in 1984 there were still 16 rhein units with a carrying capacity of 26,000 tonnes, managed by the then rheinreederei zürich ag which may be established around april 1964. in 1984 the mgb obtained the share majority of the financially troubled schweizerische reederei & neptun ag (srn); on 1 march 1986 a common operating organisation for the two companies, reederei zürich ag and srn was initiated to run the rhein river ships of two fleets in common. reederei zürich ag was deleted on 30 september 1996 from the commercial registry, and on 21 february 2000 the srn was sold.