Stena Line

Stena Line implements AI for voyage optimization

Leading European ferry operator Stena Line reports that it is seeing a 1-5%reduction in fuel consumption thanks to its strategic use of artificial intelligence (AI) in its in-house developed Voyage Optimization System. Family-owned Stena Line operates approximately 40 vessels on 20 routes in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean, completing 33,300 sailings each year. The AI voyage optimization system has has been tested on crossings between Gothenburg, Sweden, and Frederikshavn, Denmark, and...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/stena-line-implements-ai-for-voyage-optimization/

Stena Line vessels to get 30 per cent greater capacity following refit

The Stena Line-operated Ro-Ro vessel Stena Foreteller

Stena RoRo, on behalf of sister company Stena Line, has entered into a conversion agreement with China Merchants Jinling (Weihai) Shipyard for the installation of an additional cargo deck, increased thruster capacity, and preparations for shore power on board each of the Ro-Ro vessels Stena...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/dry-cargo/ro-ro/stena-line-vessels-to-get-30-per-cent-greater-capacity-following-refit/

Stena Line to increase cargo capacity by 30% on Stena Forerunner and Stena Foreteller

Stena RoRo has signed a conversion contract with China Merchants Jinling (Weihai) Shipyard for the installation of an additional cargo deck, increased thruster capacity and preparations for shore power onboard Stena Foreteller and Stena Forerunner. The cargo capacity will increase by 30% and the...

https://ferryshippingnews.com/stena-line-to-increase-cargo-capacity-by-30-on-stena-forerunner-and-stena-foreteller/

Stena Line boosts the capacity of two RO/RO freight ferries

Two RO/RO freight ferries operated by Sweden’s Stena Line are each to undergo conversions that will increase their capacities by 30%, not through a midbody insertion stretch, but through the addition of an additional cargo deck,

The vessels are the 196 meter long, 2001-built Stena Foreteller, which currently operates on the Belfast-Liverpool route, and the 195.3 meter long 2003-built Stena Forerunner, which currently operates on the Rotterdam=Harwich route.

The conversions will be carried out in...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/shipping/stena-line-boosts-the-capacity-of-two-ro-ro-freight-ferries/

Who’s Who: Maritime Movements for March/April 2024

WORK BOAT WORLD: Dennis Tetzlaff will take over as the new Chief Operating Officer Fleet of Stena Line in addition to becoming part of the group’s management team. Tetzlaff worked in various professions within the shipping and cruise industry over the past two decades. Most recently, he comes from...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/whos-who-maritime-movements-for-march-april-2024/

Swedish investigators publish report on crewmember death on Stena Line ferry

The Stena Line ferry Stena Germanica

The Swedish Accident Investigation Authority (Statens Haverikommission; SHK) has published its report on an investigation into the tragic death of a crewmember on a passenger vessel on a Swedish-flagged ferry on June 27, 2022. On the said date, a marine engineer was found unconscious on board Stena...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/ro-pax/swedish-investigators-publish-report-on-crewmember-death-on-stena-line-ferry/

Stena Line acquires stake in Moroccan ferry operator

Morocco Sun, a Ro-Pax ferry operated by Africa Morocco Link

Stena Line has entered an agreement to acquire 49 per cent of the shares in Morocco-based ferry company Africa Morocco Link (AML). AML is headquartered in Tangier and operates a ferry route between Tanger Med and Algeciras. This summer, the company will also launch a new high-speed route between...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/passenger-vessel-world/ro-pax/stena-line-acquires-stake-in-moroccan-ferry-operator/

Stena Line launches new Dublin-Liverpool freight service

Stena Line, a leading ferry operator in Sweden, has officially launched its latest freight service between Dublin and Liverpool (Birkenhead).

According to a statement, this addition is anticipated to bolster the company’s freight volumes following a successful year in 2023.

The inaugural sailing departed from Dublin Port’s Terminal 5 at 6:30 am on 15 February 2024. The return service will operate daily from Dublin in the morning, with an evening return journey from the 12 Quays terminal in...

https://container-news.com/stena-line-launches-new-dublin-liverpool-freight-service/

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