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DFDS’ agreement to acquire Naviera Armas’ Strait of Gibraltar Algeciras-Tangier Med ferry operations has been approved by the Spanish and Moroccan competition authorities. Thee transaction includes a ro-pax vessel with 1,414 lane meters of freight capacity, expected to join DFDS’s existing two vessels on the route from Mid-November. Around 200 employees will transfer to DFDS. However, DFDS will not acquire the Algeciras-Ceuta service due to conditions imposed by the Spanish ...
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DFDS is deploying a second freight ferry, the Ark Futura, and doubled the frequency of its Damietta-Trieste route from 15 October.
The route was initially launched in November 2024 as DFDS' first direct freight ferry connection between Egypt and Italy and has seen strong growth since its launch.
Vice-president and head of ...
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DFDS has appointed Sandeep Shahi as chief digital and information officer (CDIO) succeeding Rune Keldsen from 16 November.
Sandeep Shahi joins DFDS from FedEx, where he currently serves as chief information officer for Asia Pacific, the Middle East, India and South Africa, while also leading Global Field IT worldwide. Prior to ...
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DFDS is to add a third vessel to its Rosslare-Dunkirk route and offer two additional weekly roundtrips, bringing the total to seven, from September. The third vessel will join Athena and Victoria Seaways, which already operate on the route. The service was launched in 2021 in the wake of Brexit, ...
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A fire has broken out on a DFDS freight ro ro vessel operating between Portsmouth and Jersey. The blaze on the Caesarea Trader was reported at 15.45 on Monday 9 February when the vessel was off the Isle of Wight. The vessel is due to be towed to Portsmouth for ...
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Launch of a ro ro service between the port of Roysth in Scotland and Dunkirk “is a question of when, not if,” the deputy chief executive of the French port, Daniel Deschodt told a press conference on 20 January.
Some regulatory hurdles still need to be overcome before the service can ...
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Michael Hansen will succeed Torben Carlsen as president and chief executive of Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS on 1 July. It follows the initiation of a succession process announced in November. Michael Hansen, currently president and chief executive of paint and coatings group, Hempel, previously spent nearly two decades ...
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DFDS has started the search for a successor to chief executive Torben Carlsen. He joined DFDS in 2009 as executive vice president and during has led the company through several key acquisitions, including Norfolkline in 2010 and the expansion into the Mediterranean with UN RoRo in 2018 as well as ...
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DFDS is marking the 150th anniversary of the Esbjerg route that has connected Denmark and the UK since 1875.
Today, the route handles more than 100.000 single trailers a year. The Ark Dania and Ark Germania operate the route to and from Immingham, offering six weekly departures and a sailing time of 18.5 ...
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Brittany Ferries launched legal action against DFDS on 19 March over grants the Danish shipping company receives to run the loss-making Newhaven/Dieppe ferry route, which it says has cost its business £125m since 2013. In an action lodged with the Brest Commercial Court, it is seeking to recover losses from ...
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