DFDS Lisco

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Headquarters of DFDS Seaways Baltic GmbH in Kiel's Ostuferhafen

AB DFDS Lisco (now part of DFDS Seaways ) was a Lithuanian shipping company based in Klaipėda . Your German branch was DFDS Seaways Baltic GmbH . A total of three combined freight and passenger ferries ( RoPax ferries ) still connect Germany and the Baltic States for the shipping company DFDS , three more connected Sweden and the Baltic States, as well as another ship Germany and Russia.

Company data

DFDS Lisco had branches in Klaipėda, Kiel and Limassol . The parent company was the shipping company DFDS, based in Copenhagen, which still exists. The core market of DFDS Lisco was the connections between Germany and Lithuania. In addition to freight (all types of rolling loads, containers as well as project and heavy cargo), ferry passages on the RoPax ferries between Germany, Sweden, Lithuania and Russia were also offered.

Since the takeover of Norfolkline, the new DFDS A / S has been organized into two business areas: DFDS Seaways and DFDS Logistics. DFDS Seaways is the new name for all shipping related services previously known as Norfolkline, DFDS Tor Line and DFDS Lisco.

The company operated eight ships.

Ferry lines

The ferries operated on the following routes:

  • Kiel - Klaipėda: eight departures a week; used ships Victoria Seaways , Regina Seaways and Patria Seaways ; Travel time 23½ hours (still operated by DFDS)
  • Karlshamn - Klaipėda: seven departures a week; ships deployed Athena Seaways , Optima Seaways and Patria Seaways ; Driving time 14 hours (still operated by DFDS)
  • Paldiski - Kapellskär: six departures a week; deployed ship Liverpool Seaways ; Travel time approx. 11 hours
  • Mukran – Klaipėda - discontinued in 2013

Ships

Athena Seaways

Athena Seaways
  • Karlshamn (SE) - Klaipeda (LT)
Characteristic: sister ship of the Victoria Seaways and the Regina Seaways
Year of construction: 2007

Regina Seaways

Regina Seaways is one of the two ships on the Kiel - Klaipėda route
  • Kiel (D) - Klaipeda (LT)
Travel time: 20 hours
Year of construction: 2010 (Shipyard: Nuovi Canterie Aquania in Marina di Carra, Italy)
Measurement: 25,518 GT
Length: 198.99 m
Width: 26.6 m
Draft : 6.4 m
Speed: 24.0 kn
Passengers: 515
Freight capacity: 2923 linear meters
Languages ​​on board: German, Lithuanian, Russian
Currency on board: Euro
Characteristic: sister ship of the Victoria Seaways and the Athena Seaways

Victoria Seaways

The Victoria Seaways is the sister ship of the Regina Seaways
  • Kiel (D) - Klaipeda (LT)
Travel time: 23½ hours
Year of construction: 2009 (Shipyard: Nuovi Canterie Aquania in Marina di Carrara, Italy)
Measurement: 25,518 GT
Length: 199.14 m
Width: 26.6 m
Draft: 6.4 m
Speed: 23.5 kn
Passengers: 600
Freight capacity: 2925 linear meters
Languages ​​on board: German, Lithuanian, Russian
Currency on board: Euro
Characteristic: sister ship of the Regina Seaways and the Athena Seaways

Optima Seaways

Optima Seaways in Kiel's Ostuferhafen
  • Karlshamn (S) - Klaipėda (LT)
Travel time: 23½ hours
Year of construction: 1999
Measurement: 25,206 GT
Length: 186.0 m
Width: 25.6 m
Draft: 6.5 m
Speed: 21.5 kn
Machine power: 2 × 9450 kW
Passengers: max. 328
Freight capacity: 2115 linear meters
Languages ​​on board: German, Lithuanian, Russian
Currency on board: Euro

Patria Seaways

Patria Seaways connects Paldiski in Estonia with Kapellskär in Sweden
  • Karlshamn (S) - Klaipėda (LT) and Kiel (D) - Klaipėda (LT)
Driving time:
Year of construction: 1991
Measurement: 18,332 GT
Length: 154 m
Width: 24 m
Speed: 17 kn
Passengers: max. 243
Freight capacity: 1710 linear meters
On-board languages: English, Lithuanian, Russian
Currency on board: Swedish krona

Liverpool Seaways

Liverpool Seaways on the Karlshamn - Klaipeda route
  • Kapellskar - Paldiski
Driving time:
Year of construction: 1997
Measurement: 27,856 GT
Length: 186.0 m
Width: 26.27 m
Speed: 20.0 kn
Passengers: 320
Machine power: 2 × 9450 kW
Gross volume: 252,068 t
Freight capacity: 2150 linear meters
Languages ​​on board: German, Lithuanian, Russian
Currency on board: Euro

Maestro Universe

  • Karlshamn (S) - Klaipėda (LT) and Kiel (D) - Klaipėda (LT)
Year of construction: 1986
Measurement: 15,375 GT
Length: 160.0 m
Width: 22.31 m

Sirena Seaways

  • * Karlshamn (S) - Klaipėda (LT)
Year of construction: 2002
Measurement: 22,382 GT
Length: 199.10 m
Width: 25.00 m

Accidents

On the night of October 8th to 9th, 2010, an explosion occurred on the upper deck of the Lisco Gloria ferry, which was then on the route from Kiel to Klaipėda , about 11 km north of the Schleswig-Holstein island of Fehmarn . The ship caught fire. All 236 passengers and crew members were rescued.

On October 2, 2018, heavy smoke developed in the engine room on the Regina Seaways ferry on the voyage from Kiel to Klaipėda , Lithuania near the coast of the Russian enclave Kaliningrad . The 294 passengers and 41 crew members were uninjured.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Timetable Kiel - Klaipėda
  2. ↑ Timetable Karlshamn - Klaipėda
  3. ↑ Timetable Paldiski - Kapellskär
  4. ↑ Timetable Karlshamn - Klaipeda. Retrieved July 12, 2014 .
  5. ↑ IMO 9350680
  6. ↑ 9458535
  7. ↑ a b Ship information Regina Seaways and Victoria Seaways
  8. ↑ Our ships on the Kiel - Klaipeda route. Retrieved July 12, 2014 .
  9. ↑ IMO 9350721
  10. ↑ a b Ship information Optima Seaways and Liverpool Seaways
  11. ↑ IMO 8917390
  12. ↑ Ship information Regina Seaways and Victoria Seaways.
  13. ↑ DFDS charters “Maestro Universe”. October 5, 2018, accessed October 6, 2018 .