The 24,400-gt Stena Egeria(built 2011) will be deployed on a service linking China and South Korea. Nofinancial details were disclosed.
Theship will operate three roundtrips per week from July on the 273nm voyagebetween Yantai and Pyeongtaek.
Thevessel was acquired by Stena RoRo in late 2013 as the Hoa Sen from Vietnameseshipowner Vinashin who originally paid $87m for the ship.
Ithas since undergone convertion work and has been extensively upgraded by theChengxi Shipyard in China.
Theship, which was built by Visentini in Italy, can carry 950 passengers. It has 2,030lane meters capacity and a service speed of 23 knots.
“This is the first charter of a ro-pax vesselfrom Stena RoRo to a Chinese operator and aligns perfectly with our corporateobjective to strengthen our position in this part of the world,” says PerWestling, chief executive of Stena RoRo.
“We believe the marketin this region is still not mature for a full scale ferry operation like inEurope but I am convinced there will be an continuous need for quality ferryand ro-pax ships and operators in the futureand we are hoping to be a key player in thatscenario.”
