DFDS acquires Ekol Logistics for EUR 260M

DFDS saw a Q1 2024 net loss despite a revenue surge, with the ferry volumes up, but land transport stagnant amid mixed market conditions.

DFDS will deploy two battery electric vessels on the English Channel by 2030, as part of a larger investment in green vessels totaling DKK 7.3B (EUR 978M).

Frankfurt-based Kombiverkehr KG is expanding its intermodal rail services in Sweden and will from mid-January be including calls at Hallsberg, Norrköping and Stockholm Norra (Rosersberg, which is located about 30km north of the city). Previously, Kombiverkehr’s operations in the country were confined to terminals in Gothenburg, Malmö and Trelleborg.

DFDS, which operates one of the most extensive freight and passenger ferry networks in the North Sea, Baltic and eastern Mediterranean regions, is expanding its reach into the western Mediterranean (Strait of Gibraltar).

Belgian rail freight company Lineas and ferry operator DFDS have launched an intermodal rail shuttle between the port of Ghent, part of North Sea Port, and Lyon in France

In its latest customer newsletter, consultancy MDS Transmodal points to a “Brexit dividend for the North Sea Ro-Ro Corridor;” Dover Straits ports focus on debarbonisation