Europe is growing together, and shipping company Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) is one of those ventures that have recognized this as an opportunity to develop new business activities beyond hom...
Europe is growing together, and shipping company Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) is one of those ventures that have recognized this as an opportunity to develop new business activities beyond home waters. In recent years, FRS has grown from a regional passenger ferry operator to an internationally active business group with more than 62 vessels and 1500 staff in more than a dozen countries all over the world. In 2007, FRS carried 7.6 million passengers and 2.1 million vehicles in total. The FRS success story as a short route ferry operator goes all the way back to 1866. Today FRS, with its base in Northern Germany, has a portfolio that comprises twenty-one subsidiaries located in Europe, North Africa and North America. In addition to numerous international ferry and catamaran lines, a shipmanagement company and the operation of a port complete the product range.