DP merges Unifeeder Shortsea and P&O Ferrymasters
DP merges Unifeeder Shortsea and P&O Ferrymasters
DP merges Unifeeder Shortsea and P&O Ferrymasters
MULTIMODAL OPERATORS
DP World is merging its two European multimodal operators Unifeeder Shortsea and P&O Ferrymasters and ‘with immediate effect’ under the latter’s name. According to the Dubai-based group, this will lead to “an improved proposition to customers across Europe.” DP World, originally a terminal operator, does not provide any information about the scope of the operation, nor whether it will have personnel consequences.
Unifeeder Shortsea is part of Unifeeder A/S, the originally Danish feeder shipping company, which DP World acquired in 2018 for 660 million dollars. It is unclear how large this activity is within the total company, which operates a fleet of more than fifty container feeders.
Dp World has invested heavily in building a logistics division in recent years and bought British P&O Ferries in 2019 for 370 million euros. P&O Ferrymasters is the logistics branch of the British ferry company, which was discredited at the beginning of this year due to the ‘flash redundancy’ of more than 800 seafarers.
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Rogier Vervoort is co-owner of Trident Container Leasing B.V. With 30 years of experience in the container business, he is a specialist in container leasing and trading.
DP merges Unifeeder Shortsea and P&O Ferrymasters
MULTIMODAL OPERATORS
DP World is merging its two European multimodal operators Unifeeder Shortsea and P&O Ferrymasters and ‘with immediate effect’ under the latter’s name.
According to the Dubai-based group, this will lead to “an improved proposition to customers across Europe.” DP World, originally a terminal operator, does not provide any information about the scope of the operation, nor whether it will have personnel consequences.
Unifeeder Shortsea is part of Unifeeder A/S, the originally Danish feeder shipping company, which DP World acquired in 2018 for 660 million dollars. It is unclear how large this activity is within the total company, which operates a fleet of more than fifty container feeders.
Dp World has invested heavily in building a logistics division in recent years and bought British P&O Ferries in 2019 for 370 million euros. P&O Ferrymasters is the logistics branch of the British ferry company, which was discredited at the beginning of this year due to the ‘flash redundancy’ of more than 800 seafarers.
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![](http://trident-containers.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/RogierVervoort.jpg)
Rogier Vervoort is co-owner of Trident Container Leasing B.V. With 30 years of experience in the container business, he is a specialist in container leasing and trading.