Stena Line

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Stena Line’s new RoRo vessel Stena Connecta has arrived in Belfast Harbour, deploying wind propulsion technology to cut shipping emissions on Irish Sea freight services.

20th January 2026

Stena’s wind hybrid ferry arrives in Belfast

20th January 2026

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Stena Line has acquired NLC Ferry/Wasaline, taking over operations of the ferry route between Umeå in Sweden and Vaasa in Finland.

5th November 2025

Stena Line acquires Wasaline

5th November 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Bids for the construction of two 140-metre, short-sea freight ferries have been invited by Scotland’s national transport agency from a shortlist of four shipyards. Tenders will have to be submitted to Transport…

23rd October 2025

Robust ro-ro for Northern Lifeline

23rd October 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A RoRo vessel operated by Stena Line will return to the Europoort/Rotterdam–Immingham route at the end of July following a major rebuild at the CMI Jinling shipyard in Weihai, China.

3rd July 2025

Stena RoRo rebuild boosts capacity

3rd July 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Stena Line has announced a major milestone in its fleet expansion and sustainability drive with the successful completion of sea trials for the first of its new hybrid ferries destined for service…

25th June 2025

Stena’s new hybrid ferry completes trials

25th June 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Stena Line has unveiled its latest RoRo design concept which it hopes will reduce energy use by more than 20%.

2nd April 2025

Stena unveils energy-saving RoRo design

2nd April 2025

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

ELECTRIFICATION AND BATTERY HYBRIDS

Shipping executives gathered at the European Shipping Summit’s seminar, “Shore Power offers promising carbon cuts – are we on track?”, have called for a significant expansion of funding to develop shore power…

24th March 2025

Shipping bosses call for increased shore power funding

24th March 2025

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Stena Line celebrated a double milestone last week with the launch of the first of its NewMax hybrid vessels, Stena Futura, and the keel-laying ceremony for its sister ship, Stena Connecta.

30th October 2024

Stena Line milestone with Futura launch

30th October 2024

METHANOL

METHANOL

Trinidad and Tobago has cemented its position as a growing force in the methanol bunkering sector, with the recent refuelling of the Stena Prosperous at Point Lisas. The 49,900 DWT IMOIIMeMAX vessel,…

20th August 2024

Trinidad and Tobago growing as a methanol bunkering hub

20th August 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A recently formalised Greek commitment to Stena RoRo’s E-Flexer concept has given extra dimension to one of the industry’s most extensive ro-pax newbuild series projects to date and has demonstrated the ever-widening…

22nd July 2024

Building on a versatile Ro-Pax platform

22nd July 2024

HYDROGEN

HYDROGEN

Hydrogen and fuel cells are under the magnifying glass of several ferry companies in northern Europe with one currently in service. Kari Reinikainen finds the use of hydrogen on longer services that…

8th July 2024

Hydrogen’s viability as fuel for long haul ferries some years in the future

8th July 2024

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

BATTERY HYBRIDS & FULL-ELECTRIC VESSELS

The keel laying ceremony for the first of two NewMax hybrid ferries has taken place on 28 June at China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in WeiHai, China.

1st July 2024

Keel laid for NewMax hybrid ferry

1st July 2024

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

Deltamarin is teaming up with China Merchants Jinling shipyard (Weihai) on the design of a new RoPax vessel.

31st January 2024

Deltamarin to design new E-Flexer RoPax

31st January 2024