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Stena ship takes shape

One of the two new E-Flexer RoPax ferries bound for the Belfast – Liverpool route in 2020 held its official keel-laying at the AVIC shipyard in Weihai, China.  The new vessels will have a capacity of 3 100 freight lane metres, along with 1 000 passengers and 120 cars. [+]

First new Stena ship will sail from Holyhead

Stena Line has confirmed that the first of its new ro pax ferries currently under construction in China will enter service on its Holyhead-Dublin route in early 2020. It will have capacity for 3,100 freight lane meters and offer four4 daily sailings with an estimated crossing time of approximately 3½ hours. It ... [+]

Stena takes first steps towards battery powered ships

Stena Line has signed a contract with Callenberg Technology Group to turn Gothenburg/Frederikshavn ferry, Stena Jutlandica into a ‘battery powered’ vessel. The 1 MWh power plant will be used for ‘in port’ operations although Stena’s ultimate target is for battery propulsion to power vessels up to 50 nautical miles. [+]

Stena upgrades Holyhead as freight booms

Stena Line Ports says it is investing more than £4m in upgrades to improve infrastructure at Holyhead to cope with record volumes of freight. The upgrades will include the creation of additional freight space and refurbishment to the Terminal 3 ramp. Work starts today and will last for about five days. Ports ... [+]

Work starts on Stena’s new Irish Sea ships

Stena Line executives took part in a keel-laying ceremony for the line’s four new ro pax vessels at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China on 2 February. Planned for delivery in 2019 and 2020, the new vessels will be 50% bigger the operator’s existing ro pax ferries with 3,100 lane ... [+]

Record year for Stena’s Ulster routes

Stena Line says that freight on its Belfast to Cairnryan, Liverpool and Heysham routes exceeded a record 514,000 units, a 3% year on year increase, during 2017. Stena Line’s Belfast services saw a 19% increase in freight traffic.  The port is Stena Line’s largest operational hub with seven ships providing up ... [+]

Scots roads are Ulster Achilles heel, says FTA

Northern Ireland continues to be disadvantaged by poor road access to Scottish ports, says the Freight Transport Association after ferry company Stena Line raised concerns over the issue. FTA says that while road connections within Northern Ireland have kept pace with economic development- work on a major bottleneck, the York Street ... [+]

Stena to boost North Sea space next January

Stena Line has confirmed plans to increase capacity on its Rotterdam-Killingholme route in January 2018, following its earlier announcement that it intends to increase capacity on Rotterdam-Europoort to Harwich by replacing the current two RoRo vessels by two larger ships. Stena Line will increase its total capacity from Europoort by about ... [+]

Healthcare in a coffee cup

Stena Line is offering customers the chance to choose to buy coffee or tea in a special Mercy Ships mug where 20p will be donated directly to the charity to help it deliver health care to the developing world. Mercy Ships signed a partnership with the ferry operator in February of ... [+]

Bigger ships to boost Stena’s Harwich-Rotterdam route

Stena Line is to switch to larger ships on its Rotterdam (Europoort)/ Harwich route. The current Capucine and Severine which operate twice daily in each direction will be replaced by the larger MV Misada and MV Misina, when present charter contracts expire in January 2018, increasing overall freight capacity by ... [+]

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