DFDS Suspends New Route amid EU-Russia Tensions

Danish shipping company DFDS decided to suspend the newly launched service between Travemünde in Germany and Klaipeda in Lithuania amid dropping freight volumes on the route caused by the current trade
dispute between the EU and Russia. ” Route operations will therefore be suspended and customers will instead be offered capacity on the Kiel-Klaipeda route.

The route’s single ro-ro freight ship will be deployed elsewhere in DFDS’ route network,” DFDS said in a filing to Oslo stock exchange. On 14 June 2014, DFDS launched a new service between Travemünde in Germany and Klaipeda in Lithuania to meet customer requirements for an unaccompanied roro freight service. The route opening was part of an overall adaptation of DFDS’ route network in the Baltic Sea, as announced on 8 May 2014.