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DFDS reopens conflict-stricken freight route after two-month shutdown

A labor conflict in France means that DFDS has not been able to sail with unaccompanied freight between Calais, France, and Sheerness, UK, for two months. The conflict has now been resolved, DFDS tells ShippingWatch.
It is DFDS' Botnia Seaways, a RoRo vessel, that is to carry unaccompanied freight. | Photo: PR-FOTO
It is DFDS' Botnia Seaways, a RoRo vessel, that is to carry unaccompanied freight. | Photo: PR-FOTO
by DAG HOLMSTAD

A labor conflict in Calais, France, has meant that DFDS for two months has been forced to shut down a freight route between Calais and Sheerness, UK.

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