A look inside: Stena Adventurer (June 2021)
See how Stena Adventurer looks inside following the latest upgrade to her passenger accommodation during 2020.
A&P Falmouth
A&P Falmouth is one of three UK shipyards owned by the A&P group. The facility has three dry docks and extensive deep water berthing capacity. According to A&P, their Falmouth facility is the largest ship repair facility in the UK.
Questions over ‘Pride of Burgundy’s’ future
Questions are hanging over the future of ‘Pride of Burgundy’ after a recruitment agency began looking for crew to man the ship for a ten day voyage to Cornwall.
Steam Packet’s Ben-My-Chree to dry dock on Tuesday
The Isle of Man ferry ‘Ben-My-Chree’ will remain out of service for more than a week after damage was sustained entering Heysham harbour.
Stena Superfast X Makes Debut on French Route
Stena’s ‘Stena Superfast X’ will complete her first round-trip on the Rosslare – Cherbourg route later this morning having released ‘Stena Horizon’ for dry-docking on Thursday.
Irish Ferries Epsilon and W.B Yeats swap for winter
Irish Ferries W.B. Yeats has switched to the Dublin – Holyhead route today as planned, but will dry dock later in the month with Epsilon providing cover.
European Seaway at Falmouth ahead of Larne to Cairnryan Return
P&O Ferries European Seaway arrived at A&P Falmouth last week, ahead of her stint covering European Causeway and European Highlander from the middle of May
Stena Line Irish Sea refit schedule for 2016
Majority of Stena Line Irish Sea fleet to visit Harland and Wolff in early 2016. As previously speculated, Stena Flavia will be the designated refit cover vessel for Stena Line’s Irish Sea refits in 2016. Stena Flavia will leave the Baltic on 09/1/16 for Rosslare to take up service to Cherbourg from 14/1/16 until 8/3/16 in place of Stena Horizon. Gothenburg to Frederikshavn vessel Stena Gothica is believed to be planned to cover for Stena Flavia in her absence. The former Celtic Link vessel Stena Horizon will visit Harland and Wolff from 14/1/16 to 28/1/16, after which she will cover the Dublin to Holyhead route until approximately 7/3/16. On Stena Horizon‘s arrival at Dublin, Stena Superfast X will have an in water survey from 28/1/16 until 30/1/16. She will then leave for Belfast to cover the refits of Stena Superfast VIII and VII, returning to Holyhead on 16/2/16 and onto Stena … Read more
Stena ISN refits almost complete
The return of Stena Superfast VIII to service yesterday afternoon saw the completion of the 6th refit in Stena’s Irish Sea North refit schedule. Stena Performer, Stena Mersey , Stena Lagan, Stena Hibernia, Stena Superfast VII, and Stena Superfast VIII have all been refitted since November of last year. Stena Precision will refit in April, meaning all 7 local vessels have been refitted in 5 months. All of the refits have been completed by Belfast yard Harland & Wolff with the exception of Stena Lagan (which visited A&P Falmouth instead), in what is a £6 million pound investment by Stena Line. The refit of Stena Superfast VII and VIII was covered by Stena Nordica, which herself was displaced by the arrival of Stena Superfast X on the Dublin – Holyhead route. Stena Nordica is currently laying over at D1 in Belfast having transferred her crew and stores back to Stena … Read more
Stena Line dry dock update
As of last weekend, four of Stena’s Irish Sea ships should have completed overhauls: Stena Performer, Stena Mersey, Stena Lagan and Stena Hibernia. Stena Hibernia had been expected to resume service to Liverpool (Birkenhead) at 15:00hrs on Monday, but is still at Harland & Wolff. Stena Precision is currently en-route from Birkenhead to Belfast so may well swap places with Hibernia after discharging in Belfast as she is the next vessel scheduled to visit Harland & Wolff. Stena Superfast VIII and then Stena Superfast VII are expected to visit Harland & Wolff in March with Stena Nordica providing cover on the North Channel service following being displaced on the Dublin – Holyhead route by Stena Superfast X. Of 7 ships a total of 6 have been/will be handled by Harland & Wolff – Stena Lagan being the exception as she went to A&P Falmouth in December as the H&W where busy handling … Read more
Stena Feronia due to enter service
Stena Feronia is expected to enter into service on Thursday operating the 10:30 sailing ex Belfast, freeing up the currently inbound Stena Mersey to visit the dry dock at Harland and Wolff. On Mersey’s return to service, Feronia will substitute for Stena Lagan so she can visit A&P at Falmouth. Stena’s online booking engine indicates that ‘Lagan’s’ last sailing will be the 10:30 on the 3rd of December ex Birkenhead with Stena Mersey taking over her schedule from then onwards (22:30 ex Belfast on the 3rd) with Feronia staying on the same roster. According to the booking engine (at time of writing) there is no space available for passengers on Stena Feronia until Saturday ex Belfast and next Tuesday ex Birkenhead. Photograph © Scott Mackey.
Stena Birkenhead twins confirmed dry-dock dates
Stena Lagan and Stena Mersey will be out of service on the following dates: Stena Lagan dry-docking at A&P Falmouth confirmed for the 3-15 December 2014.. Stena Mersey dry-docking at Harland & Wolff Belfast confirmed for the 20 November -1st December. This will be Stena Lagan‘s first trip to Falmouth. Stena Feronia (ex Mersey Viking, Dublin Viking, Dublin Seaways) will return to Belfast to cover both ships in their absence. With Stena Nordica also visiting Harland and Wolff on the 15th and 16th of November, Belfast photographers will have the opportunity to capture 2 visiting Stena ferries this month.
