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[Ballast]

What a life, fishing on the bridgewing during your watch... 





Sooo kids, think twice if you're thinking of choosing for the engine room department... The only thing you'll be fishing for are bolts and other lost things in the bilge... 

[IRI5HJ4CK]

Mmmmmmm....Bet that fish tasted lovely...wish you'd catch that sort of stuff off FLeetwood!

[clanky]

What a life, fishing on the bridgewing during your watch... 

Sooo kids, think twice if you're thinking of choosing for the engine room department... The only thing you'll be fishing for are bolts and other lost things in the bilge... 

RULE 5

Just sayin'

It wouldn't have been so bad if you were even on the starboard bridge wing Ballast!

"I see no ships"

[clanky]

Sooo kids, think twice if you're thinking of choosing for the engine room department...

* clanky wishes to wholeheartedly endorse the above statement.

[McGherkin]

Hey people

[trialguy]

Hi McGherkin  how is it going?


Yahooo!!

Microsoft office 2010 is awesome.....

i buyed it and i love it!                                the 3 dover ferries arent going.....
                                                              they said that their going to give dfds a
                                                            different route instead.. And its true!!!!! Maybe Rosyth/zeebrugge
                                                             dfds always likes long routes...

[The Ferry Man]

the 3 dover ferries arent going.....
they said that their going to give dfds a
different route instead.. And its true!!!!! Maybe Rosyth/zeebrugge
dfds always likes long routes...

 

They are staying on Dover-Dunkerque - just rebranded

[trialguy]

look.......
i dont know who the hell
made all of you go confused but
they arent getting the dover dunkerque ferries...
norfolkine isnt gonna give it to them

the first person who posted this lie must give up...
this just makes people go confused.....

and live close to Dover...
so i went and had a look yesterday..
and i asked them this question and they said no...
they are going to do a different route instead..
so now its all cleared up, and now you dont need to worry anymore...




if this isnt a lie....
i then want to see evidence......
GIVE ME EVIDEnce so i know it is going to happen...

[mcmillan8]

Hi Trialguy,

Here is my evidence,
It wont be called dfds
But DFDSNORFOLkline....here is a pic...

now everyone will believe it...
and my link to prove it...
http://about.norfolkline.com/CO/News/Organisational_change_Norfolkline/

[The Ferry Man]

Fair enough

https://newsclient.omxgroup.com/cdsPublic/viewDisclosure.action?disclosureId=378260&messageId=452883

http://dfds.com/english/frontpage

Acquisition of Norfolkline approved and synergies increased
DFDS Press release Release date: 17-06-2010 00:00:00



•DFDS’ acquisition of Norfolkline approved by the European Commission
•Expected annual cost synergies increased to DKK 180-220 million from previously DKK 135 million
•New business structure with two market-oriented divisions
Since DFDS’ acquisition of Norfolkline was announced in December 2009 a detailed integration plan has been developed, including a new business structure for the combined company, and synergy estimates have been revised and increased. Following approval by the European Commission, the integration of DFDS and Norfolkline can begin once the planned share capital increase is carried out and the transaction thereby completed.

Approval by the European Commission
The European Commission has today approved DFDS’ acquisition of Norfolkline. The approval is contingent on replacement of the existing space charter agreement on the routes Esbjerg-Immingham/Harwich with Norfolkline by an agreement with an independent party. DFDS has therefore entered into a new space charter agreement with Stena Line pending approval by the European Commission. The European Commission has set minimum terms for the agreement concerning capacity and duration.

Expected annual cost synergies of around DKK 200 million
On the back of the detailed integration planning the estimate for annual cost synergies has been increased to an interval of DKK 180-220 million from previously DKK 135 million. It is primarily synergies concerning logistics, procurement and integration of group functions which have increased the synergies. The main synergies are shown in the table below.




DFDS and Norfolkline: Cost synergies

Activities Integration areas Expected annual cost synergies, DKK million
Shipping (routes North Sea) Tonnage optimization and integration of routes, port terminals, sales offices and functions. Optimization of sales and marketing

70-80
Logistics Optimization of haulage and trailer pools and integration of sales offices and functions

30-40
IT Integration of systems and organization

30-40
Procurement Optimization of procurement for onboard sales and technical procurement

35-40
Other functions General optimization of ship operations. Integration of finance, HR and other group functions

15-20
Total cost synergies 180-220


The implementation of the integration plan is expected to be completed by the end of 2012. The main part of the integration plan is, however, expected to be completed by the end of 2011 corresponding to around two-thirds of the expected annual synergies. Implementation costs and investments are expected to amount to DKK 175-200 million in the integration period to the end of 2012 with around two-thirds spent in the first 12 months of the period.

The potential from expected growth in revenues and earnings has still not been quantified.

New business structure for combined company
The business structure of the combined company is planned to comprise two marketoriented divisions, Shipping Division and Logistics Division.

The Shipping Division will comprise freight and passenger routes organised primarily in geographical units. Port terminals will be an integrated part of the Shipping Division.

The Logistics Division will comprise trailer and logistics activities and container and sideport activities. The trailer activities will be organised in geographical units.

The two market-oriented divisions will be supported by two resource units: People and Ships, with the purpose of ensuring efficient management of operational resources, and Finance. A main task for Finance will be managing and monitoring the implementation of the integration plan.

Management
The members of DFDS’ Executive Board will after completion of the transaction continue to be Niels Smedegaard, CEO, and Torben Carlsen, CFO. The members of the Executive Management will be announced shortly.

Next steps
Following the above mentioned approval of the transaction an Offering Circular is expected to be announced shortly for the previously announced share issues, respectively a rights issue of around DKK 550 million and a directed issue to A. P. Møller - Mærsk corresponding to an ownership share of 28.2%.

This announcement appears in English and in Danish. In case of any discrepancy, the Danish version shall prevail.

The forward-looking statements in this announcement are subject to risks and uncertainties, both general and specific, that can cause the actual development to differ materially from the forwardlooking statements.

From a onboard crew member:

Rebranding the three Maersk D's has commenced. There will be a unified brand for all the DFDS constituent parts, including Norfolkline. The shipping side will be known as DFDS Seaways and the trailer business will become DFDS Logistics. The ships will have a dark blue hull with DFDS Seaways emblazoned on the side, white superstructure, and a dark blue funnel with the DFDS white maltese cross in a circle.

Maersk Delft made a start on the saturday night layover in Dunkerque West. Scaffolding was erected around the funnel and the two Maersk stars removed. The funnel will be painted in DFDS colours whilst on service during the week. Maersk Dover, with a shorter layover, made a start by painting the lower part of the funnel in DFDS dark blue.

The ships will be renamed Dover Seaways, Delft Seaways and Dunkerque Seaways in due course.

http://www.doverferryphotosforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=159

Trust me - I don't make these things up  

[trialguy]

is this pic real?
its cant be...
oooohhhh nooooo i just wanted to go on it for the 230 time but they changed already...
now i have a silent record of 229...

[McGherkin]

Nice... not.


However...
This is.

[oceandream]

McG pm me!
need too tell you something

[--tractorman--]

McG! you play lfs?

[McGherkin]

McG! you play lfs?

Yes, but only demo at the moment, but will be getting S2 ASAP.

McG pm me!
need too tell you something

OK...

[Ballast]

Mmmmmmm....Bet that fish tasted lovely...wish you'd catch that sort of stuff off FLeetwood!

They taste good, the chief cook keeps on suprising us with how many variations there are... 

[SS France]

Hello!

[McGherkin]

Hi!

[McGherkin]

A place to talk about anything and everything.

[thom301]

its a place where we ( the forum members ) chat about everything  

thom

[thom301]

you beat me with 2 minutes McG 

[thom301]

a hovercraft is an ship that has an cushion underneath it ( this means the hovercraft doesnt have any draft ) wich makes him able to ''drive on land''. well i dont know how to explane it otherwise so i hope this helped you 

thom

[Ralphy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovercraft

this will help

[trialguy]

i can see,
since sse has been anounced
we are getting lots of new people..
just wished the old people cam back....



and i just noticed that we are beating the *ship quiz* topic
WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!

[Firestar]

Oversized emoticons FTW!

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