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1880-1900 

 

During the 1880s there were several important extensions of service on the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

After continued expansion of the fleet in the 1880s, DFDS became one of the world's ten largest ship owning companies. It was in fact the largest, if the number of steamers is the measure.

C. F. Tietgen was forced to retire from the board of directors in 1896, due to illness.

In 1898 the Company took over the steamship company Dampskibsselskabet Thingvalla and the Scandinavian-American Line was created. The Company operated passenger and freight service Stettin-Copenhagen-Christiania-Christiansand-New York, using four steamships.