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DFDS A/S, an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab (literally The United Steamship Company) is a Danish shipping company. DFDS was formed in 1866 as a merger of various minor shipping companies under the leadership of industrialist Carl Frederik Tietgen. After the takeover of Thingvalla Line in 1898, the Scandinavian America Line was established.
   During its history, DFDS has absorbed several other ferry operators, including Tor Line (purchased 1981) and Prinz Ferries (also purchased 1981). From 1982 to 1983 DFDS' passenger operations were branded as DFDS Danish Seaways (Esbjerg — Harwich/Newcastle/Torshavn, Copenhagen — Oslo, Newcastle — Oslo), DFDS Tor Line (Gothenburg — Harwich/Newcastle/Amsterdam) and DFDS Prins Ferries (Harwich — Hamburg/Bremerhaven). DFDS also operated the Fred. Olsen Bergen Line routes Newcastle — Stavanger/Bergen and Stavanger — Amsterdam.
   Although DFDS have generally concentrated on freight and passenger traffic on the North Sea (and to a lesser extent the Baltic Sea), they operated a ferry service in the Mediterranean between 1971 and 1981, as well as a ferry service from New York to Freeport as well as Miami - Freeport in the early 1980s under the name Scandinavian World Cruises (which later developed into SeaEscape). Between 1988 and 1999 the company's passenger services were marketed under the name Scandinavian Seaways.
   Today, passenger activities are operated by DFDS Seaways, whereas freight activities are operated by DFDS Tor Line, DFDS Lys Line and DFDS LISCO.

DFDS Seaways

DFDS Seaways is the passenger-carrying division of DFDS A/S. It operates five cruiseferries and one ro-pax ferry on routes connecting Denmark to Norway; and the United Kingdom to the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. The company has recently (2006) renewed their fleet, purchasing MS King of Scandinavia and MS Princess of Norway to replace the last ships dating from the 1970s still in service. The company has acquired a reputation as something of an expert in purchasing used ships, as the last time DFDS Seaways ordered a newbuilding was in 1978 (although they've since taken over build contracts and taken delivery of newbuilds originally ordered by other companies). In 2006 DFDS Seaways stopped serving Sweden when MS Princess of Scandinavia was taken off service and the Copenhagen - Oslo service ships stopped calling at Helsingborg.

Fleet

Ship	Built	Entered service	Route
MS Crown of Scandinavia	1994	1994	Copenhagen—Oslo
MS Dana Sirena	2002	2003	Harwich—Esbjerg
MS King of Scandinavia	1987	2006	Newcastle—IJmuiden
MS Pearl of Scandinavia	1989	2001	Copenhagen—Oslo
MS Princess of Norway	1986	2006	Newcastle—IJmuiden
MS Queen of Scandinavia	1981	1990	Newcastle—Stavanger—Haugesund—Bergen
¹May be specified in gross tonnage (GT) or gross register tons (GRT).

Former ships

Ship	Years in service	Status as of 2008
MS Skipper Clement	1964-1976	Since 1998 MS Europa I with Skenderbeg Lines
MS Akershus	1965-1973	Burnt and sunk 1989
MS Winston Churchill	1967-1996	Scrapped 2004
MS Kong Olav V	1968-1984	Burnt 1993, later scrapped
MS Prinsesse Margrethe	1968-1983	Scrapped 2005
MS Aalborgshus MS Dana Sirena MS Dana Corona	1969-1971 1971-1978 1978-1985	Since 1985 MS Tian E, laid up in China since 2003
MS Trekroner MS Dana Corona MS Dana Sirena	1970-1971 1971-1979 1979-1983	Sunk 1994
MS Dana Regina	1974-1990	Since 1998 MS Vana Tallinn with Tallink
MS Dana Anglia MS Duke of Scandinavia	1978-2002 2002-2006	Since 2006 MS Pont L'Abbé with Brittany Ferries
MS Dana Gloria MS King of Scandinavia	1981-1984, 1986-1989 1989-1994	Since 2006 MS Jupiter for Royal Group Ltd
MS Tor Scandinavia MS Princess of Scandinavia	1981-1991 1991-2006	Since 2006 MS Moby Otta with Moby Lines
MS Scandinavia	1982-1985	Since 2002 MS Island Escape with Island Cruises
MS Tor Britannia MS Prince of Scandinavia	1982-1990 1990-2003	Since 2003 MS Moby Drea with Moby Lines
MS Hamburg MS Admiral of Scandinavia	1987-1997 1997-2002	Since 2002 MS Caribbean Express with Access Ferries
MS Duchess of Scandinavia	2003-2005	Since 2008 MS Bergensfjord with Fjord Line

DFDS Tor Line

DFDS Tor Line is the main freight-carrying division of DFDS. It operates a large number of RO-RO freighters on the North Sea as well as the Baltic Sea. It was formed as merger of DFDS' and Tor Line's freight operations after DFDS bought the latter in 1982 (until 1988 the passenger service between Sweden and the United Kingdom was also marketed as DFDS Tor Line).
On 17 January 2008 DFDS reported they'd purchased the build contract of a 600 passenger / 2500 lanemeter ro-pax vessel from Grimaldi Ferries. The vessel in under construction at Nuovi Cantieri Apuania, Italy and is expected to enter service in May 2009 on the Kiel—Klaipeda route.

Fleet

Former ships

MS Celtic Star

DFDS LISCO

DFDS LISCO, formerly Lithuanian Shipping Company, was purchased by DFDS in 2001. It operates freight- and passenger ships in the southern Baltic Sea, connecting Germany to Lithuania, Latvia and Russia, as well as Sweden to Lithuania.

Fleet

MS Lisco Gloria - Klaipeda—Kiel

MS Lisco Optima - Klaipeda—Kiel

MS Lisco Patria - Klaipeda—Karlshamn

MS Kaunas - Klaipeda—Karlshamn

MS Vilnius - Klaipeda—Sassnitz

DFDS Lys Line

DFDS Lys Line transports freight from Norway, Sweden and Denmark to Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain, Portugal and Italy, offering door-to-door transportation. The company was originally founded in 1970.
Fleet

M/S Isertal

DFDS Container Line

DFDS Container Line transports containers between Ireland and the Netherlands. On October 2nd 2006 the acquisition of Norfolkline Containers by DFDS A/S was completed.
Established in August 1997 Norfolkline Containers was set up to offer Direct Port-to-Port services between Ireland and Europe.

Fleet

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