DFDS

DFDS A/S

Headquarters in Copenhagen
Company type	Aktieselskab
Traded as	Nasdaq Copenhagen: DFDS
Industry	Shipping and logistics
Founded	1866; 158 years ago (1866)
Founder	Carl Frederik Tietgen
Headquarters	Copenhagen , Denmark
Number of locations	20 countries in Europe
Key people	Torben Carlsen (CEO) Claus V. Hemmingsen (Chairman)
Services	Freight transport (over sea, land and rail), ferry cruises, logistics.
Revenue	17.87 billion kr. (2021)
Operating income	3.41 billion kr. (2021)
Net income	976 million kr. (2021)
Total assets	30.72 billion kr. (2021)
Total equity	11.55 billion kr. (2021)
Owner	Lauritzen Foundation 42.8%[1]
Number of employees	8,874 (2021)
Divisions	DFDS Seaways New Channel Company A/S
Website	www.dfds.com
Footnotes / references [2]

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 C.F. Tietgen merged the three biggest Danish steamship companies of that day.

Although DFDS has generally concentrated on freight and passenger traffic on the North Sea and to the Baltic Sea, it has also operated freight services to the US, South America, and the Mediterranean in the past. Since the 1980s, DFDS's focus for shipping has been on northern Europe. Today, DFDS operates a network of 25 routes with 50 freight and passenger ships in the North Sea, Baltic Sea, and the English Channel under the name DFDS Seaways. The rail and land-based haulage and container activities are operated by DFDS Logistics.