The captain of a ship that hit a U.S. tanker off northeast England is a Russian national, the company which owns the vessel said, as police continued their inquiries into the accident and fears over the environmental impact of the crash eased.
https://gcaptain.com/uk-ship-crash-captain-is-russian-national-owner-says/
Developing an entirely bespoke large new ferry is an expensive and resource intensive task. Multiple years of work often take place before any order is placed with a shipyard. Operators will usually ask a number of different parties to provide a concept design based on outline requirements so that the operator can assess different options and select the best proposal for them. This concept will be a basic design proposal without the detailed drawings which will be...
https://mfame.guru/a-look-at-an-e-flexer-concept-that-was-never-ordered/
Berg Propulsion says it has secured a ‘substantial’ reduction in fuel consumption for Stena Line’s Stena Danica following a propeller blade replacement project, reports Bunker Spot.
Eliminating a persistent cavitation issueStena Danica entered service in 1983 and continues to connect the ports of Gothenburg and Frederikshavn. Last year, Stena Line asked Berg Propulsion to revise the 154.9m length ship’s twin propeller blades, with the aim of eliminating a persistent cavitation issue and...
https://mfame.guru/new-propeller-blade-design-for-substantial-fuel-savings/
MAN Energy Solutions has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Stena Teknik – Stena’s inhouse R&D division – and Proman – the world’s second largest methanol producer. The agreement will see the parties cooperate on a project to retrofit MAN 48/60 engines to make them capable of dual-fuel, diesel and methanol operation. Stena and Proman announced a partnership to develop a methanol retrofit and fuel-supply solution last year.
Stefan Eefting, head of PrimeServ Germany, and Bernd...
https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/engines-fuel/man-in-mou-on-methanol-retrofits/
The Salamanca, the second of five ships in the E-Flexer class ordered by Stena RoRo for Brittany Ferries was delivered on November 30. The vessel is the sixth E-Flexer of twelve ordered from the Chinese shipyard CMI Jinling (Weihai). The Salamanca will be chartered by Brittany Ferries on a long-term basis and has been especially adapted to the needs of the...
The global shipping industry is responsible for ~2.9% of global greenhouse gas emissions, which equals almost 1 billion metric tons of CO2 each year. Unchecked, emissions could increase by as much as 130% from 2008 levels by 2050.
Transitioning to low-carbon fuels will be essential to secure the long-term future of the industry and meet International Maritime Organisation (IMO) emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2050, but still-developing technologies and the long lifetime of existing...
Swiss-based integrated energy company Proman has teamed up with Swedish shipping company Stena to develop a retrofit and supply solution that will allow vessels to run on methanol as a marine…
Swedish company Stena Power & LNG Solution and storage terminals operator Global Energy Storage (GES) have partnered up to identify and advance LNG logistics and storage solutions. The post…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/stena-partners-with-ges-to-advance-lng-storage-solutions/
As from this week, ropax SAGA owned by Stena is back on the market, available for charter. The two-month lasting agreement with the Ancona-based ferry company Adria Ferries has just expired and the ship is now positioned in the southern part of the Adriatic Sea waiting for instructions. For the...
https://ferryshippingnews.com/ropax-saga-redelivered-to-stena/
Stena RoRo has executed a new charter agreement with Marine Atlantic, a Canadian federal Crown corporation. As a result, Stena has ordered its tenth E-Flexer vessel from the CMI Jinling (Weihai) shipyard. The ship, when delivered, will run in eastern Canada between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Delivery from the shipyard is expected during 2024.
“Marine Atlantic is a former customer of ours,” says Per Westling, managing director for Stena RoRo. “We delivered one ferry in 2000 and two more in...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/stena-roro-orders-its-10th-e-flexer-ropax-ferry/