AG Ems

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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

Catamaran Northern Lights from AG Ems on Borkumkai
Borkum ferry Ostfriesland in the port of Emden

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:

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

The Borkum ferry Ostfriesland , which has been converted to LNG propulsion , is easy to recognize by the high white degassing mast between the chimneys

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

Captain Bernd Ramm and CEO Bernhard Brons of the AG-Ems on the maiden voyage of the converted East Friesland
Surname route Construction year In service
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
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

Commons : AG Ems  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Balance sheet as of December 31, 2018 , bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on July 20, 2020
  2. ↑ Official company name according to the entry in the commercial register of the Aurich local court under HRB 100021.
  3. ↑ https://www.juraforum.de/recht-gesetz/faehre-emden-borkum-ist-nahverkehr-und-fuer-gehbehinderte-kostenlos-635065
  4. ↑ https://www.bverwg.de/pm/2018/66
  5. ↑ DRF Luftrettung new partner of NHC, April 11, 2019, accessed May 23, 2019
  6. ↑ https://www.ag-ems.de/die-ag-ems/flotte/hafenboote.html

Coordinates: 53 ° 20 ′ 39.7 ″  N , 7 ° 11 ′ 11.6 ″  E