Stena Roro Acquires Japanese Ferry for Ropax Rebuild

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Posted By: Vicky Viray-Mendoza 24-May-2019

Sweden’s Stena RoRo has purchased a used ferry, Yamato, from the Japanese shipping company Hankyu Ferry. It is intended for the European market. The ferry vessel is the 2003- Yamato built by MHI SHIMONOSEKI SHIPYARD measures 195 meters in length and disposes of 2,350 lane meters.

The Yamato ferry will be rebuilt at a shipyard in Europe and adapted to European standards for RoPax, after which it will be chartered out. This process will begin in spring 2020 and the ferry may be in blue traffic perhaps by the summer.

“This is a typical Stena RoRo project. Through adaptation and flexibility, we design and rebuild vessels to meet our customers’ specific requirements. It’s what we call Stenability,” Mikael Abrahamsson, conversion and project manager for Stena RoRo, commented.

“On the European market, demand is greater than availability for this type of vessel, which is why we have turned to the Asian market, primarily Japan,” CEO Per Westling of Stena RoRo, concluded.

Since 1977, Stena RoRo has led the development of new marine RoRo, freight and passenger concepts. It consists of especially constructed and standard RoRo and RoPax vessels. The company charters around twenty vessels to operators around the world. Stena RoRo primarily specializes in using its technical competence for the design and conversion of existing vessels in order to be able to provide tailor-made transport solutions for its customers.

Stena RoRo charters out a number of vessels such as RoRo and RoPaxes. The RoRo vessels carry a mixture of rolling cargo dominated by road trailers, creating sea bridges on short sea routes worldwide. The RoPax vessels combine the cargo capacity of RoRo vessels with the passenger amenities of modern ferries.

Stena Line is an international transport and travel service company with a comprehensive route network in Northern Europe. Stena Line is specialized in transport solutions for freight and passengers and is one of the largest ferry companies in the world.

Stena AB is one of the largest family-owned companies in Sweden and has global operations in 5 business areas: Ferry Operations, Offshore Drilling, Shipping, Property, Finance and New Business.

References:

  • “Stena Buys Japanese Ferry for RoPax Rebuild.” World Maritime News, 18-February-2019.
  • “Stena RoRo Acquires RoPax Vessel in Japan.” Maritime Executive. 19-February-2019.
  • Photos Courtesy of: Stena RoRo and marinetraffic.com

About the Author

Vicky Viray-Mendoza
Executive Editor, MARITIME REVIEW. Special interest in Marine Environment. Retired World Bank Group Operations Evaluation Analyst. Specializes in operations research, evaluation, and analysis. Education: Currently taking her Masters in U.S. Law (American Military University, VA); Masters in Public Administration (George Washington University, D.C.); Masters in Business Administration (University of Maryland, MD); Post-Masters Certificate in International Finance and Global Markets (Georgetown University, D.C.). BSC Management; BSC Accounting (Assumption College, San Lorenzo, Makati); Assumption Convent High School (San Lorenzo, Makati); St. Theresa's College, Cebu, Grade School.