2015 was a record year for DFDS. The DFDS Group's turnover increased by 5% to DKK 13.5 billion and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) increased by 42% to DKK 2,041 million. These historic results are in part due to the strong increase in freight volumes and passenger numbers between the Continent and the UK.
At 34% of the total, the DFDS North Sea freight services are DFDS' largest market. The volumes increased in 2015 by 10%, in part because of the improving British economy. DFDS shipped 12.2% more between Rotterdam (Vlaardingen) and Felixstowe and 12.9% more between Rotterdam and Immingham.
The freight volumes have also increased by 10% between Zeebrugge and Rosyth in Scotland. This route is now in profit for the first time.
2015 was also a very good year for the passenger ferry between IJmuiden and Newcastle, with a record 587,000 passengers and 121,500 vehicles.
About DFDS
DFDS provides shipping, terminal services, transport and logistics solutions to more than 8,000 freight customers. This is supported by a European network of road, rail and container routes, and DFDS' ferry routes on which we welcome approximately 6 million passengers per year. DFDS has an annual turnover of EUR 1.7 billion. The 6,600 employees work in 20 different countries.
In the Netherlands DFDS provides a daily ferry crossing between IJmuiden and Newcastle. There are approximately 25 departures from Rotterdam to Felixstowe and Immingham each week. At the freight terminal, DFDS provides freight transshipment and a workshop for trailers and trucks. In Belgium, DFDS provides terminal services, a daily freight route to Sweden and three sailings to Scotland each week.