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#11
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
Last post by giftgrub - April 17, 2024, 10:05:41 AMLovely image of the Horizon back home in Rosslare taken yesterday by The Coffee Dock Rosslare Harbour and posted on the Ferries facebook page.
Interestingly they did not update the hull branding "Connecting Europe..." to the new font that Edda, Embla and Adventurer got when drydocked and keeps the lighter blue band on the bow at the waterline.
Finally all services from Rosslare have been restored to full capacity
Also some great images of Bore Song on its new route - Dublin Liverpool on Flickr
Click right from link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/das_boot_160/53653324348/
Click Left from link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/das_boot_160/53653324903/
Interestingly they did not update the hull branding "Connecting Europe..." to the new font that Edda, Embla and Adventurer got when drydocked and keeps the lighter blue band on the bow at the waterline.
Finally all services from Rosslare have been restored to full capacity
Also some great images of Bore Song on its new route - Dublin Liverpool on Flickr
Click right from link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/das_boot_160/53653324348/
Click Left from link
https://www.flickr.com/photos/das_boot_160/53653324903/
#12
Discussion Board / Re: Re: Review of the Moby Vin...
Last post by giftgrub - April 16, 2024, 08:30:07 PMNow at Aliaga anchorage, another one about to be beached.
#13
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
Last post by boathansm - April 16, 2024, 11:08:31 AM #14
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
Last post by giftgrub - April 15, 2024, 01:51:47 PMImage of the Stena Europe looking its best ! in Falmouth
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33847785@N00/53655477366/
Wonder when it will be reunited with its two missing lifeboats ?
Been thinking about this one, they could have been brought down to Falmouth on the Horizon and lifted off or brought on a trailer on the Nordica and loaded on Europe at the changeover on Sunday, but a bit more difficult to unload in Falmouth. No doubt we will find out soon.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33847785@N00/53655477366/
Wonder when it will be reunited with its two missing lifeboats ?
Been thinking about this one, they could have been brought down to Falmouth on the Horizon and lifted off or brought on a trailer on the Nordica and loaded on Europe at the changeover on Sunday, but a bit more difficult to unload in Falmouth. No doubt we will find out soon.
#15
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
Last post by giftgrub - April 15, 2024, 01:19:26 PMStena Horizon left drydock last night in Falmouth but has not got any further than Falmouth bay so far, due back on service for tomorrow nights crossing to Cherbourg.
#16
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
Last post by giftgrub - April 14, 2024, 09:13:19 PMEurope has arrived in Falmouth
Visible on webcam
https://www.falmouthharbour.co.uk/maritime-and-leisure/webcam/
Visible on webcam
https://www.falmouthharbour.co.uk/maritime-and-leisure/webcam/
#17
Discussion Board / 4 Irish Sea ferry-routes 10 Po...
Last post by Ferriesbetterfastercheape - April 14, 2024, 06:36:27 PMStena Line wants more Pax onboard and offer tickets for Foot-Pax for 10 Pound.
- All routes and departures in Irish Sea (except overnight Belfast-Liverpool but day-dep. ok)
- You can travel each day up to 18.december
- You must book the tickets NOW FAST up to 19.april latest
- From other countries websites (Swedish/German) are the normal prices of ca. 42,- to 47,- €
1) Go to this part of the UK Website from Stena line (otherwise you pay 36 Pound or more):
https://www.stenaline.co.uk/special-offers/foot-passenger-offer
2) Think over all your possible trips in 2024, visit friends at their birthday, visit family, city-trips, watching football-games (Euroleague-final is in Dublin), group-party-trips, shopping-trips, your sports-team, school-groups etc. .
Think about your future family-car-trips also - maybe it is cheaper to book only car+driver and the other people walk on foot onboard for 10,- only.
3) Book all your Irish-Sea-ferry-tickets NOW, you save per person and departure ca. 70% or more of the normal super-galactic very expensive ticket-price (all other ferries in Europe are cheaper).
Be fast - i have checked a number of dep. - the popular 14:00 dep. on the very small Stena Nordica f.ex. is (as in the last years too !) already now full-booked some days in summer, f.ex. 20.july. But most other days it works to book f.ex. 9 foot-people for 90 Pound.
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But what is the background behind this Stena-ticket-action now ?
Why they are now go down suddenly - to book fast in 1 week now only - year-around with the ticket-price down from "very-super-expensive" to "normal European ferry-ticket-prices" ?
Speculations:
- they have lost too many Pax-customers in jan./febr./march because of all the problems in South Channel with Stena Europe and Stena Nordica. So the Stena-managers need now action for to sell more Pax-tickets in the rest of the year for to have at the end not less Pax onboard than in 2023.
- they have lost market-shares to Irish Ferries which is partly operating with attractive ferries.
- they want test how much people more would travel with their ferries if the ticket-prices would be much cheaper.
Stena is a Swedish company - in Sweden is in the last years Europes cheapest and Scandinavians biggest fastest growing restaurant-cafe-chain Biltema-Cafe booming with selling Hot-Dogs for 45 cent only and coffee & cake together for 45 cent too. With the result that they sell more than 10 Mio. Hot-dogs per year - in a country with 10 Mio. people... . So this is the oldest and first business-rule - if you want the most customers and be the biggest - just only be the cheapest then also.
https://www.biltema.se/contentassets/1dd20221880843bbbee7eda35604375a/jonkoping.jpg?w=1180
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Then is the problem here in this Stena-case, that they have downsized the Pax-capacity in the last circa 20-25 years massive. Onboard of the big Stena Felicity f.ex. it would be no problem with a few hundred more foot-pax onboard - but with the very small Stena Nordica - in fact full onboard with ca. 95 cars and their people only because there are only 95 tables onboard for seating - many departures also this year will feel much overcrowded as last year too - and are / will be full-booked long before the departure-day. Must be terrible also 4 hours onboard with more than 600 people and only 95 tables... .
Similar also on popular departures in North Channel - was already some dep. 100% full-booked last year at attractive times as 11:30 f.ex. .
So what would be needed instead of a "1 week ticket-action" are ALWAYS PERMANENT cheap attractive ticket-prices on the ferries in Irish Sea also - and much bigger (Pax-capacity !) and more comfortable ferries than today.
- All routes and departures in Irish Sea (except overnight Belfast-Liverpool but day-dep. ok)
- You can travel each day up to 18.december
- You must book the tickets NOW FAST up to 19.april latest
- From other countries websites (Swedish/German) are the normal prices of ca. 42,- to 47,- €
1) Go to this part of the UK Website from Stena line (otherwise you pay 36 Pound or more):
https://www.stenaline.co.uk/special-offers/foot-passenger-offer
2) Think over all your possible trips in 2024, visit friends at their birthday, visit family, city-trips, watching football-games (Euroleague-final is in Dublin), group-party-trips, shopping-trips, your sports-team, school-groups etc. .
Think about your future family-car-trips also - maybe it is cheaper to book only car+driver and the other people walk on foot onboard for 10,- only.
3) Book all your Irish-Sea-ferry-tickets NOW, you save per person and departure ca. 70% or more of the normal super-galactic very expensive ticket-price (all other ferries in Europe are cheaper).
Be fast - i have checked a number of dep. - the popular 14:00 dep. on the very small Stena Nordica f.ex. is (as in the last years too !) already now full-booked some days in summer, f.ex. 20.july. But most other days it works to book f.ex. 9 foot-people for 90 Pound.
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But what is the background behind this Stena-ticket-action now ?
Why they are now go down suddenly - to book fast in 1 week now only - year-around with the ticket-price down from "very-super-expensive" to "normal European ferry-ticket-prices" ?
Speculations:
- they have lost too many Pax-customers in jan./febr./march because of all the problems in South Channel with Stena Europe and Stena Nordica. So the Stena-managers need now action for to sell more Pax-tickets in the rest of the year for to have at the end not less Pax onboard than in 2023.
- they have lost market-shares to Irish Ferries which is partly operating with attractive ferries.
- they want test how much people more would travel with their ferries if the ticket-prices would be much cheaper.
Stena is a Swedish company - in Sweden is in the last years Europes cheapest and Scandinavians biggest fastest growing restaurant-cafe-chain Biltema-Cafe booming with selling Hot-Dogs for 45 cent only and coffee & cake together for 45 cent too. With the result that they sell more than 10 Mio. Hot-dogs per year - in a country with 10 Mio. people... . So this is the oldest and first business-rule - if you want the most customers and be the biggest - just only be the cheapest then also.
https://www.biltema.se/contentassets/1dd20221880843bbbee7eda35604375a/jonkoping.jpg?w=1180
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Then is the problem here in this Stena-case, that they have downsized the Pax-capacity in the last circa 20-25 years massive. Onboard of the big Stena Felicity f.ex. it would be no problem with a few hundred more foot-pax onboard - but with the very small Stena Nordica - in fact full onboard with ca. 95 cars and their people only because there are only 95 tables onboard for seating - many departures also this year will feel much overcrowded as last year too - and are / will be full-booked long before the departure-day. Must be terrible also 4 hours onboard with more than 600 people and only 95 tables... .
Similar also on popular departures in North Channel - was already some dep. 100% full-booked last year at attractive times as 11:30 f.ex. .
So what would be needed instead of a "1 week ticket-action" are ALWAYS PERMANENT cheap attractive ticket-prices on the ferries in Irish Sea also - and much bigger (Pax-capacity !) and more comfortable ferries than today.
#18
The News Board / Re: Irish Ferries Fleet moveme...
Last post by Cladyman - April 14, 2024, 06:10:42 PMJust after pricing crossings this summer for a family trip this summer.
Could post in either Irish ferries or Stena.
Has it always been that you get seriously charged for each passenger. We put 2 adults and 4 kuds coming out at @€650+ crazy could be in France for not much more.
Could post in either Irish ferries or Stena.
Has it always been that you get seriously charged for each passenger. We put 2 adults and 4 kuds coming out at @€650+ crazy could be in France for not much more.
#19
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
Last post by giftgrub - April 14, 2024, 08:11:27 AMThe Stena Europe has finished Irish Sea service and has departed for Falmouth to begin another chapter in its life, hopefully its Mediterranean adventures will be more successful than last years and maybe it might get a lick of paint while in Falmouth this time.
#20
The News Board / Re: Stena Line fleet movements
Last post by giftgrub - April 13, 2024, 11:32:21 PMNordica just arriving to the Wexford coast having left Liverpool at 16.30, travelled at over 24 knots on the trip down, really giving the engines a run, on schedule to return to service tomorrow morning, Europe due into Falmouth tomorrow evening and Horizon due to depart Falmouth tomorrow evening.