New Pellworm steamship company

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Logo of the NPDG

The New Pellwormer Steamship GmbH (NPDG) is a shipping company on the North Frisian island of Pellworm . Among other things, it serves the Pellworm – Nordstrand ferry line .

history

In 1872 the forerunner, the Pellworm steamship shipping company, was founded. The NPDG was founded on May 16, 1902 by the citizens of Pellworm . In 2014 it had a little over 100 shareholders, mostly Pellworm residents.

business

Pellworm I in front of the entrance to Strucklahnungshörn on north beach

The NPDG has two ships. The Pellworm I, a 47 meter long car ferry, serves the line to the port of Strucklahnungshörn on the Nordstrand peninsula . The North Friesland is used for excursions, for example to the Halligen Gröde , Nordstrandischmoor , Südfall and Oland . As a replacement ship for the Pellworm I , the Amrum island ferry, acquired in January 2012 from the Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum , was available until the end of June 2018 .

The NPDG also operates the entire bus service on Pellworm.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the shipping company on the homepage ( Memento from May 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 54 ° 30 ′ 5.8 "  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 59.6"  E