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Stena RoRo E-Flexer starts its charter to Canada’s Marine Atlantic

China’s CMI Jinling, Weihai Shipyard yesterday delivered Ala’suinu, the E-Flexer RoPax ferry that Stena RoRo is chartering to Marine Atlantic, the Canadian federal corporation that provides freight and passenger services between the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia.

The E-Flexer vessels are larger than today’s standard RoPax ferries and the flexible design allows each ship to be tailored to the charterer’s needs. With a length of 203 meters and beam of 27.8 meters, the Ala’s...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/stena-roro-e-flexer-starts-its-charter-to-canadas-marine-atlantic/

Stena RoRo orders E-Flexer for Corsica Linea

Corsica Linea E-Flexer

Stena RoRo has ordered what will be the first of its E-Flexer RoPax vessels to operate in the Mediterranean region. Set for delivery from Chinese shipbuilder CMI Jinling (Weihai) in the first quarter of 2026, it will operate for Corsica Linea between Marseille and Corsica.

The 203 meters long by 27.8 meters beam E-Flexer series are larger than today’s standard RoPax ferries. Each ship is tailored to the customers’ needs, both commercially and technically. This latest vessel, for Corsica Linea,...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/stena-roro-orders-e-flexer-for-corsica-linea/

World’s first methanol battery-hybrid RO/ROs will showcase Wärtsilä tech

methanol battery-hybrid propulsion system layout

Wärtsilä has been chosen to supply an integrated hybrid propulsion system for the two new methanol battery-hybrid NewMax vessels Stena Line is to deploy on its Belfast-Heysham Irish Sea route in 2025.

On order at the China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) for Stena RoRo, the ships will be the world’s first methanol fueled hybrid RO/RO vessels .

Each vessel will be equipped with two Wärtsilä 32M multi-fuel engines that, as well as being capable of operating on methanol, will have an ammonia...

https://www.marinelog.com/technology/worlds-first-methanol-battery-hybrid-ro-ros-will-showcase-wartsila-tech/

Stena RoRo completes Stena Scandica stretch conversion

New mid body prior to insertion

Stena RoRo reports that the RoPax vessel Stena Scandica, the former Stena Lagan, is set to enter service at the beginning July after a conversion at the Sedef Shipyard in Tuzla, Turkey, that has increased its cargo capacity by 30%.

In the conversion, which got underway in August 2020, the vessel, originally delivered In 2005 by Italy’s Cantiere Navale Visentini, was split in half. A new 36 meter long mid-section was then inserted that gives the ship a new total...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/stenaroro-completes-stena-scandica-stretch-conversion/

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