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Total ferry volumes of DFDS in Aug 2022 5.2% below 2021 levels

17 Sep '22
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Due to lower ferry freight volumes in the Baltic Sea region and on the Dover Strait, total volumes in August this year were 5.2 per cent below 2021 levels, according to Copenhagen-headquartered DFDS, which provides ferry and transport services in and around Europe. Freight volumes were higher than the 2021 levels in all other regions, it said recently.

North Sea volumes were above 2021 levels despite a negative impact from a strike in Felixstowe port. Volumes in the Mediterranean network continued to grow, even though fires in the Trieste region held back volumes, driven by higher Turkish industrial production and exports.

The English Channel’s volumes were below 2021 levels following a decrease on the Dover Strait due to partly lower total market volumes, and partly addition of capacity by a third ferry operator. Baltic Sea’s volumes were below 2021 due to the war in Ukraine, DFDS said in a press release.

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