MS Stena Edda on the River Mersey in 2021
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History | |
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Name | Stena Edda |
Operator | Stena Line |
Route | Birkenhead–Belfast |
Builder | China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) Co. Ltd. |
Completed | 15 April 2019 |
Acquired | 15 January 2020 |
Maiden voyage | 22 January 2020 |
In service | 9 March 2020 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | E-Flexer |
Tonnage | 41,671 GT |
Length | 215 m (705.4 ft) |
Beam | 28 m (91.9 ft) |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Capacity |
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MS Stena Edda is a passenger and vehicle RoPax ferry operated by Stena Line between Birkenhead and Belfast.
The second of the E-Flexer-class ferries, the ship was constructed at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China. The ship was floated on 15 April 2019,[1] and delivered to Stena at Weihai on 15 January 2020.[2]
After conducting berthing trials at Belfast Harbour in February 2020,[3] the ship began its maiden commercial voyage on 9 March 2020, completing it the following day.[4][5]
Stena Edda is a replacement for Stena Lagan. Stena Lagan was transferred to operate between Nynäshamn and Ventspils on the Baltic Sea, following a rebuild and renaming as Stena Scandica.[6]