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DFDS Seaways is pleased to announce that from Monday 18 May 2009, pets can now travel with customers on both UK routes from Newcastle to Holland and Harwich to Denmark. DEFRA has approved DFDS Seaways for pet travel under the PETS scheme.

DFDS Seaways now allows animal owners to take their beloved pets on holiday with them to Scandinavia and Northern Europe. The PETS scheme covers cats, dogs and ferrets. However, DFDS Seaways also allow the carriage of other family-favourite pets including hamsters, rats, mice, guinea pigs, tortoises and rabbits. Full details at http://www.dfds.co.uk/pets

Customers and their Pets

Customers wanting to take their pets abroad has become increasingly popular, so the whole family including the cat or dog can enjoy a well-earned holiday. Those customers taking their pet on holiday must be travelling with a car. DFDS Seaways work with a number of holiday partners including Novasol and Center Parcs Europe that allow pets to stay in accommodation.

DFDS Seaways Harwich to Denmark

The recent addition of pet travel on the DFDS Seaways Harwich to Denmark route, allows customers to take both their car and pet to Esbjerg in Denmark and then travel onwards to many destinations in Scandinavia and Northern Europe, including Germany and Sweden.

Pets can travel with their owner from £19 one way and £38 return.

Full details on DFDS Seaways pet travel and the DEFRA regulations can be found at http://www.dfdsseaways.co.uk/Ferry_Crossings/Our_Travel_Gateways/Travelling_abroad_with_Pets

At present, it is only possible to book pets to travel via the DFDS Seaways contact centre on 0845 882 0885

Further Information

DFDS Seaways is the leading North Sea Ferry operator. DFDS has provided passenger services for more than 140 years, with a fleet considered to be one of the largest in northern Europe.

DFDS Seaways currently operate five modern passenger ships and to make a comparison can say that the company is one of Scandinavia’s largest “hotel chains”, with approx. 8,800 “bed-nights” every night during the summer season and “parking facilities” for 2,500 cars.

Today DFDS Seaways carry 1.4 million passengers a year on a fleet of five modern passenger liners between Denmark, Norway, Holland, and Great Britain.