DFDS Seaways

DFDS Seaways

Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Area served	Baltic Sea English Channel North Sea
Services	Passenger transportation Freight transportation
Parent	DFDS
Website	www.dfdsseaways.com

Crown of Scandinavia departing Oslo

Primula Seaways in Gothenburg

King Seaways in Ijmuiden

DFDS Seaways is a large Danish shipping company operating passenger and freight services across Northern Europe. Following the acquisition of Norfolkline in 2010, DFDS restructured its other shipping divisions (DFDS Tor Line and DFDS Lisco) into the previously passenger only operation of DFDS Seaways.

History

The company has recently (2006) renewed their fleet, purchasing MS King of Scandinavia and MS Princess of Norway to replace the last ships dating from the 1970s still in service. The company has acquired a reputation as something of an expert in purchasing used ships, as the last time DFDS Seaways ordered a newbuild was in 1978 (although they have since taken over build contracts and taken delivery of newbuilds originally ordered by other companies). In 2006 DFDS Seaways stopped serving Sweden when MS Princess of Scandinavia was taken off service and the Copenhagen—Oslo service ships stopped calling at Helsingborg. In May 2008 DFDS made public their plan to close down the loss-making United Kingdom—Norway service on 1 September 2008. MS Queen of Scandinavia, the ship that was used in the service, has since been chartered out to St Peter Line.

In July 2010, DFDS acquired Norfolkline from Maersk. The Norfolkline routes and vessels have been rebranded as DFDS Seaways.

Routes

DFDS Seaways operate twenty routes across the North Sea and Baltic Sea.

Passenger & Freight

• Copenhagen—Oslo
• Dover—Dunkerque
• Dover—Calais (route opens on 17th February 2012)
• Esbjerg—Harwich
• Klaipėda—Kiel
• Klaipėda—Sassnitz
• Klaipėda—Karlshamn
• North Shields—IJmuiden
• Ust-Luga—Sassnitz—Kiel

Freight only routes

• Brevik—Ghent
• Brevik—Immingham
• Cuxhaven—Immingham
• Esbjerg—Immingham
• Gothenburg—Ghent
• Gothenburg—Immingham
• Gothenburg—Tilbury
• Klaipėda—Copenhagen—Aarhus—Fredericia
• Paldiski—Kapellskär
• Rosyth—Zeebrugge
• Saint Petersburg—Karlshamn—Kiel
• Vlaardingen—Felixstowe
• Vlaardingen—Immingham

Fleet

DFDS Seaways operate a large fleet of Ro-Ro, Ro-Pax and Cruise ferries. Following restructuring in 2010 all shipping activities (including those of DFDS Tor Line and DFDS Lisco) were rebranded as DFDS Seaways.

Current fleet

Name	Built	Enterered service	Tonnage	Notes
Ark Futura	1996	2010	18,725 GT
Britannia Seaways	2000	2010	24.196 GT
Cimbria Seaways	1986	2010	12,189 GT	On charter to LD Lines
Crown of Scandinavia	1994	1994	35,495 GT
Dana Sirena	2002	2002	22,382 GT
Delft Seaways	2006	2010	35,923 GT
Dover Seaways	2006	2010	35,923 GT
Dunkerque Seaways	2005	2010	35,923 GT
Ficaria Seaways	2006	2010	32,289 GT
Fionia Seaways	2009	2010	32,289 GT
Hafnia Seaways	2008	2010	32,289 GT
Humber Viking	2009	2010	29,004 GT
Jutlandia Seaways	2010	2010	32,289 GT
Kaunus	1989	2010	25,606 GT
King Seaways	1987	2006	31,395 GT
Lisco Maxima	2009	2010	25,518 GT
Lisco Optima	1999	2010	25,206 GT
Liverpool Seaways	1997	2010	21,856 GT
Maas Viking	2009	2010	29,004 GT
Magnolia Seaways	2003	2010	32,400 GT
Norman Spirit	1991	2011	28,838 GT	On charter from LD Lines
Patria Seaways	1992	2010	18,332 GT	On charter to Baltic Scandinavian Lines
Pearl Seaways	1989	2001	40,039 GT
Petunia Seaways	2003	2010	32,289 GT
Primula Seaways	2003	2010	32,400 GT
Princess Maria	1986	2006	34,093 GT	On charter to St Peter Line
Princess Seaways	1986	2006	31,356 GT
Regina Seaways	2010	2011	25,518 GT
Selandia Seaways	2000	2010	24,196 GT
Tor Begonia	2004	2010	32,289 GT
Tor Botnia	2000	2010	11,530 GT
Tor Corona	2007	2010	25,600 GT
Tor Dania	1986	2010	21,491 GT
Tor Finlandia	2000	2010	11,530 GT
Tor Freesia	2004	2010	32,289 GT
Vilnius Seaways	1987	2010	27,414 GT
Wawel	1980	2008	25,275 GT	On charter to Polferries

Former ships

Ship	In service	Gross Register Tonnage	Status as of 2010
MS Skipper Clement	1964–1976	2,964 GRT	Scrapped 2010
MS Akershus	1965–1973	5,012 GRT	Burnt and sunk 1989
MS Winston Churchill	1967–1996	8,657 GRT	Scrapped 2004
MS Kong Olav V	1968–1984	7,965 GRT	Burnt 1993, later scrapped
MS Prinsesse Margrethe	1968–1983	7,965 GRT	Scrapped 2005
MS Aalborgshus MS Dana Sirena MS Dana Corona	1969–1971 1971–1978 1978–1985	7,697 GRT 7,988 GRT	Scrapped in China, 2000
MS Trekroner MS Dana Corona MS Dana Sirena	1970–1971 1971–1979 1979–1983	7,692 GRT	Sunk 1994
MS Dana Regina	1974–1990	10,002 GRT	Since 1998 MS Vana Tallinn with Tallink
MS Dana Anglia MS Duke of Scandinavia	1978–2002 2002–2006	14,399 GRT 15,589 GRT	Since 2009 MS Moby Corse with Moby Lines
MS Dana Gloria MS King of Scandinavia	1981–1984, 1986–1989 1989–1994	12,348 GRT 20,581 GRT	Since 2006 MS Jupiter for Royal Group Ltd
MS Tor Scandinavia MS Princess of Scandinavia	1981–1991 1991–2006	15,673 GRT 21,545 GRT	Since 2006 MS Moby Otta with Moby Lines
MS Scandinavia	1982–1985	26,747 GRT	Since 2002 MS Island Escape with Island Cruises
MS Tor Britannia MS Prince of Scandinavia	1982–1990 1990–2003	14,905 GRT 21,545 GRT	Since 2003 MS Moby Drea with Moby Lines
MS Hamburg MS Admiral of Scandinavia	1987–1997 1997–2002	12,752 GRT 19,292 GRT	Since 2002 MS Caribbean Express with Access Ferries
MS Duchess of Scandinavia	2003–2005	16,794 GRT	Since 2008 MS Bergensfjord with Fjord Line