DFDS Logistics - England

Our services in England encompass both internal UK and Europe wide transportation.

Using a combination of road transport, short sea ferry and rail services we provide flexible, reliable and cost effective transport solutions that are tailor made to specific clients requirements.

Felixstowe (via our Logistics office in Ipswich ) operates as the central gateway to mainland Europe, providing three sailings a day to and from the Netherlands on our own vessels, where we offer part load and full load services including freight management solutions to all European destinations.

Our UK to Scandinavia services operate with DFDS own vessels out from Immingham , where the local branch provides ambient consolidation, part load and full load services, warehousing and distribution to Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland all on DFDS equipment. In addition to this we also offer a European service for North Germany and the Netherlands with daily sailings on our own vessels.

DFDS Logistics offer specialist value added services to the high value IT market and packaging and paper markets with customised equipment and tailor made solutions.

Our depot in Peterborough operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and provides distribution and warehouse contracts for major European food manufacturers offering Just in Time (JIT) logistics solutions to optimise our clients’ supply chain. Additionally we offer Driver CPC training – please visit our Supplier pages for more information.

Services in England

  • Part load and Full load, temperature controlled and ambient transport with regular scheduled departures to major cities across Europe
  • Unaccompanied and driver accompanied express services 
  • Containers to Continental Europe and Scandinavia (click here for our sailing schedules)
  • Regular train service to Italy (click here to learn more about our Intermodal solutions) 
  • High Security and other value added services throughout Europe and Scandinavia
  • Warehousing & next day distribution 
     

England to: Ambient Temperature controlled Rail Container
Full loads Part loads Full loads Part loads
Austria Yes - Yes Yes - -
Belgium Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Denmark Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Eastern Europe Yes - Yes Yes - -
Finland Yes - - - - -
France Yes - Yes Yes - -
Germany Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes
Holland Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Ireland Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Italy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes -
Norway Yes Yes Yes Yes - Yes 
Portugal Yes - Yes Yes - -
Scotland Yes - Yes Yes - -
Spain Yes - Yes Yes - Yes
Sweden Yes Yes Yes Yes - -
Switzerland Yes - Yes Yes - -

 

Facilities & value added services

  • Specialists in temperature controlled and retail distribution
  • 85,000 m2 warehousing in Peterborough and Immingham
  • Ambient & temperature controlled trailers including dual compartment units for multi temperature loads
  • DFDS Seaways servicing the Irish Sea, North Sea, and English Channel with own vessels
  • Ships chartering
  • Paper logistics
  • Business to Business connectivity