CIUDAD DE VALENCIA

DFDS charters CIUDAD DE VALENCIA for the Baltics

FerryFrom mid-September, DFDS will significantly strengthen freight and passenger services on the Karlshamn-Klaipeda route with the introduction of newly chartered vessel CIUDAD DE VALENCIA. The 2,566 lanemetre/950 passenger “Visentini” RoPax will almost triple passenger capacity compared to the ship it replaces, while also providing additional freight space.

CIUDAD DE VALENCIA, currently operated by Trasmediterránea between the Spanish mainland and the Canary Islands, will replace OPTIMA SEAWAYS. DFDS operates two RoPax vessels on Karlshamn-Klaipeda and four other ferries on Baltic Sea routes connecting Germany and Sweden, Sweden and Estonia, and Denmark and Lithuania.

In 2025, DFDS entered into a space charter agreement with TT-Line, enabling the two operators to share capacity on all sailings between Klaipeda and Karlshamn, where both companies currently operate.

The agreement also allows DFDS to offer capacity to its customers on TT-Line’s Klaipeda–Trelleborg route for both passengers and freight, as well as freight-only capacity on the Klaipeda–Travemünde service. In mid-September, DFDS will also expand their Rosslare - Dunkirk route with a third ship, which must therefore be assumed to be OPTIMA SEAWAYS.

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