Faltus & Bantje · since 1994
We move
valuables.
The story
It began with a single sailing boat.
In October 1994 there was one job: a sailing boat in Denmark that had to get to its winter berth. Ulrich Faltus – a trained electrician with an engineering degree, and a man who had always wanted to drive trucks – took it on. He is still doing it thirty years later.
The firm still carries the name “Faltus & Bantje”. Bantje was the original partner; the name stayed on out of friendship long after he did. What else stayed is the standard. Owners, brokers and boatyards all over Europe put their boats in our hands, and a great many of them have been doing so for years.
Values
What you can rely on.
Three principles have run through every job since 1994 – from the first phone call to the moment she is back in the water.
Discretion
We carry boats worth millions, and we do not talk about whose they are.
Care
The driver is the owner’s real insurance. We crew accordingly.
Capability
Every licence and certification the work demands – up to and including skippering her ourselves.
Fleet & equipment
The right trailer for the boat in front of us.
A 4×4 and a boat trailer for the small jobs; a specialist low-loader for the ones that need it. Beyond the legal limits, escort vehicles and abnormal-load permits come with the package. The kit follows the boat, not the other way round.
From the road
31 years, a few thousand boats.
Yachts, pilot boats, rescue craft and heavy loads: lifting, lashing and delivering, from an ordinary week’s work.
Where we are
Weyhe, near Bremen – and half a day from most of Europe.
Northern Germany puts us within easy reach of the Dutch and Baltic yards in one direction and the motorways south to the Med in the other. It is why a boat bought in Norway can be in Bremen the next night, and in Croatia the same week.
Faltus & Bantje
- Landline
- +49 4203 810554
- Mobile
- +49 172 5403842
Careers
Join the crew.
We are looking for people who take the job seriously and want real responsibility from the first week.
Ready to talk about your transport?
Send us the dimensions, the route and your preferred dates – you’ll have a firm, no-obligation quote, usually within 24 hours.