{"id":1920,"date":"2010-11-05T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T16:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maritimejournal.nfdtesting.uk\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/2010\/11\/05\/stenas-latest-superferry-goes-top-by-6cm\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T22:25:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T21:25:34","slug":"stenas-latest-superferry-goes-top-by-6cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/2010\/11\/05\/stenas-latest-superferry-goes-top-by-6cm\/","title":{"rendered":"Stena\u2019s latest superferry goes top by 6cm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 64,039gt vessel is claimed to be the world\u2019s largest ro-pax, along with sister ship <em>Stena Hollandica<\/em>, introduced earlier in the year. The two ships, representing a combined investment of over \u00a3375m, have been introduced on to the Harwich-Hook of Holland service just three years after their predecessors were extended and refitted.<\/p>\n<p>The new ships have approximately 35% more capacity in terms of carrying cars, lane metres, accommodation and cabins. The figure neatly matches the company\u2019s announcement that business grew by a similar amount in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Built at Nordic Yards, Wismar in Germany, the ships are 240m LOA, with a 32m beam and a draft of 6.4m. <em>Britannica<\/em> is in fact 6cm longer than its sister ship. They are each powered by four main engines producing a total output of 33,600kW (46,000hp) with a service speed of 22 knots. Two 3000kW bow thrusters move the ship out from its berth.<\/p>\n<p>Vehicle decks 1, 3, 5, and 7 provide a total of 5,500 lane metres, carrying 300 trailers and 230 cars. There are two bow ramps, enabling double tier loading and discharging, and a stern ramp. The passenger capacity is 1,200, with 538 cabins and 1,376 beds.<\/p>\n<p>The emphasis is on comfort in the cabins and public areas, with a choice of restaurants, bars, lounges, meeting and internet rooms and more outside deck space than on previous vessels.<\/p>\n<p>The ships are among the most environmentally friendly, thanks to catalytic converters, improved combustion engines, onboard recycling systems and radiant heat-blocking solar film windows.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the upbeat messages, Stena speechmakers Pim de Lange, area director North Sea, and Dan Sten Olsson, CEO Stena AB, denounced the implementation of the EU low sulphur directive, saying it could raise fuel costs by 80%, and any increases would have to be passed on to customers.<\/p>\n<p>By Graeme Ewens<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stena Line\u2019s latest addition to its fleet of superferries was named Stena Britannica in a ceremony at Harwich last month performed by Mrs Susan Hammond, wife of Philip Hammond, the UK Secretary of State for Transport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1921,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-1920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-key-deals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1920"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1922,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1920\/revisions\/1922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1920"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maritimejournal.com\/get-set-for-workboat-2050\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=1920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}