DFDS signs five-year agreement with Stora Enso and opens new route between Gothenburg and Zeebrugge.

NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-May 10, 2019-DFDS signs five-year agreement with Stora Enso and opens new route between Gothenburg and Zeebrugge

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DFDS A/S (CPH:DFDS), a Danish international shipping and logistics company, announced on Thursday that it has entered into a five-year agreement with Stora Enso Oyj (HEL:STERV) to annually carry around 700,000 tons of paper and board products between Gothenburg and Zeebrugge.

Stora Enso, a provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper, has the option to extend this agreement by three years.

According to DFDS, to accommodate the volumes of the agreement, its will open a route between Gothenburg, Sweden and Zeebrugge, Belgium. This new route will be operated by three freight ferries. Two freight ferries, Slingeborg and Schieborg, will be acquired...

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