Scandlines: Fehmarn link gets illegal state subsidies

The Fehmarn Belt fixed link will destroy Scandlines' Rødby-Puttgarden connection, and the state subsidies to the link violate EU's competition rules, says Scandlines CEO Søren Poulsgaard Jensen, who is waiting for a reply from the Danish Minister for Transport.
BY LOUISE VOGDRUP-SCHMIDT

The Fehmarn Belt fixed tunnel link between Denmark and Germany could undermine the ferry service on the same route, in the worst case resulting in a closure of the service. That is how Scandlines CEO Søren Poulsgaard Jensen describes the worst case scenario for the ferry operator, which has 1,000 employees on the ferry service.

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