How is it that other shipping companies are able to continue with the same ticket prices, whereas DFDS Seaways can’t do this?
First and foremost this is the general trend in the travel and transport industry and we see oil surcharges with other shipping companies, with airlines and in land transport companies etc. Freight customers everywhere have been paying oil price surcharges for a long time. However, different companies are affected in different ways since we are talking here about completely different products, completely different markets, completely different travel distances and times. For this reason the solutions also differ. It is our impression that most companies need to increase the prices as a result of extra costs for fuel, either by means of a surcharge or by increasing the price generally.
