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DFDS intensifies own presence in the Mediterranean with an agreement with the Ekol Turk
Previewed an increment of the traffic on the marine route Istanbul-Trieste
December 24, 2018
Shipowning group Danish DFDS, than recently has widened remarkablly own presence in the market of the Mediterranean having acquired the company of Turkish navigation U.N. Ro-Ro(on 7 June 2018), an agreement has ulteriorly intensified own initiatives in the region tightening in order to extend the collaboration with the logistic group Turkish Ekol Logistics.
The understanding is centralized on the marine transport of trailer between Istanbul, in Turkey, and Trieste, in Italy. Through agreement DFDS it previews to increase of +30% about the traffic volume goods enlivened in the Mediterranean. Vice-president of the Danish group, Peder Gellert, in charge of the division of marine transport of the DFDS, has announced that in order to have of the ability necessary in order to tackle to the increment of the traffic the Danish group an agreement has recently undersigned in order to use the new terminal ro-ro constructed to Yalova, near Istanbul.
Moreover DFDS has announced that it will dedicate to these traffics two new ships ro-ro that they will be taken in delivery at the beginning of the next year and that they take part of a series of seven unit commissioned to the Chinese ship yard Jinling Shipyard(on October 3, 2016, 1613june 2017 and june 2018). The two ships will be largest of the fleet of the 450 DFDS and each trailer will be able to embark.
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