List of Swiss shipping companies
This list contains all licensed Swiss shipping companies that carry out scheduled trips on Swiss waters. The "TU" recorded by the Federal Office of Transport (BAV) include not only transport companies organized under private law, but also sole proprietorships and public corporations. Purely shipping TUs are recorded by the BAV under the TU number block 0600.
Active companies with a BAV license
The following TU are organized under private law (AG, GmbH, cooperative) and have their headquarters in Switzerland; the NLM responsible for Lake Maggiore (0615) belongs to the Gestione Governativa Navigazione Laghi based in Milan (IT) and is represented in Switzerland by the SNL (0614).
Active BAV licensees
The following TU are sole proprietorships (0632, 0636, 1227) and public corporations (0551, 1981) with line concessions; FTB (0639) operates a sea taxi with a BAV license.
| Companies | Abbr. | TU no. | Seat | Waters | Conc. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhine ferry paradise Roland Walter | FRW | 0632 | Schlatt TG | Rhine (near Paradies Abbey ) | B-int |
| Solar ferry company Thomas Geiger | STGR | 0636 | Reichenau (DE) | Lake Constance ( Reichenau Island ) | B-int |
| Fritz Trudel shipyard | FTB | 0639 | Fourths SG | Walensee (sea taxi) | PBK |
| Franz Weiss-Wacker | FWS | 1227 | Sarnen OW | Sarnersee | PBK |
| Stadtwerke Konstanz | SWK | 1981 | Constance (DE) | Lake Constance (Bottighofen – Konstanz) | B-int |
| City of Kreuzlingen | VSK | 0551 | Kreuzlingen TG | Lake Constance (Kreuzlingen – Konstanz) | PBK |
Inactive companies with a BAV license
The following TU have either transferred their BAV license to other companies or successor companies, no longer use the license or no longer exist in this form.
| Companies | Abbr. | TU no. | Seat | Waters | on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Lake Constance Shipping Company | (SBS) | 0008 | Romanshorn TG | Lake Constance | > 0630 |
| Beckenried-Gersau ferry (car ferry company O. Gander) | (FBG) | 0606 | Beckenried NW | Lake Lucerne | > 0640 |
| Ägerisee shipping (municipality of Oberägeri) | - | 0608 | Oberägeri ZG | Ägeri lake | > 0634 |
| Shipping company Rorschach (City of Rorschach) | (SR) | 0616 | Rorschach SG | Lake Constance | > 0630 |
| Lake Constance solar shipping | (BOSOG) | 0633 | Bodman-Ludwigshafen (DE) | Lake Constance | > 0636 |
| Beckenried-Gersau ferry (iTower AG) | (FBG) | 0640 | Beckenried NW | Lake Lucerne | > 0644 |
Companies without a BAV license
| Companies | Seat | Waters |
|---|---|---|
| Shipping company Hensa | Rapperswil-Jona SG | Lake Zurich |
| Sils shipping (Franco Giani) | Sils Maria GR | Silsersee |
See also
Web links
- TU directory of the BAV
Footnotes
Legend of BAV abbreviations
| Abbr. | Explanation |
|---|---|
| B-int | federal Authorization for CH-third country traffic (from 1996) |
| PBK | Passenger transport license (from 1999) |
| SFK | Ship license (until 1998) |
| SV | State Treaty (shelf-free shipping on the Rhine) |