STENA RORO PLACES ORDER AND DELIVERS E-FLEXER VESSELS

STENA RORO INVESTS IN ENVIRONMENTALLY EFFICIENT RORO VESSEL

The roro vessel Stena Forwarder, formerly the Frijsenborg, joined Stena RoRo's fleet in October 2023. She is now chartered for Stena Line service on the Irish Sea, operating on the Belfast-Birkenhead route.

VISIT AT THE SHIPYARD CMI JINLING IN CHINA

A delegation from Stena recently travelled to the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling in Weihai. Simultaneous construction is underway of five Stena vessels at the shipyard – three E-Flexers and two recently ordered NewMax cargo ships.

TWO NEW HYBRID RO-RO SHIPS ORDERED FOR STENA LINE

On behalf of Stena Line, Stena RoRo has designed and ordered two hybrid cargo ships from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling in Weihai. The ships can be powered by methanol or conventional fuel and have been developed in line with future environmental requirements, for example by using batteries as a future means of propulsion. Major emphasis has been placed on optimizing the cargo capacity, which has been increased by 80%.

STENA NORDICA GAINS INCREASED PASSENGER CAPACITY

Stena RoRo is now modifying the ferry Stena Nordica at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. Stena Line is the client, and the aim is to increase the maximum number of passengers on board. Work began in early January with estimated delivery from the shipyard in mid-March. This summer, the ferry will enter service in the southern Irish Sea corridor between Fishguard and Rosslare.

KEEL LAYING FOR HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY

At the end of October, it was time for a traditional keel laying ceremony at the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). This time it was Stena RoRo's E-Flexer RoPax ship number ten.

CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO MERCY SHIPS BY STENA RORO

In 2013, Stena RoRo began building the world's largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy. Inaugurated last summer, she has now been deployed by the charity Mercy Ships, which through its two hospital ships provides free healthcare to Africa's poorest. Operations is made possible by volunteers. They pay for flights and living expenses out of their own pockets and work without pay.

HOSPITAL SHIP GLOBAL MERCY INAUGURATED

Since 2013, Stena RoRo has been designing and building the world's largest civilian hospital ship. The project is now complete and the Global Mercy ready for its life-changing work in the service of the charity Mercy Ships. Per Westling, CEO of Stena RoRo, and his colleagues are very pleased with the outcome of the multi-year and complex project, in which several of them have been deeply involved.

COLLABORATION WITH AMERICAN CROWLEY

Stena RoRo is collaborating with the American shipping and logistics group Crowley on a project for the purchase of ships for the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD). With the aid of Stena Bulk, Concordia Maritime has also recently signed a contract whereby Crowley is bareboat chartering the P-MAX vessel Stena Polaris.

SUSTAINABLE SHIPPING AND PHYSICAL PRECENSE IMPORTANT FACTORS FOR STENA RORO IN CHINA

“It is a tremendous advantage having our own office in Asia, especially in China,” says John Kollander, Chartering Manager for Stena RoRo globally and head of the company's Shanghai office. He highlights the position of StenaSphere and Stena RoRo as a driver of sustainability and a success factor in Asia.

STACY TAO APPRECIATES STENA'S CORPORATE CULTURE

Stacy Tao is the office administrator manager at Stena RoRo’s Shanghai office and says that the longer she works at Stena, the more she appreciates the values and culture. She especially stresses the importance of work with sustainability. Stacy is very committed to her job and has clear ambitions for the future – she is studying Swedish and would be happy to move to Gothenburg.

STENA RORO CONVERTS FERRY INTO ACCOMMODATION VESSEL

The conversion of the ferry Saga (formerly the Stena Saga) into an accommodation vessel has been completed over a two-month period in Piraeus, Greece and the vessel is now on its way to Manila in the Philippines. There she will be used for just over a year, among other things, for accommodations during the construction of Manila's new international airport.

E-FLEXER

Work with creating the most flexible RoPax concept thus far began in 2015, marking the beginning the Stena E-Flexer series, the largest RoPax order any operator had ever placed. The objectives were both to create a design for the best possible flexibility in terms of commercial and operational performance, and above all to create versatility to meet the rapidly growing environmental requirements and needs. These two objectives now go hand in hand.

U.S. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION

The shipping company Crowley Maritime Corporations has won a tender for services related to the purchase of ships by the U.S. Maritime Administration. Stena RoRo, together with Serco and Life Cycle Engineering, is part of the project team that will be carrying out the assignment. The project will be conducted over a period of several years.

SUCCESSFUL SHIPBUILDING IN CORONA TIMES

Since the outbreak of the corona pandemic, not much has been the same, and the pandemic has caused difficulties in production and deliveries in many industries. It is all the more gratifying to note that shipbuilding under Stena RoRo's management in spite of it all, has gone quite smoothly.

STENA RORO AND STENA LOGISTICS

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing companies to get creative. This autumn, Stena Logistics-owned company NMT International Shipping and Stena RoRo came up with a mutually beneficial solution to put a Stena RoRo vessel to good use on a route from Europe to Africa.

STENA RORO INCREASES CAPACITY

The sister ships Stena Lagan and Stena Mersey are being rebuilt by Stena RoRo at the Sedef shipyard in Turkey. The method used to increase the capacity of the vessels is extreme. In addition, the technology and interiors are being upgraded to the benefit of the customer, passengers and the environment.

STENA RORO’S E-FLEXER GALICIA DELIVERED TO BRITTANY FERRIES

The Galicia, the first of three ships in the E-Flexer class ordered by Brittany Ferries was delivered on September 3. The vessel is the third E-Flexer of nine ordered by Stena RoRo from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The Galicia will be chartered by Brittany Ferries on a long-term basis and has been especially adapted to the wishes of the French ferry company.

STENA RORO'S RECORD-FAST CONVERSION

Conversion of the former ferry Stena Superfast X is currently underway in Pireaus in Greece. The customer is the French shipping company Corsica Linea, which provides service on the Marseille — Corsica — North Africa route. Stena RoRo received the order in December and delivery is expected after a scant five months, as early as mid-June. The conversion includes a general freshening-up and adaptation of the interior, as well as repainting, expansion of the number of cabins and installation of hybrid scrubbers.

STENA RORO - SEVEN SHIPS IN PRODUCTION

After a very careful selection process, in 2016 Stena RoRo placed the first order for now a total of nine ships in the Stena E-Flexer RoPax class at the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling Weihai Shipyard in northeast China. All ships are based on the same hull, but have been adapted to different customers' wishes and needs.

GLOBAL MERCY

The Tianjin Xingang Shipyard in north-eastern China is building the Global Mercy – the world's largest civilian hospital ship. Heading the project is Stena RoRo, commissioned in 2014 by the international aid organisation Mercy Ships. The vessel has now been launched and the equipment phase with wiring, piping and interior fittings is underway. Stena RoRo has 16 employees at the shipyard to monitor the complex project.

Stena Europe

The Stena Europe is a passenger ferry operated by Stena Line, servicing the Irish Sea route between Fishguard and Rosslare. The 37-year-old ship has careful maintenance to thank for its good condition. In order to keep the ship running for another number of years, it has undergone a thorough renovation in recent months.

STENA E-FLEXER

This past January in the city of Weihai in northern China, two ceremonies were held at the shipyard AVIC. From 2016-2018, Stena RoRo placed orders for a total of eight RoPax E-Flexer model ships from this shipyard, and now it was time to launch the first and lay the keel for the third ship in the series.

ROPAX VESSEL IN JAPAN

Stena RoRo has purchased the RoPax-vessel Yamato from the Japanese shipping company Hankyu Ferry. The vessel will be rebuilt at a shipyard in Europe and be fully adapted to European standards, after which it will be chartered out. This process will begin in spring 2020 and is estimated to be in traffic by the summer.

SUCCESSFUL COLLABORATION

After a successful collaboration, Stena RoRo and Stena IT have developed a Business Intelligence platform that, amongst other functions, analyzes ship movements. The result is significantly less manual work – and a better basis for decision-making.

STENA FREIGHTER

Every ship has its own story – but Stena Freighter has a particularly eventful background. From its commission 23 years ago and then its purchase at executive auction via completion in Croatia to
serving on several European routes under Stena Line and Stena RoRo operation to functioning as a
landing pad for space rockets.

Greetings from Tianjin

At the Chinese shipyard Tianjin Xingang Shipyard, construction of the new hospital ship Global Mercy is in full swing.

KEEL LAYING

At the beginning of February, a keel laying ceremony was held for the first of a total of four new RoPax ferries at AVIC Welhai Shipyard in northeast China. Stena RoRo is leading the construction of the four ferries ordered by Stena in April 2016 and with delivery planned for 2019 and 2020. Three of the ferries will sail in Stena Line’s route network. The keel laying ceremony is the starting signal for the construction phase where the hull and the exterior parts are placed in position.