Tag: Stena Line

Stena Line signed a contract with Callenberg Technology Group for batteries with a capacity of 1 MWh which will be installed on Stena Jutlandica which operates between Gothenburg and Frederikshavn. The battery power in port operation will start before summer.

Swedish Concordia Maritime announced  that it has chartered in two more MR ECO vessels, while in the same time it extended the contracts for two of the currently chartered MR ECO vessels by another year. Furthermore, a contract to charter out the P-MAX tanker Stena Performance has also been signed.

Stena Bulk announced the reorganisation of its business activities into three business areas: Crude & Fuel, Products & Chemicals and LNG and have appointed two new managing directors. A new office will open in Copenhagen.

At 8:07 a.m., the captain of the ship contacted Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders, to report that a crew member was going in and out of consciousness after sustaining a head injury from a fall.

As the first ferry company in the Port of Trelleborg, Stena Line will now be connecting up its two vessels, M/S Skåne and M/S Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, to the electricity grid during calls into port, in a bid to enhance sustainability and reduce emissions.

ABB said that its upgraded vessel control software package  is delivering the measurable operational efficiency gains promised to StenaLine for the freight ferry Stena Scotia within a month of commissioning. 

Stena has signed a contract to coat the hulls of four newbuild RoPax ferries with paint that incorporates the bio-repellent antifouling ingredient Selektope®. According to the company, the organic, non-metal compound is the only one of its kind in marine antifouling application.

Stena Line suggests industry stakeholders to draw their attention to a strategy focusing on sustainability and environmental improvements. Company’s key data revealed that fuel consumption and emission levels to the air and sea have both decreased, therefore sustainable practices eventually pay off.

Rolls-Royce has signed a deal with Stena Line regarding the development of intelligent awareness systems that will make vessels safer, easier and more efficient to operate by providing crew with an enhanced understanding of their vessel’s surroundings.

EMSA’s Firesafe study focuses on electrical fire as ignition risk and fire extinguishing failure, after consultation with experts from Maritime Administrations and Accident Investigation Bodies. The study showed that approximately 30% of fires on ro-ro passenger ships originate on the vehicle deck and 90% of these, in the cargo being transported.