Corporate History

Acquisition of "L'Express des îles" in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe

SSK changes its brand name to FRS Finland.

Founding of FRS Portgual, a new harbor round tour in Lisbon, at the beginning of the year. The services include River Cruises during the day and a special Sunset Cruise in the evening.

Acquisition of Suomen Saaristokuljetus Oy in Finland.

Acquisition of the FRS Elbferry that crosses the Elbe, making it a great shortcut between Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein.

Rebranding process of the corporate branding and renaming of Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG into FRS GmbH & Co. KG.

Founding of the new ferry connection FRS Baltic between Sweden and Germany. The former rail ferry route had grown historically under the name "Königslinie".

Start of the long distance connection between the Spanish mainland and the Canary Islands under the brand FRS Iberia.

Start of operation of the sightseeing tour between Hamburg St. Pauli Landungsbrücken and Blankenese with MS Kleine Freiheit.

Acquisition of Clipper Navigation, Inc. in Seattle (USA) and Victoria (Canada).

Start of operations on route betweeen Miami (USA) and Bimini (Bahamas) with the HSC San Gwann under the brand FRS Caribbean.

Providing solar-powered catamaran for the Volkswagen Autostadt under the flag of NDBR GmbH in Wolfsburg.

Solar powered ferries built and put into service under the flag of Weiße Flotte in Berlin.

Foundation of Albanian Ferry Terminal Operator Shpk (AFTO) in Durrës (Albania).

Foundation of FRS Offshore GmbH & Co. KG.

Start as service provider for National Ferries Company in Muscat (Sultanate of Oman).

Foundation of FRS Iberia S.L.U. (Spain) and FRS Maroc S.A.R.L.A.U. (Morocco).
 

Integration of the Rømø-Sylt Linie GmbH & Co. KG and FRS Helgoline GmbH & Co. KG into the FRS Group.

HSC Hanse Jet is put into service as the first high-speed craft vessel under German flag: The first ship worldwide to comply with the International Code of Safety for High-Speed Craft (HSC Code).

Acquisition of the Weiße Flotte GmbH in Stralsund.

Foundation of the joint venture Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG.

Acquisition of the Wappen von Hamburg, Germany's largest day passenger vessel.

Start of Hamburg - Heligoland service.

Acquisition of Rømø-Sylt Linie by Förde-Reederei GmbH.

Foundation of KG Seetouristik (now Seetouristik Beteiligungs GmbH).

Foundation of Förde-Reederei GmbH as successor of FEDG.

Launching of steam ship Alexandra.

Foundation of the Flensburg-Ekensunder Dampfschiffgesellschaft (FEDG).