HSC Tanger Jet II, a fast ferry operated by FRS]]
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Industry | Transport |
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Founded | 1990 |
Headquarters | Flensburg, Germany |
Area served
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Strait of Gibraltar Baltic Sea North Sea Elbe Salish Sea |
Key people
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Götz Becker Jan Kruse Christian Baumberger |
Services | Passenger transportation Freight transportation |
Website | http://www.frs.de |
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.
If FRS Iberia and FRS Maroc are counted as separate entities, FRS includes 14 subsidiaries.