AG Ems
Aktien-Gesellschaft "Ems"
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legal form | Corporation |
founding | 1843 |
Seat | Emden |
management | Bernhard Brons (board member) |
Number of employees | 134 |
sales | EUR 72.2 million (group-wide) |
Branch | Shipping company , transport |
Website | www.ag-ems.de |
The Aktien-Gesellschaft "Ems" (short AG EMS ) is a shipping company in Emden ( Lower Saxony ) that operates the ferry traffic from the Emden harbor and from Eemshaven ( Netherlands ) to the East Frisian North Sea island of Borkum . At the same time, AG Ems is the parent company of other companies, particularly in the tourism sector.
history
The stock corporation was founded in 1889 for the seaside resort traffic from Emden to Borkum. Its core business is the liner service from Emden and Eemshaven to this North Sea island. Their fields of business were expanded considerably through the takeover of the Borkumer Kleinbahn , enlargement of the ship fleet and entry into air traffic to Borkum.
The AG Ems group of companies includes:
- AG Ems Borkumlijn
- Borkum small train
- Hotels four-year times
- Inselhotel Vier Jahreszeiten
- Strandhotel Vier Jahreszeiten
- Ostfriesischer-Flugdienst GmbH (OFD)
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Shipping company Cassen Eils GmbH
- Adler & Eils GmbH & Co. KG i. G. ( Joint venture of the shipping company Cassen Eils GmbH and Reederei Adler-Schiff GmbH & Co. KG )
- EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH (EMO)
In September 2018, the Federal Administrative Court ruled that in the case of the Borkum ferries operated by the Ems AG, local transport was available and that free travel for disabled people in ordinary ferries between Emden and Borkum was to be recognized.
Accident of the catamaran Polarstern
On August 4, 2008, the catamaran Polarstern had an accident on the way back from the island of Helgoland in the direction of Borkum and Emden on the open sea. In this incident, the most serious in the company's history, a front window of the ship was destroyed. Several people were injured.
Selling Northern HeliCopter
The DRF Foundation Luftrettung non-profit AG ( DRF Luftrettung ) took over 100 percent of the shares in Northern HeliCopter GmbH with retroactive effect from January 1, 2019 .
Ship propulsion with LNG
Recently (2014/2015) AG Ems has distinguished itself as gas-powered ships in environmentally friendly shipping with the conversion of the Ostfriesland ferry and the new construction of the new Helgoland seaside resort ship for the subsidiary Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH & Co.KG. The Ostfriesland is since the renovation, the first ship under German flag with LNG -drive; the Helgoland built at the Fassmer shipyard is the first new ship to be built with LNG propulsion under the German flag.
Ship fleet
Surname | route | Construction year | In service |
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MS Groningerland | Eemshaven – Borkum / Emden – Borkum | 1991 | 2006 |
MS Wappen von Borkum , ex City of Borkum | Excursions to Borkum from Delfzijl (NL), Emden-Knock and Ditzum, among others | 1976, rebuilt in 1995 | 1994 |
MS Nordlicht (catamaran) | Emden – Borkum / Eemshaven – Borkum | 1989 | 1989 |
MS Münsterland | Emden-Borkum / Eemshaven-Borkum | 1986 | 1986 |
MS Ostfriesland | Emden – Borkum / Eemshaven – Borkum | 1985, 2015 new stern and conversion to LNG propulsion | 1985 |
MS Westphalia , ex Helgoland | Emden – Borkum / Eemshaven – Borkum | 1972, rebuilt in 1990 | 1986 |
MB Council Delft | Harbor tours in Emden | 1975 | |
MB Schreyershoek | Canal tours in Emden and charter trips | 1999 | |
MB Falderndelft | Charter trips in Emden | 1985, restoration 2011 | |
MB Engelke | Charter trips in Emden | 1985, restoration 2013/2014 | |
Heligoland | Seebäderschiff in Heligoland traffic | 2015, LNG propulsion | 2015 |
See also: List of Borkum Ferry Ships
Previous ships
Building name | route | Construction year | In service | Off-duty | Renaming and whereabouts |
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Westphalia | Emden – Borkum | 1907 | 1907 | 1942 | From 1942 used by the Navy as a mine sweeper, sunk on June 15, 1944 by an aerial bomb in St. Nazaire |
Westphalia | Emden – Borkum | 1951 | 1951 | 1964 | 1964 Santa Rita , scrapped in Naples in 1995 |
Curonian Lagoon | Leer - / Emden - Borkum | 1928 | 1955 | 1963 | 1947 Süllberg , 1955 Hanover , 1963 Faraglione , still active in August 2014 |
Prince Heinrich | Emden – Borkum | 1909 | 1953 | 1969 | 1953 Hessen , 1969 Mississippi , since 2004 restoration in Leer / Ostfr. |
Ostfriesland | Emden – Borkum | 1960 | 1960 | 1969 | 1969 coat of arms of Flensburg , 1970 coat of arms , 1982 Godewind , 1982 Sunrise , 1992 Mecklenburg , scrapped from December 21, 2012 |
Münsterland | Emden – Borkum / Borkum – Helgoland | 1964 | 1964 | 1976 | 1976 Fehmarn I , 2001 Renaissance , published in February 2001, 2011 Gloria I |
Emsland | Emden - Delfzijl - Borkum | 1967 | 1967 | 1972 | 1973 Belle de Jersey , 1983 Duc de Belle Isle , 1983 unofficial Navijet , 1991 Le Catalogne , 2000 African Dream , whereabouts unknown since 2002 |
Rhineland | Emden – Borkum | 1926 | 1926 | 1969 | 1968 Bavaria , scrapped in Leer from October 1970 |
Rhineland | Emden – Borkum | 1968 | 1968 | 1974 | 1974 Bavaria , 1985 Vlieland , 1994 Serengeti , burned out on March 13, 2010, total loss |
Ostfriesland | Emden – Borkum | 1970 | 1970 | 1981 | 1981 Schellingerland , 1993 Oost Vlieland , 2006 Baldur , 2014 Inter Ilhas , so in motion |
Rhineland | Emden – Borkum | 1974 | 1974 | 1994 | 1994 Midsland , so in motion |
Poseidon | Emden – Borkum | 1964 | 1975 | 1977 | 1966 unofficially Jatten Finn , 2000 Poseidon IV 2003 Pearl Cruise II , arrived in Alang on July 6th for scrapping |
Northern lights | Emden – Borkum | 1973 | 1976 | 1985 | 1985 Raromatai-Ferry , sunk on April 15, 2003 near Moorea |
Emsland | Eemshaven - Esbjerg / Emden - Borkum | 1977 | 1977 | 1986 | 1986 Bohus , 1989 St. Julien , 1989 Ostersjoen , 1992 Oestersjoen , 1992 Jon , 1992 Elba Nova , 2001 Nura Nova on the move |
Pole Star | Emden – Borkum – Norderney – Helgoland | 2000 | 2001 | 2008 | sold to Linda-Lines, Tallinn, renamed Karolin |
Web links
- Website of AG Ems
- Information about the ships of the AG Ems on inselfaehren.de
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the Ems group in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 , bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on July 20, 2020
- ↑ Official company name according to the entry in the commercial register of the Aurich local court under HRB 100021.
- ↑ https://www.juraforum.de/recht-gesetz/faehre-emden-borkum-ist-nahverkehr-und-fuer-gehbehinderte-kostenlos-635065
- ↑ https://www.bverwg.de/pm/2018/66
- ↑ DRF Luftrettung new partner of NHC, April 11, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019
- ↑ https://www.ag-ems.de/die-ag-ems/flotte/hafenboote.html
Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ 39.7 ″ N , 7 ° 11 ′ 11.6 ″ E