Stena Superfast VII

Stena Superfast VII

Ship data flag  United Kingdom other ship names Superfast VII Ship type ferry Callsign 2EZR3 home port Belfast Owner Stena North Sea Shipyard Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Build number 357 Order 1998 Keel laying June 29, 1999 Launch November 18, 2000 takeover May 8, 2001

Ship dimensions and crew length 203.40 m ( Lüa ) 185.60 m ( Lpp ) width 40.00 m Draft Max. 9.10 m measurement 30285 BRZ / 9085 NRZ

Machine system machine 4 × diesel engines propeller 2 × propellers

Transport capacities Load capacity 5,915 dw

Others Classifications American Bureau of Shipping Registration numbers IMO no. 9198941

The Stena Superfast VII is a RoPax ferry operated by the Swedish Stena Line between Belfast and Cairnryan .

history

The ship was built in 2001 in Kiel at Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft for Superfast Ferries . In 2006 it passed to its new owner Tallink and has been chartered to Stena Line since 2011 .

The Stena Superfast VII was the first of four ships in her class to be ordered from HDW in 1998, together with her sister ship Superfast VIII . The launch took place on November 18, 2000 and it was handed over to its owner on May 8, 2001. On May 17, 2001 it started operations between Rostock and Hanko . On November 12, 2004, the Superfast VII was badly damaged in a storm in the port of Hanko. On November 14, 2004, the ship went to the Luonnonmaan Telakka shipyard in Naantali . On November 27, 2004, it was finally able to resume operations.

On March 21, 2006 Superfast Ferries sold the entire Baltic Sea operations with the ships Superfast VII , Superfast VIII and Superfast IX to Tallink . The route was changed on April 17, 2006, since then the Estonian port of Paldiski has also been called . But since there were problems with the port operators, the route was changed back to Hanko-Rostock in June. From 1 January 2007 the ship finally sailed the route Helsinki -Rostock and from 14 January, the Tallinn-Helsinki route-Rostock. Due to rising fuel costs and falling passenger numbers, the route was changed back to Helsinki-Rostock at the end of 2008, as was one of the three ships on this route, the Superfast IX chartered to Marine Atlantic. Since then, only the ships Superfast VII and Superfast VIII have been used here. From January to the end of April 2010 the ships were laid up in Tallinn, after which they resumed service. On December 29th and 30th, 2010 Superfast VII replaced the Superstar on the Tallinn-Helsinki route because of a stay at the shipyard.

In March 2010, Stena Line announced that it would charter the Superfast VII and Superfast VIII . The ships have been in service on the Belfast - Cairnryan route since November 21, 2011. In December 2017, both Tallink / Baltic SF VII ferries were handed over to Stena North Sea after they had already been sold in July.

Incidents

Incident 2008

On October 31, 2008, the Baltic Princess collided with the Superfast VII in the port of Helsinki .

Incident 2014

On December 10, 2014, the Stena Superfast VII collided with the fenders in Loch Ryan Port . As a result, all departures on the route were canceled until December 11, 7:30 p.m. The ship cannot resume service until it has been examined for possible damage. The ship was unloaded immediately after docking.

Web links

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

• technical data on ferry-site

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stena Superfast VII. Stena Line, accessed July 21, 2013 . 
2. ↑ Sale of Superfast units completed. December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Stena Superfast VII collides with Fender in Loch Ryan Port. October 12, 2014, accessed December 28, 2014 .