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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 to 22 daily crossing options. Trade director (Irish Sea North) Paul Grant said: “Whilst Stena Line has delivered a record performance ... [+]

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 ... [+]

Stena to buy Scotland-Ulster ships

Stena Line’s parent company is to acquire the Superfast VII and Superfast VIII ferries which operate on its Cairnryan – Belfast route from December. The ships currently operate under a charter contract agreement with AS Tallink Grupp. Stena's development plan also involves the construction of new vessels which will be ... [+]

Stena launches new Irish Sea schedule

Stena Line’s Trade Director, Irish Sea South, Ian Davies, joined master of the Stena Europe, Richard Cleary on the bridge to celebrate the new Fishguard-Rosslare route timetable on 23 May. The new schedule offers three day sailings and an extended overnight crossing. Stena Line is the largest ferry operator on the Irish ... [+]

Good start for Stena in Heysham

Stena Line has reported a 9% year on year increase in its freight volumes on the Belfast – Heysham service during the first quarter of 2017. In the first three months of it carried over 31 000 freight units on the service making it one of the most successful starts ... [+]

Faster – and slower – from Fishguard to Rosslare

Stena Line has revised its Fishguard-Rosslare timetable which now includes three day time sailings and one extended overnight crossing from 22 May. Daytime departures, with a crossing time of 3hr 15min are 15 minutes faster than before. However, the night service now takes slightly longer, at 4hr15mins, to give drivers ... [+]

Stena Holyhead to host electricty from waves scheme

Ferry companies often move oversize shipments for major projects, but UK and European ro ro operator Stena Line has taken the process a stage further by providing the infrastructure for a major scheme. It has entered a joint venture with Swedish-based Minesto to build an assembly hall in Wales, which Minesto ... [+]

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