FRS takes over Bingen-Rüdesheimer and its Rhine ferries

FerryFRS of Flensburg is acquiring a majority stake in Bingen-Rüdesheimer Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, which runs the car ferries across the Rhine between Bingen and Rüdesheim and a fleet of excursion ships. It is the group's fourth acquisition on the Rhine since December 2024 and its first step into passenger shipping on the river.

The car ferries MARY ROOS and RHEINTAL, each for up to 42 cars and 600 passengers, shuttle daily between Bingen and Rüdesheim, with STADT RÜDESHEIM as reserve. Four passenger ships with a combined capacity of 2,300 passengers call at 12 landing stages between Rüdesheim and St. Goarshausen. The largest, the 60-metre RHENUS and VATER RHEIN, take 600 guests each, and they are joined by EHRENFELS and BINGEN. The fleet also includes two historic ships, REGIERUNGSRAT MILATZ and STADT BINGEN.

All services will continue and the around 50 employees will be kept. Managing director Oliver Pohl stays on and will run the company together with Tim Kunstmann, managing director of FRS Europe Division, who said FRS intends to expand the services. The excursion ships call at Lorch, Niederheimbach, St. Goar and St. Goarshausen, where FRS already runs ferries across the Rhine; FRS also operates the crossing between Ingelheim and Oestrich-Winkel.

The FRS group has more than 1,500 employees and operates more than 70 ships through 14 operating companies in Europe, North America and the Caribbean.

nov 11 2026