Passenger shipping on the Danube
The Passenger navigation on the Danube has about 1.5 million passengers a year (in 2010 alone in the Austrian Danube : about 680,000 in scheduled traffic , about 245,000 cruise -Passagiere and about 115,000 in theme , special and charter cruises ) a significant share in total Danube shipping.
Day trip company
This compilation contains day trip shipping lines in Germany , Austria , Slovakia and Hungary , in alphabetical order.
Danube shipping Ardagger
The Donauschiffahrt Ardagger specialized in shipping in the Strudengau . When the state-owned DDSG Donaureisen was privatized in 1995, the line operation between Melk and Linz ceased. The new line, which was to be operated by a private shipping company, was put out to tender: Brandner Schiffahrt and Donauschiffahrt Ardagger were up for discussion. The decision was made to use Ardagger. Parallel to this, so-called Strudengau tours with the MS Donaunixe and MS Maria have been carried out since the 1980s . The shipowners sold the latter to Fritz Leitner. Finally, the tour ship Donaunixe , which runs tours and charter trips for up to 160 people, was handed over to Leitner.
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Ships
- MS Danube Mermaid
Brandner Schiffahrt GmbH
The Brandner family began in 1776 with the rafting from Vienna to Budapest. The two shareholders of today's generation of the company, Barbara and Birgit Brandner, Austria's first female Danube captains, operate passenger shipping on and, above all, many landing stages along the Danube.
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- Trips in Lower and Upper Austria
- Themed rides
Ships
- MS austria princess
- MS Austria
Central Danube Region Marketing & Development GmbH
The Central Danube Region Marketing & Development GmbH (Central Danube) was established by the Raiffeisenlandesbank Lower Austria-Vienna and the City of Vienna with the aim of infrastructure projects of public importance in the economic area middle Danube to initiate and develop. Since June 2006 the Twin City Liner , a new type of ship, has been used three times a day between Vienna and Bratislava.
route
- Vienna – Bratislava – Vienna in 75 minutes each (one way)
ship
- Twin City Liner
DDSG Blue Danube Schiffahrt GmbH
The DDSG Blue Danube shipping GmbH is since 1995 a private company owned by the Austrian Development Agency and the Port of Vienna. Shipping on the Danube is operated with five of its own ships and numerous cooperation partners.
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- Sightseeing tours in Vienna
- Liner shipping with two large liners in the Wachau between Krems and Melk
- Themed and special trips from Vienna , Krems and Melk
- Charter shipping
- Combination tickets
- Boat trips with partner companies to Budapest (MahartPassnave), Bratislava (Central Danube) and Passau (Donau Touristik)
- Winter cruises
Ships
Danube tourism
Between 1999 and 2003, the cycle tour operator Donau Touristik chartered the excursion boat MS Admiral Tegetthoff from DDSG Blue Danube for 3-day Vienna – Passau – Vienna boat trips . The program was so well received that a separate ship was finally acquired for this destination: the MS Kaiserin Elisabeth, built in 1987 . The former owner of the ship was the Köln-Düsseldorfer Rheinschiffahrt AG, which operated the ship under the name Rüdesheim am Rhein . At the end of 2009, the ship was sold to the Ukrainian shipping company Chervona Ruda Cruise Company and, after being overhauled, was used as Rosa Victoria on the Dnepr .
The successor of the same name, built in 1995, has been used in excursion traffic on the Danube since April 2010. The former Rhine Queen was built at the German inland shipyard in Tangermünde and given a general overhaul by the new owner.
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- Twice a week Vienna – Linz, Linz – Passau – Linz, Linz – Vienna with on-board and land program
- Winter boat trips from Linz
- Vienna – Bratislava – Vienna
- Vienna – Wachau – Vienna
- Vienna – Budapest – Vienna
ship
- MS Kaiserin Elisabeth (1995), ex Rhine queen
Passenger shipping in the Danube and Altmühl valleys
Four small providers have come together under this name:
- Passenger ship traffic Josef Schweiger eK (1)
- Altmühltal Personenschiffahrt GmbH (2)
- Steibl Personenschifffahrt Kelheim GmbH (3)
- Passenger Shipping Stadler GmbH & Co. KG (4)
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- Boat trips in the Altmühl and Danube valleys
- Boat trips to Weltenburg Abbey
- Evening & special trips
- Charter trips
Ships
- MS Renate (1)
- Panorama ship Altmühlperle (2)
- MS Maximilian II. (3)
- MS Walhalla (3)
- MS Ludwig the Kelheimer (3)
- MS Weltenburg (4)
- MS Kelheim (4)
- former
- MS Renate II was sold in 2009 and now sails under the name MS Catwalk owned by Regensburg's FriendShip Events as an event ship in Germany and for the organizer M * Eventcatering in Austria.
Schifffahrt Klinger
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- Round trips from Regensburg
- Scheduled trips to Weltenburg
- Scheduled trips to Kelheim
- Themed rides
- Charter trips
- Winter cruises
Ships
- MS Princess Gloria
- MS Johannes Kepler ex. MS Renate of the entrepreneur Josef Schweiger
- MS Rataspona ex. Weltenburg owned by the Stadler shipping company
- MS Regensburg ex. Princesse Marie-Astrid
- MS Siebnerin ex. Seventh member of the "Linz Donauschiffer Association"
LOD Slovenská plavba a prístavy - lodná osobná doprava
The Slovak company SPaP-LOD (Slovenská plavba a prístavy - lodná osobná doprava) conducts boat trips around the capital Bratislava with hydrofoils and smaller passenger ships .
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- Hydrofoil trips Vienna - Bratislava - Vienna or vice versa
- Hydrofoil rides Bratislava - Budapest - Bratislava
- Hydrofoil rides from Bratislava to Gabcikovo to Bratislava
- Excursion cruises from Bratislava to Devín Castle and Bratislava
- Excursion cruises from Bratislava to Čunovo to Bratislava
- Sightseeing tours in Bratislava
- Special & charter trips
Ships
- Hydrofoils type Meteor (Bratislava, Myjava, Modra)
- Excursion boats (Martin, Presov, Zilina)
The Hungarian shipping company Mahart Passnave , headquartered in Budapest , operates numerous liner and tour boats , as well as hydrofoils on the Danube.
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- Boat trips in Budapest; also at night
- Boat trips to Szentendre / Visegrad / Esztergom / Danube Bend / Százhalombatta
- Hydrofoil trips to Bratislava and Vienna
- Hydrofoil trips to Visegrád / Esztergom
Ships
- Excursion boats
- MS Budapest
- MS Táncsics
- MS Hunyadi
- MS Rákóczi
- Sightseeing ships
- 14 pieces in different sizes
- Hydrofoils of Russian design
- 3 pieces type Bibic (Bibic I-II-IV)
- Type business Bibic (Bibic III)
- 3 pieces type Vöcsök (Vöcsök II-IV)
- Sólyom II and Sólyom III
Nostalgia Tours Krems
Nostalgie Tours, Video & Consulting GesmbH is a family company based in Krems an der Donau, founded in 1999. The company has its own landing stage at the ship station in Krems-Stein. The day excursion ship MS Mariandl is operated directly as a charter ship for groups. The company does not operate any scheduled services.
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- Charter trips in the Wachau area from Krems / advice on tourist offers from the region in connection with boat trips for 15–125 guests.
- occasional public trips through the Wachau (e.g. solstice, wine spring, apricot festival, Wachau festival, ...)
ship
- MS Mariandl
The traditional excursion ship with two decks was built near Bonn on the Rhine in 1954, modernized several times and transferred to the Austrian Danube in 2000.
Austrian Society for Railway History
The Austrian Society for Railway History (ÖGEG) has faced after the end of DDSG Donaureisen the task of the historic paddle steamer Schönbrunn to renovate (Bj. 1912) and use for stylish special trips. Austria's last steamboat on the Danube was completely renewed in countless hours of voluntary work.
The steamship Schönbrunn is berthed at the pontoon of the Austrian Society for Railway History in Linz-Urfahr, provided it is not in motion.
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- Special and charter trips in the Linz area
Ships
- DS Schönbrunn
- Motorboat Traisen
ProNautik Vienna
ProNautik has been operating the MS Catwalk, which was created by converting the MS Renate II , since 2010 . The ship, built in 1994, no longer shows its past as a Danube excursion vehicle. Nothing on board reminds of coffee trips since the employees of Porsche Design redesigned the ship, which is approved for 450 people. The most famous event is the Ö3-Party-Yacht-Event, where clubbing takes place in cooperation with Ö3 along the entire Austrian Danube . The MS Catwalk sailing under the German flag is also on the move on German waters.
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- Special and charter trips on the Danube from Kelheim to Bratislava, Rhine-Main-Danube Canal, Main
Ships
- MS Catwalk
Wilhelm Stift - MS City of Vienna
When the two wheelboats Stadt Wien and Stadt Passau were up for sale by DDSG Donaureisen, the city of Vienna met a clearly better fate. It was bought by the mayor of Tulln , Wilhelm Stift, who had it converted and moored to the Tulln Donaulände as a restaurant ship. On weekends, however, the engines start and the ship sets sail for trips into the romantic Wachau Valley to Melk.
The city of Passau is different : It was first sold to Passau, where it bobbed around without being used until 2001. Then it was bought by the Hungarian K. Földi, who had it transferred to Hungary under his own steam and started renovation work there. But a little later the new shipowner was found murdered; the fate of the ship anchored at Budapest's Elisabeth Bridge remained uncertain for a long time. In 2005/2006 the ship was resold to Mr. Ronai within Hungary. It ended up in the repair yard in Komarno (SK), where it was completely renovated. The ship has been making day trips from Budapest since August 2006.
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- Restaurant ship in Tulln
- on weekends Tulln – Melk – Tulln
- Charter and special trips
ship
- MS City of Vienna
Danube shipping Wurm & Köck
The shipowners Erich Wurm, Günter Köck and Ludwig Wurm have been shipping on the Upper Danube around Passau for around 30 years. Wurm & Köck have expanded their fleet to a high-performance company with 12 units. After managing director Günter Köck retired in 2005, the new managing directors are Erich Wurm, Margit Reischl-Noé and Florian Noé.
The Wurm & Köck fleet has been constantly renovated in recent years. Particularly interesting excursion boats are the MS Anton Bruckner and MS Regina Danubia in royal golden style and the MS Stadt Linz, renovated in 2005/2006 and decorated in dark blue . The latest gem is the former MS Danube , which has been redesigned with countless Swarovski stones for 4.6 million euros , which now travels the Danube between Passau and Linz under the name Kristallschiff . The ship was christened on May 7, 2007 by the ex-finance minister's wife Fiona Swarovski (actually Fiona Pacifico Griffini-Grasser, née Winter) in Passau.
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- Round trips in and around Passau
- Boat trips between Passau and Linz through the Upper Danube Valley
- Themed, special and charter trips
- Long distance trips Passau – Linz – Grein – Wachau – Vienna with a program
Ships
- MS Regina Danubia , MS Sissi , MS Linz , MS Passau , MS Gisela , MS Anton Bruckner , MS Johanna , MS Deggendorf , MS Agnes Bernauer , Crystal Queen , Crystal Princess and the Crystal Ship (ex MS Donau )
Danube cruises
Since the opening of the Main-Danube Canal, the fleet of Danube cruise ships has grown steadily. For 2007, 113 ships were already registered.
The offer ranges from two-day short trips to trips from Passau to the Black Sea and back. Well-known shipping companies and providers are Arosa and Deilmann (went bankrupt in 2009), Phönixreisen and Nickotours. The ships are mostly 4-5 star ships. The companies often let the hotel ships sail under foreign flags or hire workers from low-wage countries because they can minimize expenses.
Accidents
- Two ships collided on the Danube in Budapest on the night of May 29th to 30th, 2019. An excursion ship with 35 people on board capsized and sank. In the accident at least seven people were killed. More than twelve passengers are still missing. Apparently the Viking Sigyn from Viking River Cruises was also involved .
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- Informatie Binnenvaart, NL
- Websites of the various shipping companies
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Passenger shipping . (No longer available online.) Viadonau, archived from the original on March 7, 2013 ; Retrieved January 15, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ KAISERIN ELISABETH - FKS - 08548012. ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Binnenschifferforum.de with documentation on the whereabouts of Empress Elisabeth. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ↑ Kaiserin Elisabeth - FGS - 05803310. ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Binnenschifferforum.de with documentation on Empress Elisabeth II. Retrieved on November 9, 2010.
- ↑ New ship of the Donau Touristik. (PDF; 10.5 MB) Press article in TAI, April 30, 2010. Accessed November 9, 2010.
- ↑ Manager Magazin : "MS Catwalk" - party ship in Porsche design . Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ↑ Marienhof eventcatering services GmbH: The catwalk the event ship ( Memento of the original from January 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved April 28, 2010.
- ↑ Trips by the Klinger shipping company to Weltenburg . Retrieved April 30, 2018
- ↑ Trips by the Klinger shipping company to Kelheim . Retrieved April 30, 2018
- ^ Themed trips by the Klinger shipping company . Retrieved April 30, 2018
- ↑ Chronicle of the shipping company Klinger .abgerufen on April 30, 2018
- ↑ Ship accident in Budapest - deaths in tourist boat accident on the Danube. In: srf.ch . May 30, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Several deaths in a ship accident - Swiss ship involved in a boat accident on the Danube. In: srf.ch . May 30, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019 .
