We use cookies. Click "Cookie Info" to learn more. -> COOKIE INFO ACCEPT & CLOSE MESSAGE OUR HISTORY For almost 150 years, DFDS has been a part of Denmark’s industrial and maritime history. Our story begins in 1866, when C. F. Tietgen merged the three biggest Danish steamship companies of the day. ONE MAN’S VISION DFDS was founded in 1866 when financier C. F. Tietgen merged the three largest Danish steamship companies of the day. DFDS became a domestic and international shipping company, carrying both goods and passengers throughout the North Sea and the Baltic, later expanding to the Mediterranean. For decades, DFDS also sailed routes to the Americas, but these were closed in 1935. As land-based transport increased, forwarding and logistics became integral to the DFDS strategy. These activities increased rapidly from the mid-1960s, and the DFDS route network expanded accordingly. In 1982, DFDS briefly ran a passenger route between New York and Miami, but it failed to live up to expectations and was discontinued in 1983. This led to a period of restructuring. The DFDS Group closed its activities in the Mediterranean and routes to the USA and South America and instead concentrated on developing its forwarding and logistics activities. In 1998, with the acquisition of Dan Transport, DFDS became one of the largest forwarding and logistics companies in Northern Europe. In 2000, in a change of course, the Group sold its forwarding and logistics activities and refocused its energies on shipping. Since then our route network for passengers and freight has grown organically through expansion and acquisitions. The purchase of Norfolk Line in 2010 completed the Group’s transformation to a major shipping company. This made DFDS the largest company combining short sea shipping and logistics in Northern Europe. EXPLORE OUR HISTORY 1866 - THE BEGINNING 1866 - 1869 1870 - 1879 1880 - 1900 1901 - 1920 1921 - 1939 1940 - 1945 1947 - 1949 1950 - 1960 1961 - 1965 1966 - 1969 1970 - 1980 1981 - 1990 1991 - 1998 1999 TO THE PRESENT EXPLORE DFDS Home Freight shipping Logistics solutions Passenger ferries ABOUT DFDS Our network News and media Jobs DFDS Connects Investor relations MORE INFO Contact us Office locations Annual review 2015 FOLLOW US Twitter Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Blog YouTube © DFDS 2016CookiesLegalDFDS whistle-blower system

We use cookies. Click "Cookie Info" to learn more. -> COOKIE INFO ACCEPT & CLOSE MESSAGE DFDS OFFICES BELGIUM CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY IRELAND ITALY LATVIA LITHUANIA NETHERLANDS NORWAY RUSSIA SWEDEN UNITED KINGDOM EXPLORE DFDS Home Freight shipping Logistics solutions Passenger ferries ABOUT DFDS Our network News and media Jobs DFDS Connects Investor relations MORE INFO Contact us Office locations Annual review 2015 FOLLOW US Twitter Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Blog YouTube © DFDS 2016CookiesLegalDFDS whistle-blower system