Just to re-post my thread from another page regarding the DFDS Freight ships from Immingham.

They have very few cabins and once the truck drivers fill up the cabins they stop taking passengers on. Truck drivers get priority over everybody else.

This was my post on another thread:


I will just add a word of warning about this method of travel which the company has also added on their letter.

They also do a trip from Immingham to Esjberg in Denmark where I live.

I booked a return journey from denmark to immingham with a small box van. At the time the "Warning" was not added to their stationary and I thought my bookings were solid, confirmed bookings.

The outward trip to Immingham was great and if that was what it was like all the time I would reccomend it.

However, when I turned up for the return journey I was told they had been trying to contact me to tell me that my place on the boat had been put back because a larger freight vehicle had been booked on.

After some searching i found the new driver and he was happy to share his cabin with me but the shipping company would not allow it. There was masses of room for the box van all the company had to say was "Yes".

I sat on Immingham docks for 3 days before I got on the boat back to Denmark.

I found out that they had been trying to call me on my home number in denmark to tell me my position on the boat had been put back. They knew I was in the UK so why they were ringing me in denmark is anyones guess.

The boat was great, DFDS were worse than useless.

If you travel like this make sure you have a few spare days at both ends of your trip in case you get put back. Ensure they have home numbers, e-mails, mobile numbers etc etc, so they can get hold of you.

Remember this is primarily a freight service and the bigger trucks will jump the queue and they will not just put anyone in the bunks. There are very few bunks on their ships.

The other side to this are that the prices are per person so it is also very expensive.

Steve