DFDS: Calais — Sheerness becomes Calais —Tilbury

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DFDS has announced that it will be launching a new unaccompanied freight service from Tilbury to Calais, replacing its existing Sheerness – Calais service.

The newly located service will start in late June 2023 and will offer one daily sailing in each direction six days a week.

Vessel: BOTNIA SEAWAYS (115 unaccompanied units).

The relocation comes as a result of feedback received from customers and demand for a more accessible route into the UK.

Competitors: P&O Ferries, CLdN, Transfennica…

DFDS is introducing a new rail freight service Sète-Calais

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  • The new rail service connects London with Yalova in Turkey, as of 17 May 2022.
  • This will shorten transport time between London and Istanbul.
  • Twice a week, with two weekly departures in each direction.
  • This is the latest in a series of investments that DFDS is making to improve its service; a new unaccompanied freight service from Sheerness to Calais, which can carry over 100 trailers or containers per sailing opened in June last year.