The Danish shipping & logistics company will continue to provide its freighters for transporting military equipment and other commodities for military operations, as well as for training exercises, humanitarian disaster relief, and routine transports.

The new deal with the Joint Movement and Transportation Organization, a transport unit of the Danish Defence, and the ARK Project, a strategic-access-to-sea-transport co-op between Denmark and Germany, extends the current contract and will run for up to six years starting in 2026.

Eight ro-ros, six named and two unnamed, will be chartered and made available to the Danish Defence at short notice for the given period that the vessels will be needed. "The latter will be chosen based on the specific operational needs of the Danish Defence in the given context. The vessels are equipped with special features such as enhanced manoeuvrability, ability to load dangerous goods, and sufficient capacity for heavy vehicles," DFDS shared in a press brief.

The company's CEO, Torben Carlsen, added, "We are honoured to have been selected for this critical assignment, and I am proud that we will continue our longstanding cooperation with the Danish Defence and the ARK project. It shows the value of strong public-private partnerships that can foster resilience amid growing geopolitical tensions and rising economic uncertainty, and we look forward to contributing with our knowledge about transport and logistics."

DFDS has been working with the ARK Project since its inception in 2003, while also contributing to numerous deployments for other NATO allies.

Photo: Jens Vinderslev/DFDS