Today, Danish shipping and logistics group DFDS announced the launch of a cost reduction program from which it plans to achieve savings of DKK 300 million in 2026 (40 million euros). The plan will focus on reducing of personnel, with the cut of about 400 jobs mainly on land, and will be accompanied by other measures cost containment. According to forecasts, the program will be implemented by the first quarter of next year.

In conjunction with the execution of this program, also a change at the top of the group. DFDS has in fact announced today that he is looking for a new CEO who he will succeed Torben Carlsen, who joined the company in 2009 and Appointed president and CEO in May 2019.

Meanwhile, in the third quarter of this year, DFDS' revenues have exceeded the value of eight billion Danish kroner having totaled 8.30 billion, with an increase of +4.2% on the same period of 2024 when the previous record was set quarterly history. The only revenues generated by the activity of the group's ferry fleet amounted to 4.76 billion of kroner (-6.4%), of which 3.20 billion were generated by the transport of freight (+0.9%) and 1.56 billion from passenger transport (-18.5%), and revenues from logistics activities have amounted to 3.97 billion (+23.2%). EBITDA was 1.40 billion (-7.4%) and EBIT of 536 million crowns (-31.7%), with a contribution of €564 million from ferries (-28.8%) and €21 million from logistics services (-58.0%). DFDS has closed the period July-September 2025 with a net profit of 276 million Danish kroner (-51.7%).