Private company
Ems
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Ems is a shipping company in Germany founded in 1843.1 It is headquartered in Emden.1
Die Aktien-Gesellschaft „Ems“ (kurz AG EMS) ist eine Reederei in Emden (Niedersachsen), die den Fährverkehr vom Emder Hafen und ab Eemshaven (Niederlande) zur ostfriesischen Nordseeinsel Borkum betreibt. Zugleich ist die AG Ems die Konzernmutter weiterer Unternehmen insbesondere im touristischen Sektor.2 From the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industrypassenger shipping, sea and coastal freight water transport (NACE 50.2), water transport1
- HeadquartersEmden1
- Websitewww.ag-ems.de
- Legal formAktiengesellschaft1
- LEI529900T2W8B0G63Z5Q293
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressZum Borkumanleger 6, 26723 Emden, Germany3
- Registered withLocal Court Aurich, HRB 1000213
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Corporate structure
Ems sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Ems Emden, Germany
- OFD Subsidiary · Emden
- Borkumer Kleinbahn und Dampfschiffahrt Subsidiary · Germany
- EMS Maritime Offshore GmbH Subsidiary · Emden, Germany
- Hannover Owned
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Ems reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
- Hannover
- OFD
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Leadership
Who has led Ems, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Chief executive
- Chief executive officerBernhard Brons 1990 to 20251
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
- Borkumer Kleinbahn und Dampfschiffahrt
Also owns
- Hannover
- OFD
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.ag-ems.de1
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ292713
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataEms on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaEms on the German Wikipedia
- 3
- 4Wikimedia CommonsEms logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- 5Wikimedia CommonsEms photo by W.Y.D. Witte, Public domain