DFDS Tor Line is
a leading North European liner shipping operator
- part of the DFDS Group founded in 1866 and listed
on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange.
DFDS
Tor Line is operating primarily in the North Sea
and the Baltic Sea and has subsidiaries in Sweden,
Norway, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Belgium,
Germany, Latvia and Lithuania. The activities of
DFDS Tor Line also include those of the daughter
companies AB Lisco Baltic Service (Lithuania) and
DFDS Lys Line AS (Norway). Furthermore - as per
September 2005 - DFDS Tor Line offers a Ro-Ro service
between Kiel in Germany and St. Petersburg in Russia
in a joint venture with the Russian state-owned
shipping company SOVCOMFLOT.
The fleet
of DFDS Tor Line counts approx. 65 Ro-Ro, Ro-Pax,
Lo-Lo and multipurpose vessels, and among the services
offered by DFDS Tor Line are the "12 Bridges
for Trade in Europe". The main customers of
DFDS Tor Line are international transport and shipping
companies, large manufacturers of industrial goods
and automotive manufacturers whose logistics include
a significant element of transport by sea.
In 2005 DFDS Tor Line transported a total of approx.
10.7 million lane metres, had a turnover of approx.
DKK 4.5 billions and a staff of. 2,535 persons.
