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DFDS buys Russia specialist

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 are located in Karlshamn and it also has offices in Liepaja, Ventspils, Klaipeda and Kaliningrad. [+]

Competition blunts DFDS profits

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 ... [+]

HumberPort Launches Website

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 ... [+]

DFDS ships go green

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 ... [+]

New Deal

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.   [+]

DFDS and LD get it together

DFDS and Louis Dreyfus Lines have formed a new joint company combining all their Channel routes plus an LDA Mediterranean service. From 1 July, the new company will operate nine passenger and freight ferries on four routes in the Channel and one in the Mediterranean, with DFDS owning 82 % ... [+]

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