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Industry
  
Transport

Headquarters
  
Flensburg, Germany

Website
  
http://www.frs.de

Founded
  
1990

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Area served
  
Strait of Gibraltar Baltic Sea North Sea Elbe Salish Sea

Key people
  
Götz Becker Jan Kruse Christian Baumberger

Services
  
Passenger transportation Freight transportation

Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) is a German transportation company specializing in passenger ferry and freight transportation. Originally a regional passenger ferry operator founded in 1866, it has expanded in recent years to an international business group. FRS now has about 30 vessels and approximately 1000 employees, transporting 5.4 million passengers and 1.3 million vehicles. The company also has a portfolio that comprises approximately 14 subsidiaries located in Europe, North Africa, and North America that are made up of both ferry and bus operations.

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Subsidiaries

If FRS Iberia and FRS Maroc are counted as separate entities, FRS includes 14 subsidiaries.

Ferry operators

  • Clipper Navigation, of Seattle, Washington, United States, acquired in 2016
  • FRS Iberia/Maroc, operating in the Strait of Gibraltar
  • Helgoline, serving Heligoland and the lower Elbe
  • National Ferries Company of Oman
  • Nordic Coast Line, serving various Finnish islands
  • Syltfähre, connecting the German island of Sylt and the Danish island of Rømø
  • Weiße Flotte, with service in the Baltic Sea, as well as electric ferries for passengers in Berlin and Wolfsburg
  • Reederei Hiddensee, a subsidiary of Weiße Flotte, serving the island of Hiddensee

    • Other services

  • AFAG, a bus operator in Flensburg
  • Albanian Ferry Terminal Operator, managing ports on the Adriatic Sea
  • FRS Emirates, established in 2011
  • FRS Offshore, an operator of offshore service vessels along the north coast of Germany
  • FRS Ship Management, providing crewing and software

    • Conventional passenger ferries

  • MS Hansestadt Stralsund (1996–present)
  • MS Insel Hiddensee (1995–present)
  • MS Gellen (1993–present)
  • MS Schaprode (1993 )
  • MS Altefähr (1996–present)
  • MS Atlantis (2006–present)

    • Double-ended car ferries

  • MF SyltExpress (2005–present)
  • MF Vitte (1992–present)
  • MF Stahlbrode (1994–present)
  • MF Glewitz (1994–present)
  • MF Warnow (1995–present)
  • MF Breitling (1995–present)
  • MF Wittow (1996–present)

    • Fleet of operated vessels

  • HSC Thundercat 1 (2004–2008)
  • HSC Hanse Jet (1996–2004)
  • HSC Baltic Jet (1997–2004)
  • HSC Flying Viking (2002–2003)
  • HSC Cat No. 1 (1999–2006)
  • MS Wappen von Hamburg (1983–2005)
  • MS Helgoland (2004–2005)
  • MS Wilhemlshaven (2004–2005)
  • MF Vikingland (1979–2007)
  • MF Westerland (1979–2006)
  • MS Baltic Star (1975–2000)
  • MS Dania (1980–2001)
  • MS Ostsee (1990–1998)
  • MS Nordsee I (1975–1998)
  • MS Pseidon (1977–2002)
  • MS Wappen von Flensburg (1992–1999)
  • MS Seemöwe (1993–2003)
  • MS Mommark (1969–2003)
  • MS Fritz Reuter (1990–1999)

    • References

    Förde Reederei Seetouristik Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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