DFDS is a growing international shipping company with a leading market position in Northern Europe within overnight passenger shipping and freight shipping mainly based on ro-ro liner traffic.
DFDS group employs a staff of approximately 4,200 and had a turnover in 2003 of DKK 5.3 billion. DFDS operates 65 vessels, six passenger vessels operated by DFDS Seaways and 59 freight vessels operated by DFDS Tor Line. DFDS Canal Tours, also one of DFDS Seaways' activities, operates tours of the canals in Copenhagen.
DFDS has provided passenger services for more than 139 years, with a fleet considered to be one of the largest in northern Europe.
We currently operate seven modern passenger ships and to make a comparison can say that we are one of Scandinavia's largest "hotel chains", with approx. 9,000 "bed-nights" every night during the summer season and "parking facilities" for 2,500 cars.
Today we carry 1.8 million passengers a year on a fleet of six modern passenger liners between Denmark, Norway, Holland, and Great Britain.
When you travel with DFDS Seaways, you will experience a genuine maritime atmosphere, in style, and with a truly international level of service. Many professional travellers also consider us unrivalled in service and facilities for passenger and vehicle traffic.
DFDS Seaways is one of the four divisions that make up the DFDS Group.
Freight Services are provided by the DFDS Tor Line Division.
DFDS Seaways' passenger shipping activities are organised in routes on the North Sea and the Kattegat. In addition, DFDS Seaways operates canal and harbour tours in Copenhagen
- DFDS Canal Tours.
DFDS Seaways' route activities can be divided into three main areas: Kattegat, North Sea North and North Sea South.
On the Kattegat : DFDS Seaways operates the route Copenhagen-Oslo.
On the North Sea North : DFDS Seaways operates the routes Harwich-Esbjerg and Newcastle-Bergen.
On the North Sea South : DFDS Seaways operates the route Newcastle-Amsterdam.