Scandlines

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• Bengt Phil
• Tage Reinert

Scandlines is a German - Danish shipping company, which previously carried about 20 million passengers and 4 million cars on the Baltic Sea each year at their ferries. Founded in 1998, Scandlines GmbH has its headquarters in Rostock and brings together under one roof the Scandlines Germany GmbH and Scandlines Danmark A / S. It belongs to the group of Scandferries GmbH. The ferries to Sweden were operated jointly with the Swedish Scandlines AB, which was one of Stena Line from 2000 onwards.

The Scandlines logo is a symbol for the key markets of Scandlines. The different colors of the triangle symbolize the countries that join the Scandlines route network in the southern Baltic Sea together. Yellow stands for Germany, red for Denmark and blue for Sweden.

History

After the reunification of Germany merged on 1 January 1994, the two German State Railways ( German Federal Railways and German Reichsbahn ) to Deutsche Bahn AG. Operated by two railways Trajektdienste were united each already been spun off from April 1, 1993, to the German Baltic ferry company mbH ( DFO). The newly formed company expanded its routes and modernized the fleet.

1995 was spun off from the Danish State Railways DSB Rederi as their ferry company A / S and renamed Scandlines A / S 1997. On July 21, 1998, the DFO merged with the Danish Scandlines A / S, it was the Scandlines AG. Owners remained the German Bahn AG and the Kingdom of Denmark, represented by the Ministry of Transport. The company expanded in the following years strong in the Baltic RoRo markets, mostly through the acquisition of shipping companies. In 1999, Scandlines complained unsuccessfully against Stena Line to get the right of first refusal on the Swedish Scandlines AB.

On 30 August 2007, the owners sold their shares to financial investors 3i and Allianz Capital, which each took 40 percent, as well as to the German GmbH DSR (DSR ) from Rostock who participated with 20 percent. November 6, 2008, Scandlines AG was transformed into the Scandlines GmbH (based Rostock), consisting of the subsidiaries Scandlines Germany GmbH (based Rostock) and Scandlines Danmark A / S ( Copenhagen seat ).

On October 29, 2010, the DSR announced their 20 - % stake in Scandlines in equal shares to financial investors 3i and Allianz Capital Partners (ACP ) for sale. In November 2007, Scandlines sold the Danish domestic ferry routes ( Sydfynske Scandlines A / S) and their 30- percent share in Mols-Linien to the Danish Clipper Group. The routes Esbjerg - Fano (now Fanøtrafikken ) Bøjden - Fynshav (now Alstrafikken ) and Tårs - Spodsbjerg (now Langelandstrafikken ) are subject Danske Færgen A / S.

In February 2009, information about a reduction in the number of employees from 2400 to 2000 were announced by the end of 2010. In this context, a majority of the administrative staff should be concentrated in Puttgarden. The annual average in 2010, the company employed 2146 employees, 144 fewer than in 2009 and 356 less than in 2008.

By order of 27 January 2010, the Federal Cartel Office of Germany Scandlines GmbH, owner of the ferry Puttgarden and so far the only provider of ferry services on this route, abandoned to grant other ferry operators the opportunity to create another ferry service on the route Puttgarden Rodby. Against a reasonable fee competitors should have access to essential facilities. The complaint of Scandlines against this initially was successful: The Oberlandesgericht Dusseldorf raised his decision the Bundeskartellamt on 10 June 2010, since the access of third parties to the port would be impossible under legal and economic aspects. This appeal decision, in turn, raised the Federal Court on December 11, 2012, and remanded the case for a new decision to the OLG Dusseldorf back.

In spring 2010, Scandlines ordered two new large ferries (order volume for new buildings and adaptations to the ferry ports 230 million euros ) in the P S Shipyards GmbH (People Stralsund ). The two 169 m long ships Berlin and Copenhagen should be on the connection between Rostock and Gedser replace the ferries Kronprins Prins Frederik and Joachim from spring 2012. The completion of the ferry was delayed. Therefore, the truck ferry Mercandia VIII was on that route at times also chartered. Due to the delay, the bankruptcy of the shipyard and due to weight problems of the two ferries ( they are too heavy and therefore have a large draft) has Scandlines terminated the contracts for the new ferries on 28 November 2012.

In 2012, Scandlines has sold the routes Travemünde-Ventspils/Liepaja, Nynäshamn - Ventspils, Rostock -Trelleborg and Sassnitz- Trelleborg Stena Line. In addition, the route Rostock- Hanko and the ferries Merchant, Aurora and Urd to the Swedish Orient Line (SOL) were sold. This Scandlines operates only a ferry connection.

The end of 2012 it was announced that the two financial investors involved at this time 3i and Allianz Capital Partners (ACP ) seek a sale of Scandlines. DFDS was interested in Scandlines, the offer was not accepted. In the fall of 2013 sold ACP their share of the shipping company to the British financial investor 3i for 165 million euros, so this is now the sole owner of, Scandlines. Finally, the offer of the U.S. based investor TPG had been rejected with over 1.3 billion euros; they expected an offer of 1.4 billion euros.

As a substitute for the ordered with the P S shipyards and not bought Scandlines ferries planned mid-2013, to be finished two double-ended ferry with LNG propulsion of a STX shipyard in Finland. The new ships to be designed so that they can be used both on the route Rostock Online Magazine as well as on the route Puttgarden Rodby. The end of 2013 was stopped the project because of financing difficulties in the STX shipyard. Instead, there are now considerations to take over the two built at the now insolvent people Stralsund ferries yet, but at a lower price.

Ratios of the company

The figures were taken from the current financial reports and press releases.

Ferry routes

• Puttgarden (D) - Rodby (DK): " bird flight line " (railway and car ferry )
• Rostock ( D) - Gedser (DK): Car ferry (until 1995 train ferry Warnemünde Online Magazine )
• Helsingør (DK) - Helsingborg (S ): Car ferry (until 2000 train ferry )

Fleet

• Kronprins Frederik (Rostock - Gedser )
• Prins Joachim (Rostock - Gedser )
• Merchandia VIII ( Rostock - Gedser charter in summer 2012 and 2013)
• Richard Prins ( Puttgarden - Rodby )
• Prinsessegaten Benedikte ( Puttgarden - Rodby )
• Germany ( Puttgarden - Rodby )
• Schleswig Holstein ( Puttgarden - Rodby )
• Holger Danske ( Puttgarden - Rodby, only dangerous goods)
• Hamlet ( Helsingør - Helsingborg)
• Tycho Brahe ( Helsingør - Helsingborg)

Gallery

Prins Joachim

The Aurora af Helsingborg at the port of Helsingborg

The Schleswig -Holstein between Puttgarden and Rodby

Dangerous ferry Holger Danske

Ordered and not taken off ferry Berlin at the People Stralsund

The now- scrapped Dronning Margrethe II