Rømø-Sylt Line
| Rømø-Sylt line | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH & Co. KG |
| Seat | Flensburg , Germany , Norderhofenden 19/20, 24937 Flensburg |
| Branch | Shipping company |
| Website | www.syltfaehre.de |
The Rømø-Sylt-Linie (also known as the Sylt ferry ) is a nine nautical mile long ferry connection between the ferry port of Havneby on the Danish island of Rømø and List on the neighboring German island of Sylt .
history
On July 7, 1963 the ferry connection operated by the Lindinger Reederei was opened. Initially only people were transported, but by the end of 1963 the first combined car and passenger ferry was used. In 1979 the Flensburger Förde Reederei (today Förde Reederei Seetouristik - FRS) took over this line from the bankruptcy estate of the Lindinger Reederei and operates this ferry connection with the subsidiary Rømø-Sylt Linie GmbH & Co. KG to this day. This ferry connection is the only alternative to car train traffic over the Hindenburgdamm for motorized individual traffic to and from Sylt .
The travel time on the connection is around 35 to 40 minutes today and leads through the Lister Tief .
Ships on this ferry route
Retired units
- Römö (I) : passenger ferry for 240 passengers (1963–1966)
- Anö : Car ferry for 100 passengers and 25 cars (1963–1967)
- Friesland : passenger ferry for 200 passengers (1964–1967)
- Sylt : Car ferry for 250 passengers and 28 cars (1966–1976)
- Egeskov : Car ferry for 350 passengers and 14 cars (1967)
- Römö (II) : Car ferry for 350 passengers and 37 cars (1967–1974)
- Adriana : passenger ferry for 200 passengers (1970)
- Mrs Sippi (ex Römö (I) ): passenger ferry for 240 passengers (1971–1978)
- Westerland : Car ferry for 400 passengers and 55 cars (1971–1983 and 1991–2005) - sold
- Vikingland : Car ferry for 585 passengers and 65 cars (1974–2005) - sold
Ferry ships currently in use
- SyltExpress : double-end ferry for 599 passengers and 76 cars (since 2005)
- Romoexpress (ex- Tresfjord ): double-ended ferry (since 2019)
The whereabouts of selected units
The Westerland (built in 1971, Husum shipyard ) left the port of Havneby on November 4, 2006 for its last voyage in German waters. The former ferry was prepared for its Atlantic crossing at the Husum shipyard. In February 2007 she arrived at her new location, the Fiji Islands, without any significant incident , where she continued to operate as a ferry under her old name.
The sister ship Vikingland (built in 1974, Husum shipyard) was sold to the Italian Saipem group based in Milan at the end of 2007 . After fundamental renovations in 2008, she is used under the name Ersai 3 as a supply and workshop ship for the oil industry in the Caspian Sea off the coast of Kazakhstan . The ship sails under the flag of Kazakhstan, the new home port is Limassol in Cyprus .
Web links
- Homepage of the Rømø-Sylt-Linie
- Private page on the history of the line
- Data and facts about the current SyltExpress ferry
- Data and photos of some of the former vehicles on this line (Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Car ferries in Germany - T to Z. Accessed on November 25, 2009 .