DFDS scuppers Dover-Calais space charter after P&O finds new partner
NewsDFDS has told the market that they will be sailing solo on the busy Dover-Calais route, as their space charter agreement with P&O Ferries expires at the end of August.
DFDS acquires Shetland Transport
The Denmark-based shipping and logistics group has aquired the niche Scottish road haulier from its private owners
Shetland Transport is headquartered in Lerwick in Shetland, and with its fleet of 128 trailers and 28 tractors, primarily transports fresh fish under temperature controlled conditions from the Shetland and Orkney islands via Aberdeen to the mainland UK. Return loads are products for retail stores and almost anything required by the island communities. The company also operates a warehouse and a workshop in Lerwick as well as distribution centres in Aberdeen and Coatbridge
"I welcome the 55 staff of Shetland Transport to DFDS, and I am confident that together we will be able to enhance the service of our many customers and be able to offer an even more complete service," said DFDS Group's Eddie Green.
"I am also very pleased that Hamish Balfour [the former co-owner of Shetland Transport] has agreed to continue as Managing Director of Shetland Transport. No-one knows the needs of Shetland Transport’s customers better than he does."
Shetland Transport will change its name to DFDS, and will be part of the DFDS Group’s Logistics Division. In Scotland, the division offers transport and logistics services, including warehousing and distri-bution in Larkhall, Aberdeen, Bellshill, Fort William and Greenock.
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