History | |
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Name | Stena Embla |
Operator | Stena Line |
Route | Birkenhead–Belfast |
Builder | China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) Co. Ltd. |
Laid down | 18 April 2019 |
Completed | 18 November 2020 |
Acquired | 1 December 2020 |
In service | 14 January 2021 |
Identification |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | E-Flexer-class ferry |
Tonnage | 41,671 GT |
Length | 215.30 m (706 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 28 m (91 ft 10 in) |
Decks | 7 |
Deck clearance | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) per deck |
Ramps | 2 |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 55-65 (dependant on demand) |
MS Stena Embla is a passenger and vehicle RoPax ferry operated by Stena Line between Birkenhead and Belfast.
The third of the E-Flexer-class ferries, the ship was constructed at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China and floated on 15 November 2019.[1] The ship competed its sea trials in the Yellow Sea before the end of October 2020,[2] and was delivered to Stena at Weihai on 1 December 2020.[3][4]
The ship began its maiden commercial voyage from Rosslare to Cherbourg on 14 January 2021,[5][6] and was transferred to the Birkenhead to Belfast route by 26 January 2021.[7]
Stena Embla is a replacement for Stena Mersey. Stena Mersey was transferred to operate between Nynäshamn and Ventspils on the Baltic Sea, following a rebuild and renaming as Stena Baltica.[8]