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DFDS Seaways has signed a new two year contract with Scania for the transport of truck chassis on its Rotterdam to Felixstowe freight route. Starting from 1 April, it will bring revenue of over €800,000 in 2014 and will move around 75 chassis a week, in addition to the existing shipment of truck chassis on the freight routes from Rotterdam to Felixstowe and Immingham. The two routes will in total ...
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DFDS Seaways is now operating the ferry Seven Sisters on its the Portsmouth-Le Havre route, following the end of the charter period of Norman Voyager. Seven Sisters, which is branded Transmanche is currently the back-up vessel on DFDS Seaway’s service between Newhaven and Dieppe. The latter will continue to operate ...
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A UK Competition Appeal Tribunal has thrown out an earlier decision by the Competition Commission to ban Eurotunnel subsidiary MyFerryLink from operating on the Dover-Calais route. The CC ruled in June 2013 that Eurotunnel's ferry subsidiary amounted to unfair competion, but held back from banning the service for six months, ...
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The north European short-sea is facing a fuel price hike 50% bigger than the oil price 'shock' of the 1970s, warns DFDS Seaways. Poul Woodall, director of sustainability and environment at the Danish-owned ferry operator, told a recent customer presentation that his own analysis of the likely effect of new ...
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DFDS performed the annual ritual of shipping, free of charge, a giant Christmas tree from Norway to London last weekend.
The Trafalgar Square tree is an annual gift from the City of Oslo to the people of London as a mark of thanks for Britain’s support during the Second World War. ...
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DFDS has acquired 100% of the share capital of the Swedish logistics company Karlshamn Express and the remaining 50 % of associated company Karlshamn Express Baltic. Karlshamn Express's main activity areof full and part loads between Sweden and the Baltics, Russia and surrounding countries. Its head office and warehousing facilities ...
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The cost of starting up its new Dover-Calais route and the emergence of North Sea Ro Ro as a competitor on its established Immingham-Sweden route contributed to a 27% fall in earning at DFDS, the company announced on 28 February. However, “a ray of light is the Baltic region and ...
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Leading shipping and logistics organisations on the Humber have launched a website to promote the facilities and advantages of international trade through the Humber Port network; www.humberport.com
Key stakeholders ABP, AbleUK, DFDS, Danbrit, EastTrans, RMS Group, Samskip and Tschudi are behind the HumberPort initiative, which meets and is administered through the ...
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Six DFDS freight vessels are to be refitted to receive onshore power in the ports of Immingham, Gothenburg and Ghent. It will help reduce emissions and noise from the ships in the terminal area. DFDS said it had received “substantial support” from the European Commission as well as from Volvo Group ...
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DFDS Seaways and LD Lines are to rename the chartered Brittany Ferries ferry Barfluer the Deal Seaways when she becomes the second ship on their joint Dover-Calais service on 27 April. She will bring the total number of daily sailings to ten each way.
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