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Increased competition between Sweden and England
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Copenhagen, 2012-01-18 
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Today, it has been announced that a new ro-ro route is being planned to open between Göteborg (Sweden) and Killingholme (UK), starting on 24 January 2012. 
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This route will be in competition with DFDS's route between Göteborg and Immingham. 
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The planned route was initiated by one of DFDS's present customers, who has announced that the route is expected to achieve revenues above SEK 200 m in the first year. 
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The opening of the route is expected to have a significant negative impact on the Group’s results for 2012. Based on the information available at present, the level of the impact cannot be further quantified. 
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DFDS has initiated a number of measures to meet the increased competition.

 



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