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DFDS
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DFDS is a Danish international shipping and logistics company. 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.
Key facts
- Company.name
- DFDS A/S
- Company.logo
- DFDS logo 2015.svg
- Company.image
- DFDS Sunkrogsgade.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Headquarters in Copenhagen
- Company.type
- Aktieselskab
- Company.founder
- Carl Frederik Tietgen
- Company.location_city
- Copenhagen
- Company.location_country
- Denmark
- Company.locations
- 20 countries in Europe
- Company.industry
- Shipping and logistics
- Company.services
- Freight transport (over sea, land and rail), ferry cruises, logistics.
- Company.revenue
- (2021)
- Company.operating_income
- (2021)
- Company.net_income
- (2021)
- Company.assets
- (2021)
- Company.equity
- (2021)
- Company.owner
- Lauritzen Foundation 42.8%
- Company.num_employees
- 14,000 (2024)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Employees
- 14121
- Revenue
- 29753000000
- Official website
- www.dfds.com
- Image
- DFDS House.jpg
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- DFDS
- inception
- 1866-12-11
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Article
22 sectionsContents
- History
- The Beginnings
- The Two World Wars
- First World War
- Second World War
- Between the Wars
- The Fifties & Sixties
- The Seventies & Eighties
- The Nineties
- As of 2000
- Current operations
- Acquired activities now integrated in DFDS
- DFDS Lisco
- DFDS Lys Line
- DFDS Container Line
- Norfolkline
- DFDS Denizcilik Tasimacilik A.S (ex-name U.N. Ro-Ro)
- Ekol Logistics
- Footnotes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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