Stena Line has signed contracts for the construction of four new ferries to be built in China by AVIC Weihai Shipyard and delivered during 2019 and 2020.

Stena has an option to order four more of the new RoPax ferries (pictured), which the ferry company says will be optimised for efficiency and flexibility and used on Stena’s route network in northern Europe.

The vessels will have a capacity of more than 3,000 lane metres in a drive-through configuration and will accommodate about 1,000 passengers.  The main engines will be ‘gas ready’, which means they can run on either methanol or LNG.

Carl-Johan Hagman of Stena Line said: “Our engineering staff has managed to develop a design that is not only 50% larger than today’s standard RoPax vessels but, more importantly, incorporates emission reduction and efficiency initiatives that have been developed throughout the Stena Group. These ships will be the most fuel efficient ferries in the world and will set a new industry standard when it comes to operational performance, emissions and cost competitiveness.

“With this investment we are building on our successful RoPax concept mixing freight and passengers. Through standardization we secure a reliable operation and through flexibility we can provide an even better support to our customers and help them to grow.”

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