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Stena to start Sweden/Finland route

Swedish ferry company Stena Line has entered the Finnish market with a new daily route from Hanko to Nynäshamn. The new route starts on 1 February 2022 and will be served by the Urd three times per week. The second vessel, Stena Gothica, will join the route on 1 May 2022 giving daily departures from both ports. The ro pax vessels have a capacity of 1,600 lane meters and 186 ... [+]

Stena buys Freightlink

Swedish-owned Stena Line has bought 100% of Preston-based ferry booking agency Freightlink, including its CustomsLink clearance arm, for an undisclosed sum. The company will continue to operate as a stand-alone business unit within the Stena Group and on arms-length principles and will continue to operate out of its existing office ... [+]

New German chief for Stena

Mikko Juelich has taken over as trade director for business region Germany at Stena Line. For the last five years, he was managing director of Container CSG in Luebeck, Germany and before that held various positions at the ferry company Finnlines. He succeeds Ron Gerlach, who has moved to Stena ... [+]

All change on the Irish Sea

Stena Line will replace the Stena Foreteller with the Stena Vinga on the Rosslare to Cherbourg service from 6 September, operating alongside the Stena Horizon. The Vinga can carry accompanied and unaccompanied freight, it said. The Stena Foreteller will be redeployed to the Belfast-Liverpool (Birkenhead) service to replace the Seatruck Panorama, adding 10% additional ... [+]

Stena’s Estrid in happy return to Holyhead

Stena Line is bringing its new Stena Estrid vessel back to the Holyhead – Dublin route with the expectation that travel restrictions between Ireland and Britain will be removed She will replace the Stena Horizon who returns to the Rosslare – Cherbourg route. Stena had swapped the ships due to increased freight ... [+]

Stena Embla joins sister Edda on Belfast-Liverpool

Stena Embla, Stena Line’s newest ferry has now joined her sister E-Flexer ship Stena Edda on the Belfast to Liverpool route.  She was initially deployed for a short time on the Rosslare-Cherbourg due to brexit-related demand. A Stena Line spokesman said that it was likely that an E-Flexer vessel would however, be ... [+]

Stena to double Ireland-Continent space

Stena is to double capacity on its Rosslare to Cherbourg route with an additional freight-only vessel from 4 January.  The Stena Foreteller will join the Stena Horizon which already operates on the route, doubling the frequency of sailings between Ireland and the Continent. The new ship will provide an additional 3 ... [+]

Stena celebrates quarter century between Dublin and Holyhead

Stena Line celebrated the 25th anniversary of its ferry operations between Dublin Port and Holyhead on 18 November. During its quarter century on the route, it has carried over 3.5 million freight units, 12 million passengers and almost 3 million cars.  If all vehicles that  have travelled with Stena Line to ... [+]

Stena boosts space to Latvia and Sweden

Stena Line is to replace its current vessels on the Travemünde (Germany)-Liepaja (Latvia) route will be replaced with two modern ro pax vessels, adding a further 40% freight capacity, shortening crossing times and offering a fixed timetable with 6 weekly departures in each direction. The new vessels will also offer ... [+]

Charter to boost Stena’s freight space to Belfast

Stena Line is chartering the Seatruck Panorama to boost freight capacity on its Belfast to Liverpool and Belfast to Heysham routes.  Following the dramatic COVID related drop in freight volumes, the operator was forced to remove one freight ship from its Belfast hub which resulted in reduced capacity and frequency.  However, it ... [+]

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