Fire broke out on DFDS Seaways ferry

The DFDS Seaways’ ferry Regina Seaways, with more than 300 passengers onboard was reported to be stranded in the Baltic Sea, as it experienced fire in the engine room, while it was off the coast of Kaliningrad. However, according to the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence the ferry reached the port of Klaipeda.

Regina Seaways was heading from the Port of Kiel to the Port of Klaipeda, Lithuania, when according to sources it suffered an engine room fire. When the fire broke out, the ship was...

https://safety4sea.com/fire-broke-out-on-dfds-seaways-ferry/

Turkish UNESCO World Heritage Names For Twelve Turkish DFDS Vessels

All 12 Turkish-flagged UN Ro-Ro ships will be DFDS-rebranded, and will get Turkish UNESCO world heritage sites as new names for the vessels. This was decided after Peder Gellert and Selçuk Boztepe launched a competition in which 107 staff participated. CEMIL BAYULGEN will be the first to be named...

https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/turkish-unesco-world-heritage-names-for-twelve-turkish-dfds-vessels/

Interview: Poul Woodall, Director of Environment & Sustainability at DFDS, Talks Emissions, Environmental Regulations and LNG

Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Poul Woodall is Director, Environment & Sustainability at DFDS A/S, with over 40 years of international shipping experience, Ro-Ro and passenger segments. Poul specialises in environmental compliance, ensuring the conformity with the changing...

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DFDS Invests In Environmental Compliance For Mediterranean Route Network

MEDITERRANEAN ROUTE NETWORK

DFDS will in 2019 invest DKK 300m to install scrubbers on 12 freight ferries deployed on freight routes in the Mediterranean between Turkey, Italy, Greece and France. The investment will ensure compliance with the new global rules that from 2020 aims to reduce sulphur emissions through limiting sulphur content in marine fuel oil to 0.5% or through other means, such as scrubbers, with at least a similar environmental effect.

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The investment decision is based on the scrubber...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/dfds-invests-in-environmental-compliance-for-mediterranean-route-network/