page_title: DFDS
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caption_attribution_description: English: Headquarters of DFDS. The building is located right next to Copenhagen's free port. In the outskirts of the image right left to the building the DFDS cruise ship Queen of Scandinavia can be spotted. Dansk: Hovedkontor for DFDS. Bygningen er placeret ved siden af Københavns frihavn. I udkanten af billedet til venstre for bygningen kan DFDS krydstogtskibet Queen of Scandinavia skimtes.
context_page_description: DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. It is the busiest shipping company of its kind in Northern Europe and one of the busiest in Europe. The company's name is an abbreviation of Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab. 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' focus for shipping has been 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.
context_section_description: DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. It is the busiest shipping company of its kind in Northern Europe and one of the busiest in Europe. 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' focus for shipping has been 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.
caption: DFDS Headquarters in Copenhagen
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