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DFDS Seaways renewed its fleet in 2006, purchasing MS King of Scandinavia and MS Princess of Norway to replace the last ships still in service that dated from the 1970s. The company has acquired a reputation for purchasing used ships, as well as for taking over the build contracts or taking delivery of newbuilds originally ordered by other companies.
DFDS said upgrading its ferries was one of the key ways it hopes to meet its eco-targets. In 2020 it announced plans to reduce the relative CO2 emissions of its ships by 45% by 2030, and become ...
In 2012 shortly after SeaFrance went into liquidation, LD Lines and DFDS started a joint service between Dover and Calais which was soon to be brought under the name of New Channel Company A/S or known as DFDS Seaways France which included the Newhaven-Dieppe, Portsmouth-Le Havre, Dover-Calais and the Dover-Dunkerque which was then all ...
Brownsea Island Ferries Ltd (Poole Harbour) Caledonian MacBrayne ; Caremar (Italy) Color Line (Norway to Denmark, Germany and Sweden) Condor Ferries (Channel Islands, UK) Corsica Ferries-Sardinia Ferries (Italy and France to Corsica and Sardinia) Destination Gotland (Swedish mainland to Gotland) DFDS Seaways (Baltic Sea, North Sea, Channel) [1]
[5] [4] Stena RoRo ordered a fifth ship in April 2018, which will enter service with DFDS Seaways on a ten-year charter upon delivery. [6] The following month, Stena RoRo ordered a sixth ship, to be placed with Brittany Ferries on a ten-year charter beginning in late 2021. [7] Construction on the second ship in the class began in June 2018. [8]
Since the 1980s, DFDS's focus for shipping has been on northern Europe. Today, DFDS operates a network of 25 routes with 50 freight and passenger ships in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and the English Channel under the name DFDS Seaways. The rail and land-based haulage and container activities are operated by DFDS Logistics.
MS Côte des Flandres is a Ro-Ro Passenger Ferry owned by Eurotunnel and operated by DFDS Seaways France between Dover and Calais, the ship was the second to be built for SeaFrance in 2005, she entered service with SeaFrance in March 2005 and finished with SeaFrance in January 2012 when the company was liquidated.
During 2013 LD Lines Portsmouth-Le Havre, Newhaven-Dieppe and share of Dover-Calais operation were transferred to the new company known as DFDS Seaways France along with DFDS Seaways Dover-Dunkirk service. DFDS Seaways France is 82% owned by DFDS with the remaining 18% owned by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.