Stena Line | |
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Founded: |
1962 |
No. of Vessels: |
32 |
Website: |
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Slogan: |
Making good time |
Stena Line is a Swedish ferry company that operates ferries all around Europe. Stena is one of the largest ferry companies in the world, with over thirty vessels in the fleet. Stena Line was founded in 1962 and the head office is located in Gothenburg, Sweden. They merged with Sealink to form Sealink Stena Line in 1990, but became Stena Line when Sealink became defunct in 1996. Stena Line currently runs services on three main routes, the Irish Sea, the North Sea and the Scandinavian routes. The company operates the HSS 1500 class catamaran ferries, which are the largest vessels of its kind. 2007 saw the withdrawal of one of those ferries, the Stena Discovery, which is now owned by Albamar Shipping. On the 22nd November the Stena Voyager will also leave service, leaving just the one Stena Explorer in service. November 22nd will also see the Withdraw of the Stena Caledonia and the Stena Navigator, being replaced with the Stena Superfast I & II. Along with the changes the port will move from Stranraer to Cairnryan.
Logo history and Livery[]
Stena Line have always more or less stuck to using the traditional S on their funnel. On early ferries the hull was either blank or had some plain red STENA LINE words on it. Their current logo was introduced in the early 1990's. Since then the interiors have totally been updated. A couple of years ago they began to introduce some larger writing on the hulls with some waves and the slogan Making good time. This does not apply to all boats and some boats (mainly cargo ones) just have a navy hull.
Brands[]
Stena Line use a variety of Brand names, a few that they have or have had in the past are high street names but most are self branded. Some noticeable ones are Food City, Stena Shopping and Barista Coffee House. In the past they have used for Coffee Shops names like O' Brian's (high street brand) and Pumpkin Cafe.
Fleet[]
Name | Built | Tonnage | Passengers | Notes |
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Coraggio | 2007 | 25,000 | 500 | On charter from Grandi Navi Veloci |
Stena Lagan | 2005 | 26,500 | 980 | |
Stena Mersey | 2005 | 26,500 | 980 | |
Stena Adventurer | 2003 | 43,532 | 1,500 | |
Stena Baltica | 1986 | 31,910 | 1,200 | |
Stena Britannica | 2010 | 63,039 | 1,200 | |
Stena Caledonia | 1981 | 12,619 | 1,154 | Withdrawn from service November 2011 |
Stena Carisma | 1997 | 8,631 | 900 | |
Stena Carrier | 1998 | 21,089 | 12 | |
Stena Danica | 1983 | 15,899 | 2,300 | |
Stena Europe | 1981 | 24,828 | 1,400 | |
Stena Explorer | 1996 | 19,638 | 1,500 | Is currently on sale on Offshore Solutions for around 4 million in Yalove, Turkey. |
Stena Feronia | 1997 | 21,856 | 340 | Sold to Bluebridge, 2015 |
Stena Freighter | 1998 | 21,004 | 12 | |
Stena Germanica | 2001 | 44,237 | 900 | |
Stena Hibernia | 1996 | 13,017 | 12 | |
Stena Hollandica | 2010 | 63,039 | 1,200 | |
Stena Jutlandica | 1996 | 29,691 | 1,500 | |
Stena Lynx III | 1996 | 4,113 | 670 | Withdrawn from service October 2011 |
Stena Nautica | 1986 | 11,763 | 663 | |
Stena Navigator | 1984 | 15,093 | 1,800 | Withdrawn from service November 2011 |
Stena Saga | 1981 | 25,905 | 2,000 | |
Stena Scandinavica | 2003 | 55,050 | 900 | |
Stena Scanrail | 1973 | 7,504 | 12 | |
Stena Scotia | 1996 | 13,600 | 12 | |
Stena Spirit | 1988 | 42,448 | 2,200 | |
Stena Transit | 2011 | 33,690 | 300 | |
Stena Transporter | 2011 | 33,690 | 300 | |
Stena Vision | 1987 | 39,178 | 1,700 | |
Stena Nordica | 1996 | 19,638 | 1,500 | |
Stena Superfast VII | 2001 | 30,285 | 600 | |
Stena Superfast VIII | 2001 | 30,285 | 600 |