Stena Line's new super ferries

[Higgins]

The website chartering the progress of the 2 new super ferries stena are building can be found here. They will serve the Hoek van Holland - Harwich route.

http://www.thesuperferries.com/

[giftgrub]

They look very impressive, but only capacity for 1,200 passengers !!!.
Ironically too small for the Rosslare - Fishguard route ! Bizzare (I know they could be reconfigured but the Felicity could carry 1,800 people, the Beatrix 1,800, the Europe 1,400) the worlds largest ferry can carry a lot of freight but not so many people.

[giftgrub]

The Stena Hollandica has been floated out of Dock 3 in Wismar, on schedule to arrive on route this May.

[giftgrub]

Further Images available here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stenaline/4455405680/

[giftgrub]

Stena Hollandica's AIS has been switched on for the last few weeks, still at the shipyard but work must be nearing completion.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?mmsi=244758000

[giftgrub]

The all new Stena Hollandica is currently on sea trials near Rostock, can be seen on ais www.marinetraffic.com.

[giftgrub]

Some more images of the new Stena Hollandica taken in Wismar and on Marine Traffic. Only two weeks to go before it enters service.

[giftgrub]

The new Stena Hollandica has left Wismar Shipyard and is on the way to its new port in Holland. Stena Line have released images of the new ship on their Flickr site:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stenaline/

[giftgrub]

Pictured leaving Wismar this evening on Marine Traffic


http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/showallphotos.aspx?mmsi=244758000

[OLAU-fan_Robert]

Nice pics, thanks!

After her visit at Harwich she is at the moment in The Netherlands near Rotterdam / Vlaardingen.

On 16th May she wille start her service on the route Hook of Holland - Harwich.

[giftgrub]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cruiseferries/sets/72157623987341087/

Some onboard shots from the new Stena Hollandica on this persons Flickr site.

and here as well

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stenaline/

video here including a brief glimpse of the engine room

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6idirvY5IU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbJYUVQ-bdo&feature=related

[giftgrub]

Some really nice video of the new Stena Germanica formerly Stena Hollandica.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-ayvvy6ufk

and some great photos of the new Stena Hollandica on this Flickr site
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottmackey/sets/72157624984847357/

[giftgrub]

For those who have access to Sky Digital or UK freeview, there is a documentary on the new Stena Britannica on the TV Channel Quest (Sky 154) on the 23/08/2011 at 21.00 hrs, it is in the new series of Mighty Ships.

[giftgrub]

Super Ferry
Stena Britannica is a car carrier, passenger ferry, cargo transport and cruise ship all rolled into one; watch her as she enters active service on the busiest ferry route in the world, between Holland and England.

Stena Britannica was built to change the way people and things move. It's a bold, exciting, 21st century gamble. At a cost of over a billion dollars, Stena Line, the largest ferry company in Europe, has merged a car carrier, passenger ferry, cargo transport and cruise ship into the largest, most luxurious, most technically advanced "super" ferry in the world. There is nothing else like her.

Stena Britannica caters to everyone from truck drivers to business professionals to families on vacation with kids and pets in tow. Accommodating them all requires a ship that has everything - luxury accommodations, multiple dining and entertainment choices, and speedy load and unload times. It also requires not only a state of the art ferry... but an entire state of the art ferry infrastructure. Like... a new, innovative "linkspan" load system... or a navigation system designed for warships to track multiple targets, but in this case to track hundreds of ships in the English Channel... or new ferry traffic control centres to manage hundreds of vehicles and thousands of passengers.

Join Mighty Ships as we sail with Stena Britannica from the shipyard that built her into active service on the busiest ferry route in the world between Holland and England. The stakes are huge. Britannica can't make a single mistake on the bridge, in the engine room or at the terminal. If she does, it could be a super problem.

http://www.discoverychannel.ca/episodeList.aspx?sid=13057

Shows on Quest on the 23/08/11 @ 21.00

[giftgrub]

Just a reminder to set the SKY+

Sky channel 154 and also on UK Freeview for those living on the East Coast

Tuesday at 9 on Quest

21:00      
Mighty Ships
Stena Britannica
The Stena Britannica is the most advanced super ferry in the world. How does she function as a car carrier, cargo transporter and cruise ship at the same time?

http://www.questtv.co.uk/TV_Listings/22/08/2011