Tag: DFDS

The Danish operator DFDS has signed a contract with CSC Jinling Shipyard, China, for two large RoRo vessels among the largest in the world and will raise the bar for what is considered environmental friendly.

Following Stena Line’s earlier announcement, DFDS has made it known that will also increase services. From 3 October 2016, a fourth vessel will be deployed on the Rotterdam-Immingham route and there will be 14 departures a week.

It has been 1.5 years since the EU introduced stricter sulphur limits for North European shipping. Since then, sulphur content in the air has improved. In Denmark alone measurements already show a 50-60% reduction. In the following article, Poul Woodall, DFDS’ Environmental Director looks back on the first 1,5 year of stricter EU sulphur rules.

DFDS has scheduled to lengthen one of its freight vessels by 30 metres during summer, adding more than 800 lane metres’ capacity to the ship. This is equivalent to about 55 trailers. The company says that lengthening its ship, it is a quick way to get additional capacity while at the same time reducing energy consumption per transported lane metre compared to the original ship. The previous lengthening of DFDS vessels has proven to be a very efficient way of adding extra capacity to the fleet.

DFDS achieved a record result in 2015. In the series ‘How we did it’ , the company introduces four ways for greener shipping operations.

On 9 November 2014, the cross-channel ferry Dover Seaways struck the end of a breakwater while departing from Dover, United Kingdom for passage to Dunkirk, France

  DFDS Seaways and Forth Ports will invest over EUR 6 million in the future of the Rosyth-Zeebrugge freight route, following a meeting with the First Minister of Scotland to discuss the investment plan. This includes new environmental technology, a fuel optimisation programme and infrastructure adjustments at the terminal in Scotland. The importance of a continuation of the only ro-ro freight route connecting Scotland to the Continent has been highlighted during the meeting between the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, CEO of Forth Ports Charles Hammond and CEO of DFDS Niels Smedegaard. They discussed route developments and the concrete investment plan for which the basis has been laid in November 2014 when the three parties published a joint statement to secure the route’s future. “We are very pleased with the investment programme as it will secure a long-term perspective for the Rosyth-Zeebrugge route and enable companies to continue to use a direct, environmentally friendly means of transport between Scotland and the Continent,” says Stein van Est, Route Director DFDS Seaways. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon comments: “The Rosyth to Zeebrugge freight route is a vital link for Scotland’s economy and hugely important for the large number of customers who use it ...

Life onboard a DFDS vessel

DFDS Seaways announced that there has been an incident on Octomber 9, morning on board the DOVER SEAWAYS ferry