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Tiger Roll rolls onto ro ro

Grand National winner Tiger Roll boards the 02.30 Stena Line sailing from Holyhead to Dublin after creating history at Aintree by becoming the only horse since Red Rum in 1974 to win back to back races. Later in the year, the 2019 Stena Line Dublin Horse Show will showcase world class jumping in August.   [+]

Equal opportunities on the bridge

Stena Line has marked International Women’s Day on 8 March with a new policy to focus on Equality and Inclusion. The ferry operator is committed to maintaining and developing a sustainable working environment, free from harassment, where everyone is given equal opportunities regardless of age, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual ... [+]

Bright outlook for Stena as Forecaster goes to Belfast – Liverpool

Stena Line has transferred the Stena Forecaster from its Stena RoRo chartering arm and will enter service on the Belfast - Liverpool route from 12 February 2019. The Stena Forerunner will transfer back to the Rotterdam-Killingholme route. Stena Forecaster will make two departures daily Monday to Friday, offering 3,000 lane ... [+]

Stena’s new ship takes to the water

Stena Line has launched the first of its next generation of ro pax ferries at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in China. The Stena Estrid is on schedule to enter service on the Dublin to Holyhead route in early 2020, the first of three new E-Flexer vessels bound for ... [+]

Stena’s new ships on schedule

All Stena Line’s new E-Flexer ships, due to enter into service on the Irish Sea during 2020 and 2021, are now under construction at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in China after steel cutting started on the third of the ro pax vessels. The first will go into operation on the ... [+]

Making strides for Mercy Ships

Kind-hearted Stena Line cabin assistant Sarah Scowcroft has vowed to raise funds for Mercy Ships for the rest of her life, after experiencing first-hand the life-saving work carried out on board the hospital ship Africa Mercy in Guinea. Last year, as part of a donation campaign for the Stena Line designated ... [+]

Stena customers round up to a pound to help Mercy Ships

Stena Line is once again urging its customers to round-up their onboard purchases to the nearest whole pound to raise money for Mercy Ships. The charity sails its vessels  around the world bringing free, life-saving medical care to where it’s needed the most. Stena Line has also launched their own volunteer program. So far two Stena Line employees ... [+]

Stena Forerunner is sign of things to come

Belfast Harbour has welcomed the Stena Forerunner ahead of its first sailing from to Liverpool.  The 3,000 lane metre ferry 3,000 lane metre will meet growing market demand and will increase weekly freight capacity on the service by almost 10%. Stena Line trade director Paul Grant, said the market was ... [+]

More and bigger E-Flexers for Stena

Stena Line is to exercise an option for a seventh and eighth new E-Flexer ships at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in  China with a planned delivery in 2022.  Additionally, Stena has taken an option on the construction of a further four similar vessels. Stena Line chief executive Niclas Mårtensson, said that ... [+]

Belfast plans to spend big on ferries and containers

Belfast Harbour is planning to upgrade its ferry terminal to support Stena Line’s new larger ferries which are due to start operation in early 2020, it said in its annual report, published on 3 July. The port is also making a substantial investment in new cranes and terminal capacity improvements at ... [+]

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