DFDS and Swedish rival in North Sea price war

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By Alex Lennane

15/11/2012

There’s a row going on in the North Sea trades between Sweden and the UK. Two operators – the incumbent giant DFDS, and a new start-up, North Sea RoRo – are running very similar routes. And the tough competition on pricing is making for unhappy bedfellows, according to this article.

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