The invention provides a transporting apparatus, a container-handling installation (19) with such a transporting apparatus, and a transporting method. The transporting apparatus (30) serves for transporting containers (2) in a container-handling installation (1), which has a first container-handling arrangement (10), for handing containers (2), and a second container-handling arrangement (20), which is arranged downstream of the first handling arrangement (10) and serves for handling the containers (2) once they have been handled by the first container-handling arrangement (10). The transporting apparatus comprises a transporting path (31), which has its entire length arranged between the first and second container-handling arrangement (10, 20) and along which the containers (2) can be transported from the first container-handling arrangement (10) to the second container-handling arrangement (20), and at least one transporting element (33), which is mounted in a movable manner on the transporting path (31) and is intended for retaining and transporting a container (2), wherein preferably the transporting path (31) and the at least one transporting element (33) are configured such that the at least one transporting element (33), en route between the first and second container-handling arrangements (10, 20), compensate for a difference in speeds of transportation of the containers (2) in the first and second container-handling arrangements (10, 20).