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DFDS June volumes: Freight in line with expectations, passengers up 19%

Total freight volumes for DFDS in June 2023 were 7.5% below 2022. Volumes were 3.0% below 2022 adjusted for Channel. The number of passengers increased 18.9% driven by continued recovery and more coach passengers on the Channel.

Ferry – freight: North Sea volumes were higher than last year as fresh produce volumes to the UK normalised and automotive volumes remained robust. Mediterranean’s volumes were below last year due to lower exports following an early slowdown in European demand ahead of the summer.

The decrease in Channel volumes was in June still partly caused by market changes in June 2022 following a ferry competitor’s suspension of sailings in the previous months in 2022. Baltic Sea volumes remained below last year as trade sanctions did not fully impact volumes until late in the summer of 2022.

For the last twelve months 2023-22, the total transported freight lane metres decreased 10.9% to 39.0m from 43.8m in 2022-21. The decrease was 4.3% adjusted for Channel.

Ferry – passenger: The number of passengers increased 18.9% driven by continued recovery and more coach passengers on the Channel. The number of passengers equalled 88% of volumes in June 2019, the latest comparable month pre-Covid-19. The number of cars equalled 88% of volumes in 2019.

For the last twelve months 2023-22, the total number of passengers was 4.3m compared to 1.9m in 2022-21 and 5.1m in 2019.

 

DFDS ferry volumes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June

 

LTM*

Freight

2021

2022

2023

Change

 

2021-20

2022-21

2023-22

Change

Lane metres, '000

3,839

3,698

3,420

-7.5%

 

43,749

43,833

39,048

-10.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passenger

2021

2022

2023

Change

 

2021-20

2022-21

2023-22

Change

Passengers, '000

46

350

416

18.9%

 

956

1,935

4,339

124.3%

*Last twelve months

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jul 24 2023


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