The States of Guernsey and Government of Jersey paid DFDS for berthing trials as part of contingency planning Danish ferry firm DFDS was disqualified from the process to run Channel Island ferry ...

Danish firm DFDS is in the mix to run ferry services to and from Jersey for 15 years from March. The firm had tendered to run ferry services in Guernsey but the island instead chose Brittany Ferries.

DFDS' Head of Ferry Division says that the company is in "solid financial health" and has the capacity to provide Jersey with a "safe, reliable and efficient ferry service" and "appropriate fleet".

DFDS was formed by the Danish financier Carl Frederik Tietgen in 1866, after the merger of three other firms. The name is an acronym for Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab which in English means The ...