New RoPax Vessels Will Set New Standards for Freight and Passengers Says Ferry Group

Ferry group Stena Line has seen the latest edition to its growing fleet of RoPax vessels 'float off' at a ceremony in China when the second of its new generation E-Flexer series hit the water. Once again the ship follows Scandinavian heritage with her name, Stena Edda derived from the Norse Edda central medieval collection of poems and divine mythology.The series of five ships are being constructed at the Avic Weihai Shipyard in China and the Stena Edda is scheduled to enter service on the Belfast-Liverpool route in spring 2020. This is the second of three new E-Flexer vessels bound for the Irish Sea during 2020 and 2021 and represents a significant multi-million investment by Stena Line in the region. Chinese mythology also was invoked when the ceremony commenced at 13:18 hours local time and the float out at 18:00 hours to ensure good fortune, 18 being considered a fortuitous number in China.