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REPAIR & CONVERSION

Stena Line’s Modernized Ferry Pair

Image courtesy Gemi Kaydirma

Stena Line is lengthening and modernizing two ferries at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey, upgrades that cumulatively cost approximately $85m, according to Swedish media reports.

The ships are due to start operating is 2021 with a 30 percent increased freight capacity.

Meet Stena Scandica and Stena Bal- freight in shape of production/industry

Fast Facts tica. The two RoPax vessels were origi- and building material from east to west. • Names: Stena Scandica & Stena nally built at Italy’s Visentini shipyard The Nynäshamn-Ventspils route is also

Baltica in 2005, and have been operating on an important passenger route for people • Built: 2005 at the Italian shipyard

Stena Line’s Irish Sea route between working in Sweden and Norway, as

Cantiere Navale Visentini

Belfast and Liverpool for the last 10 well as a growing travel market.” • Modi? ed/Lenghtened: by Stena years, with the names Stena Lagan and The two vessels will be lengthened

RoRo during 2020/2021 at the

Stena Mersey. Before they start operat- with a 36m mid-section, and after the

Sedef Shipbuilding in Tuzla, Turkey.

ing on their new route in the Baltic Sea conversion they will be 222 meters long • Length: 222 meters by sister company Stena RoRo, the pair and have a capacity of 200 cabins, 970 • Passenger capacity: 970 have been renamed Stena Scandica and passengers and 2,875 freight lane me- • Freight capacity: 2,875 lane meters

Stena Baltica, respectively. ters plus the additional car deck; adding + car deck “The new vessel names connect with another 30 percent freight capacity on • Cabin capacity: 200 our Scandinavian heritage as well as the the route. To increase the loading ef? - region where they will operate. They ciency, they will also be modi? ed with vessels will add a brand new modern ized and lengthened during the spring drive through capabilities on two levels. onboard experience for both travel and at the same shipyard and will rejoin the The vessels will also be ? tted with hy- freight customers on the Baltic Sea,” ? eet and start sailing on the Baltic Sea brid scrubbers.

said Johan Edelman, Trade Director before the summer. She will inherit the

Investment in new or modernized ton-

Baltic Sea North. The ? rst of the two classic Stena Line vessel name Stena nage is always a balancing act. As Stena vessels, Stena Scandica (ex. Stena Baltica.

Line and Stena RoRo is currently in the

Lagan) is currently undergoing in Tu- middle of an E-Flexer newbuilding pro- zla, Turkey, and the current plan is for The Conversion gram with three vessels delivered (Irish it to join the Stena Line ? eet and start The investment in the conversion was Sea) and another two coming 2022, “the operating on the Nynäshamn-Ventspils driven by strong demand in the region. decision to lengthen the ships is due to route during the ? rst quarter of 2021. “Stena Line started operating our routes speed and cost ef? cient solution com-

The second vessel, Stena Mersey, is from Latvia in 2012 and the growth pared to newbuilds, with existing ves- still operating on the Irish Sea where it has been huge, and we have doubled sels,” said Mårtenssonm. “The ? nished will be replaced by Stena Line’s new the capacity in total already,” accord- product will be in many ways similar to

E-? exer, Stena Embla, when it arrives ing Carl Mårtenssonm PR & Commu- the E-Flexer in the service to our cus- from China in 2021. It will be modern- nications, Stena. “The main driver is tomers – modern and ? exible.” 42 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • January 2021

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