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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 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.

Contents 1 DFDS Seaways 1.1 Fleet 1.1.1 Former Ships 2 DFDS Tor Line 3 DFDS LISCO 4 DFDS Lys Line 5 External links

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 M/S King of Scandinavia and M/S 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 have since taken over build contracts and taken delivery of newbuilds originally ordered by other companies). In 2006 DFDS Seaways stopped serving Sweden when M/S Princess of Scandinavia was taken off service and the Copenhagen - Oslo service ships stopped calling at Helsingborg.

Ship	Built	Entered service	Route	Tonnage
M/S Crown of Scandinavia	1994	1994	Copenhagen—Oslo	35285 GRT
M/S Dana Sirena	2002	2003	Harwich—Esbjerg	22382 GT
M/S King of Scandinavia	1987	2006	Newcastle—IJmuiden	31395 GRT
M/S Pearl of Scandinavia	1989	2001	Copenhagen—Oslo	40039 GT
M/S Princess of Norway	1986	2006	Newcastle—IJmuiden	31356 GT
M/S Queen of Scandinavia	1981	1990	Newcastle—Stavanger—Haugesund—Bergen	33575 GRT

Not a complete list.

Ship	Years in service	Tonnage	Status as of 2007
M/S Skipper Clement	1964-1976	2964 GRT	Since 1998 M/S Europa I with Skenderbeg Lines
M/S Akershus	1965-1973	5012 GRT	Burnt and sunk 1989
M/S Winston Churchill	1967-1996	8657 GRT	Scrapped 2004
M/S Kong Olav V	1968-1984	7965 GRT	Burnt 1993, later scrapped
M/S Prinsesse Margrethe	1968-1983	7965 GRT	Scrapped 2005
M/S Aalborgshus M/S Dana Sirena M/S Dana Corona	1969-1971 1971-1978 1978-1985	7697 GRT 7988 GRT	Since 1985 M/S Tian E, laid up in China since 2003
M/S Trekroner M/S Dana Corona M/S Dana Sirena	1970-1971 1971-1979 1979-1983	7692 GRT	Sunk 1994
M/S Dana Regina	1974-1990	10002 GRT	Since 1998 M/S Vana Tallinn with Tallink
M/S Dana Anglia M/S Duke of Scandinavia	1978-2002 2002-2006	14399 GRT 15589 GRT	Since 2006 M/S Pont L'Abbé with Brittany Ferries
M/S Dana Gloria M/S King of Scandinavia	1981-1984, 1986-1989 1989-1994	12348 GRT 20581 GRT	Since 2006 M/S Jupiter for Royal Group Ltd
M/S Tor Scandinavia M/S Princess of Scandinavia	1981-1991 1991-2006	15673 GRT 21545 GRT	Since 2006 M/S Moby Otta with Moby Lines
M/S Scandinavia	1982-1985	26747 GRT	Since 2002 M/S Island Escape with Island Cruises
M/S Tor Britannia M/S Prince of Scandinavia	1982-1990 1990-2003	14905 GRT 21545 GRT	Since 2003 M/S Moby Drea with Moby Lines
M/S Hamburg M/S Admiral of Scandinavia	1987-1997 1997-2002	12752 GRT 19292 GRT	Since 2002 M/S Caribbean Express with Access Ferries
M/S Duchess of Scandinavia	2003-2005	16794 GRT	Since 2005 M/S Atlantic Traveller with Fjord 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).

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.

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.

• Official website
• Trip bookings

• DFDS on Fakta om Fartyg (Swedish)
• DFDS A/S at CVR.dk