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 Headquarters in Copenhagen | |
| Company type | Aktieselskab |
|---|---|
| Nasdaq Copenhagen: DFDS | |
| Industry | Shipping and logistics |
| Founded | 1866 |
| Founder | Carl Frederik Tietgen |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 20 countries in Europe |
Key people |
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| Services | Freight transport (over sea, land and rail), ferry cruises, logistics. |
| Revenue |  17.87 billion kr. (2021) |
| 3.41 billion kr. (2021) | |
| 976 million kr. (2021) | |
| Total assets | 30.72 billion kr. (2021) |
| Total equity | 11.55 billion kr. (2021) |
| Owner | Lauritzen Foundation 42.8%[1] |
Number of employees | 14,000 (2024) |
| Divisions | |
| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [2] | |
DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally The United Steamship Company). DFDS was founded in 1866, when C.F. Tietgen merged the three biggest Danish steamship companies of that day.
Although DFDS has generally concentrated on freight and passenger traffic on the North Sea and to the Baltic Sea, it has also operated freight services to the US, South America, and the Mediterranean in the past. 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. Overall, DFDS employs around 14,000 people as of 2024.[3]
- ^ "Lauritzen Fonden". www.lauritzenfonden.com.
- ^ "2021 Annual Report" (PDF). DFDS A/S. p. 11. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ "Five things about DFDS as Jersey mulls its new ferry operator". BBC News. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.