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DFDS' economic performance improves thanks also to the boost of the group's activities in the Mediterranean
The company closed the April-June period with a net profit of DK 306 million (+3,725.0%)
August 19, 2021
In the second quarter of 2021, the volumes of rolling stock transported from DFDS' fleet they marked a substantial increase in the +32.0% having amounted to 11.1 million linear meters, while the other types of loads recorded a decrease of -11.4% with 147 thousand tons transported. Passenger traffic transported, which is for now more than a year the most penalized by the measures to contain the pandemic of Covid-19, showed a decrease of -28.3% with 109 thousand passengers carried by the company's ships during the period April-June of this year.
In the second quarter of 2021, only maritime services and DFDS' logistics in the Mediterranean, a market where the group Danish entered more decisively three years ago through the acquisition of the Turkish U.N. Ro-Ro ( of the 7 June 2018), generated revenues of 743 million crowns Danish, with a significant increase of +124.5% over the same period of 2020, and an operating profit of 154 million compared to a negative operating result for -26 million crowns in the second quarter of last year. The volumes of loads rolling stock transported by DFDS services in the Mediterranean are states equal to almost 1.3 million linear meters (+81.8%). Commenting on the development of the group's activity in the Mediterraneo, DFDS' head of this market, Lars Hoffmann, pointed out that the company is currently operating a record volume of activity, with 15 weekly stopovers from the Turkey to Europe.
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In the second quarter of 2021, the volumes of rolling stock transported from DFDS' fleet they marked a substantial increase in the +32.0% having amounted to 11.1 million linear meters, while the other types of loads recorded a decrease of -11.4% with 147 thousand tons transported. Passenger traffic transported, which is for now more than a year the most penalized by the measures to contain the pandemic of Covid-19, showed a decrease of -28.3% with 109 thousand passengers carried by the company's ships during the period April-June of this year.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
