Johs. Fritzen & Sohn GmbH - The company is located in Emden, today
as “Emder Schlepp Betrieb”. In 1919 Nübel and Fritzen established the “Emder
Dampfer Compagnie Nübel & Fritzen AG”. But the company failed. Success
was prevented mainly by different concepts of both owners. Nübel favoured
timber business, Fritzen iron-ore business. Fritzen established his own
company “Johs. Fritzen & Sohn” (1923-1979) and Nübel kept his old company
and renamed it into “Emder Dampfer Compagnie”.
Having mastered the economic crisis in the early 1920's Fritzens company
was very profitable and increased til 1929. Fritzen overtook “W.Kunstmann”
(Stettin) and opened a new branch in Berlin.
But after the end of WWII all the ships either had to be delivered
or had been sunk. Fritzen and his sons made small profite in all kinds
of cheap business in ironworks. In 1948 the first ship could be acquired.
The company grew up again til 1959, bigger than ever.
In 1955 a branch in New York was opened. The portfolio was added by
storage, warehousing, fuel and petrol trading and tugboat services.
“Fritzen & Sohn” was overtaken by “Thyssen-Bornemisza” in 1964.
“Emder Dampfer Compagnie” existed until 1968.
Source: Klaus-Peter Bühne; translated by Klaus-Michael Schneider.
Description of flag of Fritzen & Sohn: It was a white flag with
a blue horizontal stripe at both edges and a red, serifed capital
“F” in its centre.
Source: “Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen”; 2nd ed.;
Hamburg; 1956; p.19.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2009
Emder Dampfer Compagnie
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2009
Flag of Emder Dampfer Compagnie A.G.: It was a tricolour in the colours
of Ost-Friesland yellow-red-blue but divided
per bend sinister.
Source: “Deutsche Reedereien und ihre Erkennungszeichen”; 2nd ed.;
Hamburg; 1956; p.15.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2009
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2009
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image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 15 May 2009
