Stena orders fifth E-Flexer RoPax-class vessel
The design of the ship will be worked out in close cooperation with DFDS (Illustration: Stena RoRo)
The new ferry will enter a ten-year long-term charter with Danish ferry line DFDS. As part of DFDS’s renewal of its fleet, it will replace one of the six ferries currently operating in the English Channel and will be deployed between Dover and Calais. The vessel now ordered is the fifth in the Stena E-Flexer RoPax class and Stena RoRo has a further three options on vessels for delivery from 2021 onwards. With a capacity of 3,100 lane metres and up to 1,000 passengers, the vessel will be DFDS’s largest ferry operating in the English Channel. In close cooperation with DFDS, the ship will be designed to the highest technical and environmental standard and will offer an anticipated 25% lower fuel consumption compared with today’s ferries.
