurality of products vertically in the vertical product shaft, and a second vertical-transport apparatus for moving a plurality of products vertically in the vertical product shaft, characterized in that the second vertical-transport apparatus comprises a vertically displaceable fork, which, in a transfer region, engages with the fork of the first vertical-transport apparatus, and wherein the second vertical-transport apparatus and the first vertical-transport apparatus are arranged such that products can be transferred from the fork of the first vertical-transport apparatus onto the fork of the second vertical-transport apparatus in the transfer region in the vertical product shaft, and in that the second vertical-transport apparatus continues the transport path of the first vertical-transport apparatus at least to some extent, and wherein the fork of the first vertical-transport apparatus can be swung downwards and/or can be moved away to the side, and in that the fork of the second vertical-transport apparatus can be moved away to the side, and in that the first vertical-transport apparatus is arranged on a first side of the vertical product shaft and the second vertical-transport apparatus is arranged on the opposite side of the vertical product shaft, and in that the first vertical-transport apparatus can be displaced in the central and upper regions of the product shaft and the second vertical-transport apparatus can be displaced in the central and lower regions of the product shaft, and in that the transport apparatus which is to be loaded can be introduced into the loading apparatus in a loading region at the lower end of the product shaft.