FRS (company)
FRS GmbH & Co, KG
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legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
founding | 1991 |
Seat | Flensburg , Germany |
management | Christian Baumberger, Götz Becker, Jan Kruse ( managing directors ) |
Number of employees | 1432 (2018) |
sales | 211.9 million euros (2018) |
Branch | Passenger traffic , shipping |
Website | www.frs.world/ |
The FRS GmbH & Co. KG (formerly Förde Reederei Seetouristik , internationally known as Fast Reliable Seaways agierend) is a German shipping company . It emerged from the merger of Förde Reederei GmbH, founded in 1935, and KG Seetouristik, founded in 1958 .
Since then, FRS has developed from a regional passenger shipping company into an internationally active group of companies and is active in the ferry shipping sector in Europe, Asia and North America through subsidiaries . In addition to conventional ferries , it is increasingly using high-speed ferries (HSC).
FRS operates national and international ferry and catamaran connections and transports around 7.9 million passengers and 2.1 million vehicles per year. In addition, FRS is still active in the areas of offshore logistics, port management, crewing and maritime management consulting.
history
Predecessor company
Förde-Reederei GmbH
The roots of the company's history go back to 1866. In 1935 around one hundred Flensburg merchants founded the Förde-Reederei GmbH in order to continue the traffic of the troubled Flensburg-Ekensunder Steamship Company (FEDG) on the Flensburg Fjord , which had already started this in 1866.
In the 1950s, shipping on the Flensburg Fjord was expanded with tours to Denmark , the so-called " butter trips ". These tours were mainly used as an opportunity for duty free shopping on board the ships.
In the 1960s, several newbuildings were commissioned for this traffic and in the 1970s additional large passenger ships with a capacity of up to 1200 passengers were acquired. At times up to 22 ships were used for shopping trips between Germany and Denmark, with the option of purchasing small and large customs rations.
1979 The Förde shipping company took over the Rømø- Sylt traffic.
KG Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG
The company was founded in 1958. From 1984 the company was involved in Heligoland traffic.
Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG
On January 1, 1991, Förde-Reederei GmbH KG Seetouristik merged to form the joint venture Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG (FRS). The reason for this was the impending discontinuation of duty-free shopping in July 1999. In the course of a change of name, the new company name "FRS GmbH & Co. KG" was inaugurated in 2020.
After German reunification, FRS took over Weiß Flotte GmbH in Stralsund in 1991 . In 2000, catamaran traffic began in the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco , and in 2008 two high-speed catamarans went into operation for the Sultanate of Oman . From 2002 onwards, FRS was involved in the supply of offshore wind farms by founding FRS Offshore GmbH & Co. KG , and from 2012 in a joint venture with Windcat Workboats in FRS WindCat Offshore Logistics GmbH . In 2016 it took over Clipper Navigation Inc. in Seattle , which operates ferry routes in North America (USA and Canada). Also in 2016, traffic between Miami Bimini , Bahamas began. This had to be discontinued in 2019 after allegations arose that there had been irregularities in the allocation of the lines. In 2020 the Elbe ferry Glückstadt-Wischhafen GmbH & Co. was taken over.
The group of companies employed 1,432 people at the end of 2018.
German subsidiary
- Weisse Flotte GmbH based in Stralsund
- Reederei Hiddensee GmbH , also based in Stralsund
- FRS Helgoline GmbH & Co. KG based in Flensburg
- Rømø-Sylt Linie GmbH & Co. KG based in Flensburg
- Norddeutsche Binnenreederei GmbH based in Flensburg
- FRS Offshore GmbH & Co. KG based in Flensburg
- FRS WindCat Offshore Logistics GmbH based in Flensburg
International subsidiaries
- Clipper Vacation based in Seattle ( USA )
- Ferry Terminal Operation (AFTO) based in Durres ( Albania )
- FRS Iberia SL based in Tarifa ( Spain )
- FRS Maroc SARL based in Tangier ( Morocco )
- FRS Muscat based in Oman
- FRS Shipmanagement based in Limassol ( Cyprus )
fleet
The FRS uses different types of ships depending on the route. Are used fast ferries with both monohull and with double hull (partly as pure passenger ferries, some with car deck), conventional RoRo ferries , pure passenger ships (partially solar-powered), Crew Transfer Vessel and with Paule III in Berlin even a rowboat .
Retired units (selection)
The units previously used by the FRS include:
- Atlantis (2005-2014; chartered)
- Kloar Kimming (2007; chartered)
- Coat of arms of Hamburg (1983-2007)
- Vikingland (1979-2007)
- Westerland (1979–1982 and 1991–2006)
- Cat No. 1 (1999-2006)
- Wilhelmshaven (2004/2005)
- Heligoland (2004/2005)
- Baltic Jet (1997-2004)
- Poseidon (1977-2002)
- Dania (1980-2001)
- Baltic Star (1975-2000)
- Viking (1968-1999)
- Fritz Reuter (1990–1999)
- Glücksburg (1959–1998)
- Jürgensby (1968–1998)
- North Sea I (1975–1998)
- Mürwik (1959–1990)
- Heiligenhafen coat of arms (1981–1988)
- Baltic Sea (1969–1986)
- Alexandra (1935–1986)
- Danica (1980-1983)
- Langballigau (1965–1977)
Operated ferry lines
region | route | Ships) | description |
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North Sea | Havneby , Denmark - List on Sylt , Germany | SyltExpress , Romoexpress | Year-round operation |
Elbe / North Sea | Hamburg - ( Wedel ) - Cuxhaven - Heligoland |
Halunder Jet (2003-2017: Halunder Jet ) San Gwann (2020) |
summer season and December / January only |
Elbe | Glückstadt - Wischhafen | Wilhelm Krooss , Ernst Sturm , Glückstadt , Wischafen | Year-round operation |
Baltic Sea | Stralsund - / Schaprode - Hiddensee - Wiek (Rügen) / - Zingst | Hanseatic City of Stralsund , Hiddensee Island , Schaprode and Gellen | Year-round operation |
Baltic Sea | Bathing traffic in Stralsund | Altefähr | summer season only |
Baltic Sea | Taxi boat traffic around Hiddensee | Störtebeker and Pirate water taxis | On-demand traffic |
Baltic Sea | Warnemünde - high dune | Breitling and Warnow | Year-round operation |
Baltic Sea | Wittower ferry : Wittow North - Wittow South | Wittow | Year-round operation |
Baltic Sea | Stahlbrode - Glewitz | Stahlbrode and Glewitz | summer season only |
Baltic Sea | Schaprode - Vitte | Vitte | Year-round operation |
Baltic Sea | Harbor tours Stralsund | Hanseblick | Year-round operation |
Baltic Sea | Turku Archipelago / Lake Saimaa, Finland | Vicars and Nestori | Year-round operation |
Baltic Sea | Turku archipelago, Finland | Nordic Duck | Year-round operation |
Baltic Sea | Parainen Route, Finland | Nordic Jet | winter season only |
Mediterranean Sea | Algeciras , Spain - Tanger-Med , Morocco | Tangier Express | Year-round operation |
Mediterranean Sea | Tarifa , Spain - Tangier , Morocco | Tarifa jet | Year-round operation |
Mediterranean Sea | Algeciras , Spain - Ceuta , Spain (enclave in Morocco) | Ceuta Jet | Year-round operation |
Mediterranean Sea | Gibraltar - Tangier Med, Morocco | Kattegat | Year-round operation |
Mediterranean Sea | Motril , Spain - Tangier Med, Morocco | Al Andalus Express | Year-round operation |
Gulf of Oman | Muscat - Khasab | Jawharat Masirah and Shannah | Year-round operation |
Gulf of Oman | Muscat - Khasab | Hormuz and Shinas | Year-round operation |
Gulf of Oman | Muscat - Khasab | Al Hallaniyat , Sawqrah and Masirah 4 | Year-round operation |
North pacific | Seattle , USA - Victoria , Canada | Victoria Clipper | Year-round operation |
North pacific | Victoria, Canada - Vancouver , Canada | Victoria Clipper IV | Year-round operation |
literature
- Gert Uwe Detlefsen, Gerhard Moltsen, Alfred Schneider: From steam boats to catamarans. The history of Flensburger Fördeschiffahrt and all its subsidiaries . Hauschild-Verlag, Bremen 2000, ISBN 3-89757-079-3 .
- Satisfied with the Helgoland services · Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) ends the 2012 season - the future of the shipping company rests on several pillars . In: Daily port report from November 1, 2012, p. 4, ISSN 2190-8753
- Eckhard-Herbert Arndt: FRS is aiming for ambitious growth targets · From spring 2018 larger Heligoland catamaran · “Halunder Jet” to America · New Elbe ferry line is coming . In: Daily port report of March 30, 2017, p. 4, ISSN 2190-8753
- Gunther Meyn: FRS shipping company: 10 countries · 59 ships · 7.9 million passengers · 2,000 employees. In: Deutsche Seeschifffahrt , Issue Q1 / 2020, pp. 30–35, publisher: Verband Deutscher Reeder eV, Hamburg 2020.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2018 , bundesanzeiger.de, accessed on July 11, 2020.
- ↑ FRS ferry company buys in North America. In: Deutsche Seeschifffahrt , Heft 3–4 / 2016, p. 10, Verband Deutscher Reeder eV, Hamburg 2016.
- ↑ Seattle-based Clipper sold to German company; new routes planned. Seattle Times , January 19, 2016 (accessed August 21, 2016).
- ↑ Balearia Taking Over Florida-Bahamas Fast Ferry Route , Offshore Energy, August 7, 2019, accessed August 4, 2020.
- ↑ FRS takes over Elbe ferry. Retrieved August 28, 2020 .
Coordinates: 54 ° 47 ′ 19.6 ″ N , 9 ° 26 ′ 3.2 ″ E