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4 unusual facts about Stena Line


MS Stena Britannica

Stena Britannica (built 2010) - Current Stena Britannica with Stena Line

MS Stena Scotia

MS Stena Scotia is a freight ferry that is owned by Stena and operated by the ferry company Stena Line.

MV Stena Nordica

Seven motor vessels of Stena Line have carried the name Stena Nordica.

Wightlink

When Stena Line bought Sealink British Ferries in 1990, the Isle of Wight ferries remained with Sea Containers, as ‘Wightlink’.


Belfast Central railway station

The line is also used by rail passengers changing at Dublin Connolly onto the DART to Dún Laoghaire for the Stena Line ferry to Holyhead, or travelling to Dublin Port for the Irish Ferries to Holyhead, and then by train along the North Wales Coast Line to London Euston and other destinations in England and Wales.

Hoek van Holland Haven railway station

Trains connect with the Stena Line Dutchflyer service to Harwich International.

Julebord

Julebords are a popular tradition that creates high season for the restaurant industry, the taxi industry and ferry companies Fjord Line, Stena Line, DFDS and Color Line during these months.

MS Calais Seaways

Following a lay-up in Dunkirk, she was acquired by Stena Line in 1998, renamed Stena Royal and initially used on freight services between Dover and Zeebrugge on charter to P&O Stena Line.

MS Masarrah

In 1990, Sealink was taken over by Stena Line, and with this new investment, came a £8 million re-fit for St Columba, and her name was changed to Stena Hibernia.

Rosslare Europort

The Rosslare Harbour/Europort ferry connection using Stena Line to Fishguard Harbour and then by train operated by Arriva Trains Wales to Carmarthen, Swansea and Cardiff linking into First Great Western to Bristol Parkway, Reading and London Paddington.


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HSC Stena Voyager

In March 2011, Stena Line announced the Stena Voyager and her running partners on the Belfast – Stranraer route (Stena Caledonia and Stena Navigator) were to be replaced in Autumn 2011 by the Stena Superfast VII and Stena Superfast VIII chartered from Estonian ferry operator Tallink.

MS Port Link

In March 2011, Stena Line announced the Stena Caledonia and her running partners on the Belfast - Stranraer route (Stena Navigator and Stena Voyager) were to be replaced in Autumn 2011 by the Stena Superfast VII and Stena Superfast VIII chartered from Estonian ferry operator Tallink.

MS Stena Alegra

MS Stena Alegra is a RO-RO freight ferry owned by Stena RORO and operated by Stena Line, she currently serves between Gdynia and Karlskrona.

In May 2013 Stena Line announced that they were going to purchase the Norman Trader for their Gdynia to Karlskrona route, she headed by tow to Gdynia where she was refited and renamed the Stena Alegra in June 2013, on the 8 July 2013 she started operating on the Gdynia to Karlskrona route.