| Investor News November 32-17, 2022 |
Ferry – Freight: Volumes declined in Northern Europe, but Mediterranean volumes continued to increase. The total volume for October 2022 was 9.0% below 2021.
North Sea sales were lower than in 2021 as vehicle production continued to stop due to parts shortages. A labor strike at the port of Felixstowe also reduced shipments. Volume growth in the Mediterranean picked up again in October following a slowdown in the third quarter.
Channel volumes were significantly below 2021 due to continued declines in total market volumes and capacity additions from third-tier ferry operators. Baltic water levels have fallen below 2021 due to the war in Ukraine, but the rate of decline was her lowest recorded in 2022.
In the last 12 months of 2022-2021, total freight lane meters transported decreased by 1.7% to 42.8m from 43.5m in 2021-2020.
Ferry – passenger: Passenger numbers continued to recover, increasing 172% to 332,000 in October 2019, the latest comparison month before the Covid-19 outbreak. Sales in 2019 he reached 85%.
The total number of passengers in the last 12 months in 2022-2021 was 3.5 million compared to 0.8 million in 2021-2020 and 5.1 million in 2019.
| DFDSMore ferry volume | |||||||||
| October | LTM* | ||||||||
| cargo | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Change | 2020-19 | 2021-20 | 2022-21 | Change | |
| lane meters, ‘000 | 4,131 | 3,824 | 3,478 | -9.0% | 39,507 | 43,508 | 42,780 | -1.7% | |
| passenger | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Change | 2020-19 | 2021-20 | 2022-21 | Change | |
| Passenger, ‘000 | 64 | 122 | 332 | 171.9% | 1,969 | 824 | 3,473 | 321.4% | |
| *Last 12 months | |||||||||
DFDS reports monthly ferry volumes for freight and passengers to provide insight into evolving volume trends in DFDS’ European route network. DFDS ferry routes enable trade and travel within and outside of Europe. Click the link to see a map of the entire network. The November 2022 Volume Report will be published on CET on December 13, 2022 at approximately 10:00 am.
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Torben Carlsen, CEO +45 33 42 32 01
Karina Deacon, CFO +45 33 42 33 42
Søren Brøndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59
Nicole Seroff, Communications +45 31 40 34 46
About DFDS
DFDS provides ferry and transport services in and around Europe with an annual revenue of approximately DKK 25 billion.
We provide more than 10,000 cargo customers with high reliability through ferry and port terminal services and transportation and logistics solutions.
We provide safe night and short sea ferry services for millions of passengers.
Our 11,000 employees work in ferries, terminals, distribution centers and offices in over 20 countries. DFDS was founded in 1866, is headquartered in Copenhagen and is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen.
This information is subject to disclosure requirements under Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Act.
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