DFDS have announced that they will be chartering a new ship from Stena RoRo to operate on the English Channel from 2021. The new ferry will be specifically designed for the Channel services with 3...
On Monday 16 April, a fire broke out in the engine room on board DFDS’ ro-ro freight ship Finlandia Seaways, which connects Rosyth in Scotland and Zeebrugge in Belgium. An injured crew member was...
We continue our ‘Keeping us Safe’ series with the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB). The MAIB is a branch of the National Department of Transport and investigates all marine accidents that...
From 2016 to 2017, around 428,000 HGVs were tested to ensure they are safe enough to operate on UK roads. Of that number, around 44,000 failed with a final failure rate of 10.3% after retests....
DFDS has signed an agreement to purchase 98.8% of the Turkish ferry operator UN Ro-Ro for €950 million. Operating five ferry routes across the Mediterranean, which connect Italy, France and Turkey...
The Viking Line ferry, M/S Viking Grace is the first cruise ferry to be equipped with a 'Rotor Sail' for the utilisation of wind power. The new Rotor Sail solution will cut fuel consumption and...
Highways England have announced resurfacing works from the 9 - 29th April on the A20. There will be full closures in place overnight (20:00-06:00) as follows Week 1 (9th-15th April) -...
Next year, cleaner lorries will receive a 10% discount on the HGV Road User Levy as part of a government plan to improve air quality in the UK. From February 2019, trucks that meet the Euro-6...
"It has been clearly notified to us that we are no longer allowed to have running engines on deck due to risk of fire, as per MCA guidance (MGN 341 and MGN21). Our fleet on our Cross Channel...