DFDS to acquire Turkey’s largest RO/RO freight operator
APRIL 12, 2018 — Danish shipping group DFDS has signed an agreement to acquire 98.8 % of the shares in shipping company U.N. Ro-Ro from Turkish private equity companies Actera and Esas
APRIL 12, 2018 — Danish shipping group DFDS has signed an agreement to acquire 98.8 % of the shares in shipping company U.N. Ro-Ro from Turkish private equity companies Actera and Esas
FEBRUARY 12, 2018 — Denmark’s DFDS A/S has ordered two 4,500 lane meter, 600 passenger RoPax vessels for deliveries in the first and third quarters of 2021, Both ships are planned to
JUNE 16, 2017 — Denmark’s DFDS has ordered two additional RO/RO freight ship newbuildings from Jinling Shipyard on China for delivery in early 2020. The ships are similar to the two ships
MAY 9, 2017 — The two 236 m RO/RO cargo ships being built at Jinling Shipyard in China for Denmark’s DFDS will have ABB shaft generators and turbochargers. Two shaft generators will
OCTOBER 12, 2016 — Ship designer Knud E. Hansen says that the two 235 m RO/RO cargo ships ordered by Denmark’s DFDS this month (see story) will raise the bar for what
MAY 18, 2016 — To accommodate increasing freight volumes, Copenhagen headquartered DFDS has entered into an agreement with the Siem Group to bareboat-charter two RO/RO freight newbuildings for a five-year period. As
It comes from the U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch and concerns the grounding of a vessel in which, according to the full report, “the inventory of the vessel’s bonded store records that it was regularly replenished with spirits, wine and beer, and evidence of significant alcohol consumption by the crew should have alerted the owner to the likelihood that its alcohol policy was not being observed.”
The full report also notes that “during the evening, while off duty in his cabin, the chief officer made a private telephone call which caused him anxiety, after which he consumed about 0.5 liter of rum.”
Here’s the summary:
On February 18, 2015, while on passage from Belfast to Skogn, Norway the general cargo vessel Lysblink Seaways [owned by DFDS] ran aground at full speed, near Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan peninsula, West Scotland.
The vessel remained on the rocky foreshore for almost two days during adverse weather. This resulted in material damage to its hull and the double bottom was breached, including some fuel tanks, resulting in 25 tonnes of marine gas oil entering the water. After the salvage the vessel was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped
The MAIB investigation found that [the chief officer, who was] the officer of the watch (OOW) – who was the sole watchkeeper – had become inattentive due to the effects of alcohol consumption. The bridge navigational watch alarm system (BNWAS) had not been switched on and an off-track alarm on the Electronic Chart System (ECS) had been silenced. Although a radar watch alarm had sounded every six minutes, the OOW was able to reset the alarm without leaving his chair.
Safety Issues
Download the full report HERE
NOVEMBER 13, 2015 — What’s the best way of stating the size and capacity of ROPAX (roll-on/roll-off passenger) vessels? Deadweight? Passenger capacity? Vehicle lane meters? The question has been made more relevant
DECEMBER 29, 2013 — Two men were arrested yesterday by U.K. police after the DFDS Seaways cruise ferry King Seaways was forced to return to port in Newcastle after fire broke out