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DFDS has signed an agreement with the Siem Group to bareboat-charter two new 4,076 lane metre, 262 trailer capacity ro-ro freight vessels for five years, with options to purchase the ships. Delivery is expected to take place in May and September 2017 and they will be used on the North Sea, adding around 20% more capacity compared to the ships they are expected to replace.
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DFDS's freight service between Rosyth and Zeebrugge route moved into profit for the first time in 2015, reported the ro ro operator in its annual accounts. Freight volumes also increased by 10% on the route. Route director, Stein Est, said: “The stricter EU legislation on sulphur, introduced in 2015, and ...
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The former SeaFrance Belioz has returned to the Dover-Calais route under the ownership of DFDS, renamed Côte des Flandres. The ship sailed into Dover last night (23 February) at 20.15 after its inaugural voyage from Calais.
Like her sister ship, Côte des Dunes, which came into service on 9 February, ...
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The port of Dunkirk has brought new check-in facilities into operation for the ferry service to Dover. There are now separate entry points for heavy and light vehicles and the route to the boarding areas has also been improved. The large pre-boarding car park has a waiting area with toilets, ...
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The former MyFerryLink vessel Rodin is back in service with her new owners, DFDS, on the Dover-Calais route as the Côte des Dunes.
She and her sister ship, the Berlioz were at the centre of a bitter dispute involving workers at the former Eurotunnel-owned line. Former MyFerryLink workers occupied the vessels ...
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DFDS has increased its multimodal rail-road-sea service between the UK and Italy to daily in both directions. Units are transported by road to Immingham or Felixstowe, by sea to Rotterdam or Zeebrugge and then by rail to the Novara or Piazenca rail terminals near Milan in Italy. The service is ...
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The two MyFerryLink ships, the Rodin and the Berlioz, which were at the centre of the recent problems in Calais, were officially handed over to the DFDS Group, in Dunkirk, today (15 September). They will operate under a bareboat charter agreement in accordance with the contract signed at the start ...
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DFDS has signed an agreement with the SCOP-SeaFrance workers' organisation and Eurotunnel to take over the Rodin and Berlioz that were at the centre of the recent strikes and disruption in Calais. Under the deal, reached with the assistance of the French transport minister on 31 August, DFDS is committing ...
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We think of the Port of Felixstowe as the birthplace of containerisation in the UK, but the place actually started out as a ro ro terminal – 50 years ago. In 1965, DFDS launched a weekly service to Copenhagen. Ownership and patterns of services have gone through many different changes ...
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P&O Ferries is to bring a sixth ship back into service on the Dover-Calais route to boost freight capacity during the peak summer season. The European Seaway with a capacity of up to 120 freight vehicles - will return to the Dover-Calais route for the peak season from the beginning ...
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