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MS Stena Scotia

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History
Name
  • Stena Scotia (2010-present)
  • Scotia Seaways (2010)
  • Maersk Exporter (1996-2010)
OwnerStena Line
OperatorStena Line
Port of registryIsle of Man Douglas
RouteBelfast-Heysham
BuilderMiho Shimizu Ship Yard
Launched16 February 1996
Completed1996
IdentificationIMO number9121625
StatusIn service
General characteristics
Tonnage13,000 GT
Length142.5 m (467 ft 6 in)
Beam23.2 m (76 ft 1 in)
Draught5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Decks3
Installed power2x Hitachi Zosen Sulzer 8ZAL40S, 5475 kW / 7300HP. Aux. Engines 2 x Sulzer 4SC6S20D
Propulsion2 x propellers
Speed18.6 knots (34.4 km/h; 21.4 mph)
Capacity
  • 1,692 lane-metres
  • 120 trailers

MS Stena Scotia is a freight ferry owned by Stena and operated by the ferry company Stena Line. She operates on the route that links Heysham with Belfast. She was built in 1996 at the Miho Shipyards in Japan as the Maersk Exporter for Norfolkline. In 2010, she was renamed as the Scotia Seaways when DFDS Seaways acquired Norfolkline and took over all of its operations. Later that year, she was chartered to Stena Line where she was repainted and again renamed, this time as the Stena Scotia, and re-flagged to the Isle of Man. She has three sister ships, Stena Hibernia, Flandria Seaways and Anglia Seaways. She can only accommodate 12 passengers, but provides 1,692 lane-metres.

Heysham-Belfast

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The ship crosses the Irish Sea in about 8 hours.

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