As from 11 March, five trains per week will call at the DFDS terminal, to drop and pick-up trucks and containers.
DFDS has 8 freight ferries per week between Ghent and Gothenburg. The idea is to put more freight southward bound on trains.
In the meanwhile, the DFDS ro-ro terminal in Ghent is getting a facelift, with a new office building, and fully automated gates.
Ghent is one of the North Sea Ports (Ghent, Terneuzen, Vlissingen).
DFDS is upbeat on its prospects for 2019 following last year’s strong financial performance, expecting growth thanks to the arrival of new freight ferry capacity and renewed prospects for its increasingly important Mediterranean operations since the “reset in Turkey”.
DFDS’ Biggest Ro-Ro Ferry Ever Enters The Fleet
On 31 January Henrik Tidblad, Director of Fleet Management DFDS, concluded that the necessary documents had been exchanged and that the Jinling yard had safely received payment.
This means the first of six 6,700 lane metre ferries is soon ready to be deployed on the Turkey-Trieste route.
DFDS still has to announce her official name.
The entry of the first vessel in service will most probably create reshuffles on other routes.
On the picture: the entire DFDS team that handled the delivery. Front row, second from the left: Henrik Tidblad, Jesper Aagesen, Jens-Peter Baltsersen and Ole Færge. (source and photo DFDS News)
Peder Gellert, DFDS Executive Vice President and Head of the Ferry Division, announced that it has been decided to change the name of the Shipping Division to the Ferry Division.
“It is difficult for people who do not know our industry well to understand the nature of our business more precisely if we are described by the general term ‘shipping’. It will emphasise our important role for travel and trade and even for nations, such as when the UK government relies on our network to ensure the supply of critical goods in case of a no-deal Brexit.”
“However, it makes no sense to use the name Ferry Division unless we refer to our ships as ferries. This means that we will now start using the term ferry for our ships.
In the Ferry Division, we operate ferries: freight ferries, cruise ferries and, passenger and freight ferries.”
Adopting the name will be a gradual process.
DFDS Reached New All-Time High Result In 2018
DFDS can look back on a very strong 2018 and growth is set to continue in 2019 on the back of the recent expansion of U.N. RoRo in the Mediterranean.
The company will shortly introduce the first of the Chinese freight ferries. The expanded capacity will support their customers’ growth.
DFDS is also feeling confident being ready for their customers with whatever the Brexit outcome will be.
+13% Q4 revenue DKK 4.0bn
+20% Q4 EBITDA DKK 688m
+10% Full-year revenue DKK 15.7bn
+11% Full-year EBITDA DKK 3.0bn
The Port of Felixstowe and DFDS have agreed to increase ro-ro capacity at the UK port by over 40% through investment in a new linkspan, tractor units and additional trailer parking facilities.
Cross-Channel Firms Challenge UK Brexit Ferry Decisions
The CEOs of Eurotunnel and Port of Calais have objected to the emergency contracts awarded by the UK government to Brittany Ferries, DFDS and Seaborne Freight to provide additional ro-ro capacity in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, threatening to take legal action.
DFDS has released this aerial photo of the first Chinese ro-ro undergoing sea trials.
She and her sister are to be used on the Turkish/Mediterranean routes.
DFDS has given more details about the deal with the British Government in case of a hard Brexit.
DFDS agreed to provide additional capacity on Immingham – Cuxhaven, Immingham – Rotterdam, and Felixstowe – Rotterdam.
DFDS and Ekol Logistics, a leading Turkish transport company in the market between Turkey and Europe, have agreed just before Christmas to significantly expand their cooperation.
The agreement covers sea transport of trailers between Istanbul and Trieste. DFDS expects it to increase volumes of freight units in the Mediterranean by almost 30 %.
To accommodate those extra volumes, DFDS will:
1) expand terminal capacities. DFDS has signed a contract for the use of a recently built ro-ro terminal in Yalova, southeast of Istanbul.
2) increase ships capacity by adding more tonnage. This means the two new 450-trailer freight ferries will not be put on Ghent-Gothenburg, but on the Med route.
The recently delivered ro-ro ALF POLLAK has been put on the former U.N. Ro-Ro line too, chartered by DFDS instead of the previously announced CLdN.
Since the acquisition of U.N. Ro-Ro in 2018, DFDS has already invested in the lengthening of ships
