Some 120 Russian trucks wait their turn to be serviced at Klaipeda – Kiel ferry route operated by DFDS Seaways
Some 120 Russian trucks at the seaport of Klaipeda are waiting their turn to be serviced at Klaipeda (Lithuania) – Kiel (Germany) ferry route operated by DFDS Seaways, Vaidas Klumbys, spokesman for DFDS Seaways, told IAA PortNews.
He says the trucks will be serviced by the end of the current week. The trucks waiting in a queue have arrived early this week, explained DFDS Seaways spokesman.
According to Vaidas Klumbys, the highest load was registered on February 6-7 when the queue consisted of 300 trucks. By now, those trucks have been shipped. To facilitate shipments of trucks DFDS had to shift larger ferries from the Klaipeda – Karlshamn (Sweden) route and to increase the number of voyages from six to seven per week.
The Klaipeda – Karlshamn route also saw the increase of trucks.
“Those not willing to wait use the Klaipeda – Karlshamn route via the Southern Sweden and Denmark,” says Vaidas Klumbys.
Truck congestion at the seaport of Klaipeda began on February 1 after haulage agreements between Russia and Poland expired and a new deal was not reached.
DFDS (Copenhagen, Denmark) was founded in 1866, when C. F. Tietgen merged the three biggest Danish steamship companies of the day. The fleet of DFDS Seaways numbers 50 freight and passenger ships operating at the network of 30 routes while the Company’s logistics division provides transport solutions in most of Europe. The Company numbers 6,000 employees in 20 countries.
