- CEO
- Michael Hansen
- Full Time Employees
- 16,138
- Sector
- Transportation
- Industry
- Marine shipping
- Address
- Marmorvej 18 Copenhagen CR Denmark 2100
- IPO Date
- Jan 2, 1985
- Business
- DFDS A/S operates as Northern Europe's largest integrated shipping and logistics company, providing ferry services for freight and passengers along with comprehensive logistics solutions across Europe, Türkiye, and North Africa. The company offers ferry operations on 30 routes with 73 vessels, including 17 freight-only RoRo routes and 13 combined RoPax routes serving forwarders, hauliers, and manufacturers of heavy goods such as automotive, cold chain, FMCG, metals, chemicals, forest products, and construction materials; passenger services carrying 5.5 million travelers annually on overnight and day crossings with mini-cruises and corporate events; port terminal services at eight facilities; and logistics solutions encompassing full- and part-load road and rail transports, temperature-controlled shipments, contract logistics, warehousing, just-in-time deliveries, multimodal options, and end-to-end services for industrial and consumer goods producers as well as retailers. DFDS A/S maintains operations in over 20 countries with 16,500 employees, DKK 30 billion in annual revenue, headquarters in Copenhagen, Denmark, and was founded in 1866. Recent developments include the 2024 acquisition of FRS Iberia/Maroc to expand Strait of Gibraltar ferry routes, the completion of the Ekol Logistics international transport network purchase for DKK 1.8 billion to strengthen Türkiye-Europe connectivity building on a 2019 partnership, and a 20-year Jersey ferry concession award starting March 2025.