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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 seeing growth of 6% and future plans include the introduction of two new build ferries on the service during spring ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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