
DFDS Seaways is a Danish shipping company that operates passenger and freight services across
northern Europe
The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may describe northern Europe as being roughly north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, which is about 54th parallel north, 54°N, or may be based on other ge ...
. Following the acquisition of
Norfolkline
Norfolkline was a European ferry operator and logistics company owned by Maersk. It provided freight ferry services on the English Channel, Irish Sea, and the North Sea; and passenger ferry services on the English Channel and Irish Sea; and ...
in 2010,
DFDS
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 Carl Frederik Tietgen, C.F. Tiet ...
restructured its other shipping divisions (
DFDS Tor Line and DFDS Lisco) into the previously passenger-only operation of DFDS Seaways.
History
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. The last time DFDS Seaways ordered a newbuild of its own was in 1978. DFDS Seaways stopped serving
Sweden
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in 2006, when
MS ''Princess of Scandinavia'' was taken out of service and the
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
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Oslo
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service stopped calling at
Helsingborg
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. In May 2008, DFDS made public its plan to close down the loss-making
United Kingdom
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Norway
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service on 1 September 2008.
MS ''Queen of Scandinavia'', the ship that was used in the service, has since been chartered to
St Peter Line.
In July 2010, DFDS acquired
Norfolkline
Norfolkline was a European ferry operator and logistics company owned by Maersk. It provided freight ferry services on the English Channel, Irish Sea, and the North Sea; and passenger ferry services on the English Channel and Irish Sea; and ...
from
Maersk
(), usually known simply as Maersk ( ), is a Danish Freight transport, shipping and logistics company founded in 1904 by Arnold Peter Møller and his father Peter Mærsk Møller.
Maersk's business activities include Port operator, port operat ...
. The Norfolkline routes and vessels were integrated into DFDS Seaways. DFDS Seaways now had the
Dover
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Dunkirk
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route, and launched the new Dover–
Calais
Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a French port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Calais is the largest city in Pas-de-Calais. The population of the city proper is 67,544; that of the urban area is 144,6 ...
route in February 2012.
DFDS announced in 2015 that it had unveiled a new logo, which saw 'DFDS' in a new font, and the logo with the white
Maltese cross
The Maltese cross is a cross symbol, consisting of four " V" or arrowhead shaped concave quadrilaterals converging at a central vertex at right angles, two tips pointing outward symmetrically.
It is a heraldic cross variant which develope ...
losing its outer circle; it announced furthermore that the DFDS Seaways subsidiary would be shortened to just 'DFDS' carrying a dark blue hull in the same font instead of the traditional light blue hull, and a Maltese cross with a circle. The first vessels to receive the new livery—and the new name scheme that would eventually be rolled out throughout the whole fleet—were the former
MyFerryLink ferries
Rodin
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(soon to become ''Cote des Dunes'') and the
Berlioz
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(soon to become the ''Cote des Flandres''). All the fleet were to lose the 'Seaways' suffix from their names, and would instead receive local preference names..
In 2018, DFDS ordered three RoPax newbuild vessels - one was an
E-Flexer on charter from
Stena RoRo which entered service as the ''Côte d'Opale'' in August 2021, and two RoPaxes for Baltic Sea operations. The first of the Baltic twins, named ''Aura Seaways'', was launched in late 2020, and had an inclination test in 2021. The sea trials took place in the middle of 2021. Now 2 new ferries "Aura Seaways" and " Luna Seaways" cruise Klaipėda–Karlshamn line.
In September 2019, DFDS had announced that it would add two new ships, the MS Moby Wonder and MS Moby Aki, to the
Newcastle
Newcastle usually refers to:
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IJmuiden
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route in early 2020. The former ships, the
MS King Seaways and
MS Princess Seaways, would in turn have been sold to
Moby Lines.
This plan was later abandoned in October 2019 due to Moby Lines being unable to commit to the delivery of the ships with ongoing financial issues over vessel mortgages.
On 10 June 2024 DFDS announced the sale of one of their oldest lines, the mostly passenger focused Copenhagen–Frederikshavn–Oslo, to the Swedish company
Gotlandsbolaget, citing a strategic focus on transport and logistics services. The sale is expected to be completed in October 2024.
On 3 December 2024, it was announced that DFDS was awarded the contract to operate lifeline ferry services for
Jersey
Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...
for 15 years from spring 2025, taking over from
Condor Ferries
Condor Ferries was an operator of passenger and freight ferry services between the United Kingdom, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Guernsey, Bailiwick of Jersey, Jersey and France.
History
Condor Ferries was formed in 1964 by Channel Island businessme ...
. The contract was signed on 31 December 2024.
Routes
Passenger and freight
Baltic Sea:
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Klaipėda
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Kiel
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Klaipėda
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Karlshamn
English Channel:
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Dover
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Calais
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Dover
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Dunkirk
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Dunkirk
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Rosslare
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Jersey
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Guernsey
Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...
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Newhaven–
Dieppe
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Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England ...
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Poole
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Jersey
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Portsmouth
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Jersey
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Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo language, Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany.
The Fortification, walled city on the English Channel coast had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth ...
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Jersey
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North Sea:
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Newcastle
Newcastle usually refers to:
*Newcastle upon Tyne, a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle-under-Lyme, a town in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
*Newcastle, New South Wales, a metropolitan area ...
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IJmuiden
n IJ (digraph) and that should remain the only places where they are used. >
IJmuiden () is a port town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-ea ...
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Newhaven—
Dieppe
Dieppe (; ; or Old Norse ) is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to Newhaven in England ...
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Paldiski
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Kapellskär
Kapellskär () is a port about north of Stockholm, in Sweden. It is located by the Baltic Sea, in Norrtälje Municipality, Stockholm County.
Services
The port was served by frequent passenger ferry services to Mariehamn, Åland, Finland, operate ...
Freight-only
Baltic Sea:
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Klaipėda
Klaipėda ( ; ) is a city in Lithuania on the Baltic Sea coast. It is the List of cities in Lithuania, third-largest city in Lithuania, the List of cities in the Baltic states by population, fifth-largest city in the Baltic States, and the capi ...
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Køge
Køge (, older spelling ''Kjøge'') is a Danish seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt (''Bay of Køge'') 39 km southwest of Copenhagen. It is the principal town and seat of Køge Municipality, Region Sjælland (Zealand), Denmark. In 2025, the ...
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Fredericia
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North Sea:
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Vlaardingen
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Felixstowe
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Vlaardingen
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Immingham
Immingham is a town and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, on the south-west bank of the Humber, Humber Estuary, northwest of Grimsby.
It was relatively unpopulated until the early 1900s, when the Great Central Railway began de ...
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Cuxhaven
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Immingham
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It was relatively unpopulated until the early 1900s, when the Great Central Railway began de ...
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Esbjerg
Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...
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Immingham
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It was relatively unpopulated until the early 1900s, when the Great Central Railway began de ...
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Gothenburg
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Brevik—
Ghent
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Gothenburg
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Brevik–
Immingham
Immingham is a town and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, on the south-west bank of the Humber, Humber Estuary, northwest of Grimsby.
It was relatively unpopulated until the early 1900s, when the Great Central Railway began de ...
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Gothenburg
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Zeebrugge
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Strait of Gibraltar:
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Algeciras
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Tanger Med
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Algeciras
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Tanger Med
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Algeciras
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Ceuta
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Marseille
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Tunis
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Fleet
DFDS Seaways operates a large fleet of
cruiseferries
A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship and a Ro-Pax ferry. Many passengers travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not leaving the ship at all, while ot ...
,
high-speed crafts,
ro-pax and
ro-ro ferries. Following restructuring in 2010, all shipping activities (including those of
DFDS Tor Line, DFDS Lisco and FRS Iberia/Maroc) were rebranded as DFDS Seaways.
Current fleet
Former ships
Accidents and incidents
''Victoria Seaways'' 2013 fire
On 23 April 2013, ''Victoria Seaways'' caught fire whilst on passage between
Kiel
Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...
, Germany and
Klaipėda
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, Lithuania. The fire was discovered on the main vehicle deck at around midnight on the 22/23 April. The ship's fire-extinguishing system took control of the fire quickly, and passengers were sent to muster stations whilst the fire was put out. The ship continued to Klaipėda shortly after. The cause of the incident is unknown.
''Sirena Seaways'' 2013 dock collision
On 22 June 2013,
''Sirena Seaways'', with 489 passengers on board, collided with the dockside at
Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-o ...
,
Essex
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. The incident caused damage to the dockside, the loading ramp and the ship, resulting in the vessel taking on water. The crew blocked the opening from inside and the watertight compartments were used to prevent the ship from capsizing. The Harwich RNLI lifeboat, Walton Coastguard rescue team and an RAF search and rescue helicopter from
Wattisham Airfield responded to the incident, along with a number of other vessels nearby. The ferry was brought alongside at 14:45 and the passengers were disembarked. The cause of the collision is unknown.
''Britannia Seaways'' 2013 fire
On Saturday 16 November 2013, ''Britannia Seaways'' caught fire in the North Sea, trapping 32 crew on board. Helicopters despatched from Norway were unable to take the crew off the ship, owing to bad weather conditions. The fire began in a container on one of the upper decks, and was extinguished 13 hours after it broke out. The ship was carrying military equipment to Norway for a military exercise, and reached Bergen a few days later. No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation.
''Corona Seaways'' 2013 fire
On 4 December 2013, at 02:30, ''
Corona Seaways'' caught fire whilst the vessel was travelling from Fredericia to Copenhagen. The fire broke out in the main closed deck, and was briefly under control with the ships sprinkler systems before flaring up again. The ship arrived at Helsingborg at 07.00, where the fire was extinguished by the local fire services. No injuries were reported amongst the 10 passengers and 19 crew members. The cause of the fire is unknown and under investigation.
''King Seaways'' 2013 fire
On 28 December 2013, a cabin aboard the ferry ''
King Seaways'' caught fire while it was approximately 30 miles off
Flamborough Head
Flamborough Head () is a promontory, long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The cliff top has two standing lighthouse towers, the olde ...
whilst travelling to
IJmuiden
n IJ (digraph) and that should remain the only places where they are used. >
IJmuiden () is a port town in the Netherlands, Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main town in the municipality of Velsen which lies mainly to the south-ea ...
, the
Netherlands
, Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. The fire started at 22:45 GMT on Saturday and was extinguished within 15 minutes.
RAF rescue helicopters from
RAF Boulmer
Royal Air Force Boulmer or more simply RAF Boulmer is a Royal Air Force station near Alnwick in Northumberland, England, and is home to Aerospace Surveillance and Control System (ASACS) Force Command, Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) Boulmer ...
and
RAF Leconfield winched two passengers and four crew off the ship. The vessel returned to
North Shields
North Shields ( ) is a town in the borough of North Tyneside in Tyne and Wear, England. It is north-east of Newcastle upon Tyne and borders nearby Wallsend and Tynemouth. The population of North Shields at the 2021–2022 United Kingdom cens ...
on Sunday morning. The cause is still under investigation however two people have been arrested in connection with the fire. One was subsequently charged with arson reckless to endangering life, and affray. On 8 July 2014 it was reported that one of them had pleaded guilty in
Newcastle Crown Court
The Newcastle Law Courts is a Crown Court venue, which deals with criminal cases, as well as a magistrates' court venue, on the Quayside in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
History
Until the 1980s, all Crown Court cases were heard in the Moot Ha ...
to a charge of arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
''Crown Seaways'' 2014 engine incident
On 27 April 2014, ''
Crown Seaways'' experienced engine problems near the Danish island of
Anholt, whilst travelling between
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
and
Oslo
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. It is reported that passengers heard a loud bang, a shudder and smoke at about 21:30, when the vessel suffered an engine failure and crank explosion. The ship soon continued on its way towards Oslo. The cause of the incident is unknown.
''Dover Seaways'' 2014 dock collision
On 10 November 2014,
''Dover Seaways'' collided with a harbour wall at the
Port of Dover
The Port of Dover is a cross-channel ferry, cruise terminal, maritime cargo and marina facility situated in Dover, Kent, south-east England. It is the nearest English port to France, at just away, and is one of the world's busiest maritime pas ...
, shortly after leaving the port at 08:00. The ship was heading to Dunkirk carrying 320 passengers. Several passengers were treated with minor injuries, and four were taken to hospital for additional treatment. The cause of the collision is unknown.
''City of Rotterdam'' / Primula 2015 collision
The ''City of Rotterdam'' car carrier collided with Primula Seaways in the
Humber
The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Trent, Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms ...
estuary in December 2015.
Closure of the Harwich–Esbjerg route
The Harwich–Esbjerg route was closed on 29 September 2014 due to a decline in passenger numbers. The Harwich–Esbjerg route had operated since 1875. This was the last service operated by DFDS from Harwich and was also the last passenger service between Great Britain and Denmark; DFDS continue to operate freight services from Immingham to Denmark. DFDS Seaways reported that
MS Sirena Seaways will move on other duties on the route between Kapellskar, Sweden and Paldiski, Estonia. A petition has been set up to attempt to show DFDS that there is a demand for the route.
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