FRS on the Middle Rhine – Reportage accompanies FRS after the takeover of the Loreley ferry

Tim Kunstmann, Managing Director of the FRS Europe Division, introduced himself in St. Goar and emphasized the importance of the ferry for the region. Despite planned bridge construction projects, he sees a positive future for the ferry and underlines the responsibility that comes with the takeover.

 

About FRS
The FRS Reederei Group, based in Flensburg, has developed over the past 150 years from a regional passenger ship shipping company into an internationally active group of companies with over 1,500 employees. FRS operates 70 ships worldwide. Today, the portfolio of the FRS Group, which is based in northern Germany, includes 13 operating subsidiaries based in Europe, North America and the Caribbean. In northern Germany, FRS is one of the main forces in the inland waterway transport sector. The Elbe ferry Glückstadt-Wischhafen, one of the most important infrastructure ferry lines in the region, connects Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony all year round with four car ferries every 30 minutes. FRS also has extensive expertise in inland shipping with the White Fleet in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which offers trips around Rügen and Rostock. FRS also operates various solar electric ferries in Berlin and has the ‘Hydrocat 55’, the world's first dual-fuel hydrogen CTV in the offshore wind sector, in operation. The broad positioning and international presence of the FRS Group emphasise its importance as a leading provider of shipping connections worldwide.

 

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Press contact:
FRS Europe Division GmbH
Norderhofenden 19-20, 24937 Flensburg
Tim Kunstmann
E-mail: [email protected]