Ro-Ro Shipping 

 

Ro-Ro Shipping operates route networks based on Ro-Ro and Ro-Pax tonnage in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The most important customer groups are haulage contractors and haulage companies, as well as producers of heavy industrial goods.

Facts about Ro-Ro Shipping
Business Area CEO:  Peder Gellert Pedersen
Share of Group revenue in 2009:  DKK 3.0 bn, equivalent to 42%

Product concepts:

  • Trailer system
  • Lift unit system
  • Industrial logistics
  • Cassette system
  • Automobile system
  • Special and project cargo
Brands:
  • DFDS Tor Line
  • DFDS LISCO
  • DFDS Shipping Logistics
  • DFDS AutoLogistics
  • Polferries (limited right of use)
Customer groups:
  • Haulage and forwarding companies, including trailers accompanied by drivers
  • Producers of heavy industrial goods such as steel, forestry products, chemicals, automobiles and trucks
  • Passengers, primarily in their own vehicles

Comparable companies:
  • Cobelfret
  • Finnlines
  • Norfolkline
  • P&O Ferries
  • Stena Line
  • Transfennica
Markets, activities and customers
Ro-Ro Shipping's activities include the operation of route networks on the North Sea and the southern half of the Baltic Sea. On the North Sea, services primarily cover the flow of goods between Scandinavia and Great Britain/the Continent, as well as between the Continent and Great Britain. In the Baltic Sea, services mainly cover the flow of goods between Scandinavia and the Continent on the one hand, and the Baltic States, Russia, and the other CIS countries on the other.

The route network includes ro-ro and ro-pax routes, the latter primarily in the Baltic, where unaccompanied trailer traffic is less widespread.

International haulage and forwarding companies make up approximately 55% of the volumes, while volumes from producers of heavy industrial goods make up approximately 45% of the total.

The most important industrial target customer groups are producers of heavy industrial goods, for whom tailor-made logistics systems are developed. In many cases, this requires investment in specialised transport equipment, IT solutions and dedicated warehouses, as well as in some cases, the deployment of larger tonnage. Such partnerships are therefore entered into on the basis of longer-term contracts, where DFDS operates as an integral part of the customer's logistics chain.

Ro-Ro success criteria
The most important success criteria for Ro-Ro Shipping's customer service are reliability and frequency including scheduling matching customers' needs. In addition, expansion of capacity to reflect the needs of an expanding market and reduction of customer's overall lead time are important factors. This in turn involves ongoing reductions in transit time, which places demands on the speed of the tonnage and the turnaround time in port.