Stena Line

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Stena Line AB

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legal form Aktiebolag
founding 1962
Seat Gothenburg
management Carl-Johan Hagman
Dan Sten Olsson (CEO)
Number of employees 5,600
sales 9.684 billion SEK (2011)
Branch Shipping company
Website www.stenaline.de

Stena Line is a Swedish shipping company and one of the largest ferry companies in the world. The Stena Line AB is a subsidiary of the main company Stena AB and has its headquarters in Gothenburg . It is active in Scandinavia , England-Ireland and the Baltic States . The shipping company owns 35  ferries , and in 2016 they carried 7.3 million passengers, 1.6 million vehicles and 2 million loading units . The Stena Line operates 20 routes between the Netherlands and Great Britain , on the Irish Sea and on the Baltic Sea between Denmark , Sweden , Germany , Poland and Latvia .

history

The Stena Germanica , in use from 1967–79

Sten Allan Olsson (1916–2013), who came from the island of Donsö in the southern Gothenburg archipelago , founded Sten A Olssons Metallprodukter in 1939 , from which today's Stena AB developed . In 1946 he bought the first ferry and got into the shipping business, the actual Stena Line was founded in 1962 with the takeover of the Skagenlinjen from Gothenburg to Skagen . In 1967 the route Kiel - Gothenburg was opened, in 1982 the Sessanlinjen and Stena Line merged to the Stena Sessan Line (one year later it was changed back to Stena Line) under the new board member Dan Sten Olsson. In the 1980s the business was expanded to include additional routes and in 1988 the company went public on the Stockholm Stock Exchange .

The Stena Danica from 1969

In the mid-1990s, Stena Line began operating on the English Channel and the first high-speed ferries of the High-Speed ​​Sea Service type were put into service, the Stena Explorer was up to 80  km / h and the largest catamaran in the world. Duty-free sales in the EU ended in 1999 , which had a negative impact on the ferry companies. In 2001, the Stena Line was completely privately owned again and withdrew from the Stockholm Stock Exchange.

The Stena Baltica, put into service in 1986

Stena Line expanded its freight business, so routes on the North Sea and the Irish Sea were acquired. In 2012 the freight routes from Scandlines (including the Königslinie ) were bought, and in 1999 the Swedish company Scandlines AB had already been bought. At the beginning of 2013, Stena Sea Line was founded, which took over a ferry route in the Black Sea between Derince , Istanbul and Chornomorsk , and Stena Daea Line , which operates a route between Vladivostok, Zarubino and Sokcho in Russia and South Korea.

Due to the high demand on the Karlskrona - Gdynia route, Stena Line deployed a third ferry in 2013. She worked as Stena Alegra . In September the ship was arrested due to severe safety deficiencies. The Stena Alegra was launched in Gdina and then chartered to New Zealand . As of November 24, 2013, a new Stena Baltica was put into service. She has been operating the route since November 24, 2013.

On the royal line Sassnitz - Trelleborg, rail planning was restricted from July 2014 due to the decline in freight traffic and the Trelleborg ferry was decommissioned, launched and finally sold in early 2016. Since then, rail freight traffic has been handled on the Rostock - Trelleborg route. In 2020 the Sassnitz was also withdrawn.

In 2016, four ships of the E-Flexer class were ordered from AVIC-Weihai. The Stena Estrid, the first ship in its class, has been in service between Holyhead and Dublin in the Irish Sea since early 2020 .

On December 31, 2019 [obsolete] the Denmark Terminal in Gothenburg will be closed. The company is currently looking for a new location with the port administration. For cost reasons, the Stena Carisma ferry was decommissioned and launched on August 19, 2013.

Lines and ships

In 2011, a total of 32 ferries operated on 19 of its own routes in Scandinavia and around Great Britain. Stena Line has operated 23 routes worldwide since 2013. The Trelleborg , Skåne , Sassnitz , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Ask ferries , acquired when Scandlines was acquired in mid-2012, as well as the chartered ships Scottish Viking , Urd and Watling Street were repainted in the Stena Line colors. The Watling Street was renamed Stena Flavia . The following lines are currently being used:

Baltic Sea

The Skåne
route Ships Length (approx.)
Gothenburg - Frederikshavn Stena Danica , Stena Jutlantica , Stena Vinga 090 km
Halmstad - Grenå Stena Nautica 110 km
Kiel - Gothenburg Stena Germanica , Stena Scandinavica 430 km
Rostock - Trelleborg Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Skåne 150 km
Travemünde - Liepāja Urd , Stena Gothica 760 km
Nynäshamn - Ventspils Scottish Viking , Stena Flavia 300 km
Karlskrona - Gdynia Stena Vision , Stena Spirit , Stena Baltica 350 km

North Sea

The Stena Transit
route Ships Length (approx.)
Hook of Holland - Harwich Stena Britannica , Stena Hollandica 220 km
Rotterdam - Harwich Somerset , Misana (through January 2020)
Hook of Holland - Killingholme Stena Transit , Stena Transporter
Rotterdam - Killingholme Stena Forerunner , Hatche

Irish Sea

Stena Mersey
route Ships Length (approx.)
Belfast - Cairnryan ( Stranraer ) Stena Superfast VII , Stena Superfast VIII 060 km
Belfast - Liverpool Stena Edda , Stena Mersey , Stena Forecaster 260 km
Belfast - Heysham Stena Hibernia , Stena Scotia
Holyhead - Dublin Stena Adventurer , Stena Estrid 110 km
Fishguard - Rosslare Stena Europe 110 km

Celtic sea

route Ships Length (approx.)
Cherbourg - Rosslare Stena Horizon

Black Sea

route Ships Length (approx.)
Haydarpasa - Istanbul - Chornomorsk Sea partner 80 km, 610 km

Russia – South Korea

route Ships Length (approx.)
Vladivostok - Zarubino - Sokcho New blue ocean

Corona virus crisis

Due to the spread of the corona virus , passenger traffic on the Baltic Sea has been interrupted, freight traffic continues. On March 16, 2020, it was announced that 750 employees on the passenger ferries and 200 in the administration in Sweden were to be laid off.

literature

  • Stena Line celebrates its 50th anniversary. In: Schiff & Hafen , issue 4/2012, Seehafen-Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISSN  0938-1643 , p. 18.
  • Stena now operates 37 ships. In: Daily port report from October 15, 2012, Seehafen-Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISSN  2190-8753 , p. 3.

Web links

Commons : Stena Line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stena Line byter vd. Göteborgs-Posten , accessed February 12, 2013 (Swedish).
  2. ↑ 13. Dan Sten Olsson. Veckan's affair , accessed February 8, 2013 (Swedish).
  3. ↑ Verksamheter. (No longer available online.) Stena Line, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 8, 2013 (Swedish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.stena.com
  4. ↑ Årsredovisning 2011. (PDF; 2.7 MB) (No longer available online.) Stena AB, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 8, 2013 (Swedish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.stena.com
  5. ^ Stena - Sveriges 50: e största företag. Veckan's affair, accessed February 8, 2013 (Swedish).
  6. ↑ Om Stena Line. Stena Line, accessed February 8, 2013 (Swedish).
  7. ^ Stena Line History. Stenaline.co.uk, archived from the original on March 17, 2013 ; accessed on February 8, 2013 .
  8. ↑ a b The history of the Stena Line. Stenaline.de, accessed on February 8, 2013 .
  9. ^ Forget the tunnel; all the talk on the high seas is of 50mph super ferries. And Britain doesn't make any of them. The Independent , accessed February 12, 2013 .
  10. ↑ Scandlines sells freight business. Fehmarn24.de, accessed on February 12, 2013 .
  11. ↑ Stena Line twill Scandlines. Cisionwire.se, accessed February 12, 2013 (Swedish).
  12. ↑ Stena breidt actieradius uit naar Zwarte Zee. De Lloyd, accessed February 12, 2013 (Dutch).
  13. ↑ Stena Line confirms the use of the Cotentin. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
  14. ↑ Stena Baltica - nowy prom na linii Karlskrona-Gdynia od 24 listopada 2013 roku. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013 ; Retrieved November 19, 2013 .
  15. ↑ Increase in traffic to Sweden. Norddeutschen Neuesten Nachrichten, October 1, 2014, accessed on January 18, 2015 .
  16. ↑ "King's Line": ferry away. April 29, 2020, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  17. ↑ The last ferry to Sweden leaves Sassnitz-Mukran. April 28, 2020, accessed April 29, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Stena Line closes Denmark terminal in Gothenburg in 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; Retrieved November 7, 2013 .
  19. ↑ Stena Line is expanding its Rostock location. verkehrsrundschau.de, accessed on May 25, 2013 .
  20. ↑ More and more ferries in the Stena Line design. Stenaline.de, accessed on February 12, 2013 .
  21. ↑ Our ships. Stenaline.de, accessed February 12, 2013 (Swedish).
  22. ↑ Fleet. (No longer available online.) Stenasealine.com, formerly the original ; accessed on February 12, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.stenasealine.com
  23. ↑ Stena Lines nya färjelinje invigd - knyter ihop Kattegatregionen. February 2, 2020, accessed February 2, 2020 (Swedish).
  24. ^ Stena Baltica - a new, bigger vessel on the Karlskrona-Gdynia route. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013 ; Retrieved November 18, 2013 .
  25. ↑ Stena Line increases summer service. June 9, 2017. Retrieved June 10, 2017 .
  26. ↑ Cruise News - Shipping News. In: Sea Travel Portal. June 2018, accessed on January 23, 2020 (to be found under the topic “Four permanent RoPax ferries on Karlskrona-Gdynia”).
  27. ↑ stenalinefreight.com
  28. ↑ stenalinefreight.com
  29. ↑ Belfast - Heysham Vessels on Route. Retrieved April 30, 2014 .
  30. ↑ Routes and ports. Retrieved January 7, 2018 .
  31. ↑ Stena Horizon. Retrieved April 12, 2014 .
  32. ^ New Service on Rosslare-Cherbourg. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014 ; accessed on March 2, 2014 .
  33. ↑ Stena Line buys route from Ireland to France - Celtic Link Route. Retrieved March 2, 2014 .
  34. ^ Stena Line buys Celtic Link ferry service. Retrieved March 2, 2014 .
  35. ^ Stena Sea Line. Retrieved April 30, 2014 .
  36. ↑ Fleet. Stena SeaLine, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on November 24, 2013 .
  37. ↑ Stena Line is expanding its Rostock location. In: VerkehrsRundschau . March 19, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2013 .
  38. ↑ Information on COVID-19 stenaline.de, accessed on March 25, 2020
  39. ↑ Corona Information stenaline.com, accessed on March 25, 2020 (English)
  40. ↑ Timo Jann, Frank Binder: Cuts for ferry companies · Corana: Stena-Line dismisses 950 employees · Passenger ferries stand still · Freight traffic is still running . In: Daily port report of March 17, 2020, p. 13