The next step will be taken on 1 July 2001 when DFDS Tor
Line ceases using its Oslo terminal for ro-ro services,
concentrating all Oslo Fjord traffic at the new Hub
Terminal in Brevik instead. This will enable DFDS Tor Line
to reduce the three ro-ro vessels currently operated to two
without affecting capacity. There will be direct ro-ro
sailings twice a week between Brevik-Kristiansand and
Rotterdam on the Continent and Immingham in the UK.
In Brevik the vessels will use the Europa-Terminal AS,
of which DFDS Tor Line is now a majority shareholder.
On 1 July 2001 DFDS Tor Line will also start a new
co-operation with Team Lines, which will enable DFDS Tor
Line to offer its feeder service customers two roundtrips
weekly between Oslo-Brevik-Kristiansand and
Hamburg-Bremerhaven.
To supplement the new concentration of ro-ro traffic via
the Brevik Hub, located close to the Norwegian export
industries, DFDS Tor Line is considering adding lo-lo
tonnage to the ro-ro tonnage in order to offer a more
flexible product for those customers whose geographical
location means they do not require ro-ro solutions. The
lo-lo tonnage will be either chartered in or arranged in
co-operation with other partners.
Yours faithfully,
DFDS Tor Line Group A/S
Ole Frie
Managing Director