Stena Line starts construction of third Irish Sea E-Flexer RoPax

hree E-Flexers are now under construction at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China

NOVEMBER 29, 2018 — Stena Line has cut steel for a third E-Flexer RoPax ship to be deployed on its Irish Sea routes. All three of Stena Line’s new E-Flexer ships, planned to enter into service on the Irish Sea during 2020 and 2021, are now on schedule and under construction at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China.

“We are delighted to report that the steel cutting ceremony for the third of our Irish Sea E-Flexer ships has now taken place and that construction is going to plan across all three of our new generation RoPax vessels,” said Stena Line Chief Operating Officer Peter Arvidsson. “Having visited the site several times, we are very impressed with the work being carried out by Stena RoRo, the Avic shipyard and its subcontractors.”

The first of the new vessels will come into operation on the Holyhead to Dublin route in early 2020, with the remaining two ships to be introduced on the Liverpool to Belfast route in 2020 and 2021.

All three Irish Sea E-Flexer vessels will be bigger than today’s standard RoPax vessels at 215 meters long with a freight capacity of 3,100 lane meters and the space to carry 120 cars and 1,000 passengers.

In addition, in July Stena Line ordered a further two, larger, E-Flexer RoPax vessels, to be deployed within its network in 2022. These ships will be 240 meters long with a total freight capacity of 3,600 lane meters, and a passenger capacity of 1,200.