Stena RoRo has ordered a new generation of RoRo vessels comprising two firm vessels of the C-Flexer type with options for an additional four. The vessels have been developed by Stena RoRo in close cooperation with the Italian design company NAOS Ship and Boat Design, but will be built in China.
‘With Stena RoRo’s extensive experience and market knowledge, combined with NAOS’ outstanding expertise in designing fuel-efficient RoRo and RoPax vessels, we have developed ships that are built for today and designed for tomorrow,’ says Per Westling, CEO of Stena RoRo AB.
The first two C-Flexer RoRo vessels are scheduled for delivery in March and June 2029 respectively. The optional vessels will be delivered at three-month intervals thereafter.
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C-Flexer technical features
The new C-Flexer design offers a high degree of flexibility, enabling Stena RoRo to provide customers with vessels tailored to their specific operational needs. A highly developed hull form, multi-fuel engines and a scalable battery-hybrid system ensures that the vessels are future-proofed and can be progressively “greened” in line with both technological advances and regulatory developments.
Westling: ‘In the future the C-Flexer will be able to operate entirely on batteries. Until then, the installed diesel-battery hybrid system will provide the necessary flexibility and redundancy for many years to come.’
Stena C-Flexer, basic specifications:
- Length: 200 m
- Beam: 31 m
- DWT: about 15,000 tonnes
- Draft: 7.5 m
- Speed: 21 knots
- Lm: 3-deck version: 3400 lane metres
- Lm: 4-deck version: 4750 lane metres
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Partnership with CMI
The vessels will be built at China Merchants Industry (CMI) Weihai Shipyard. A decade long partnership between Stena RoRo and China Merchants Industry has so far resulted in seventeen vessels ordered at the shipyard. The cooperation began in 2016 with an order for four E-Flexer RoPax vessels and has since grown to a total of fifteen vessels, twelve of which have already been delivered. In addition, two RoRo vessels of the Stena NewMax concept have been delivered.
‘The cooperation between CMI Weihai and Stena RoRo has been crucial to the success of the RoPax and RoRo concepts delivered so far,’ states Westling. ‘It has enabled us to supply both Stena Line, as well as external customers, with tailor-made vessels delivered on time and with very high quality.’
Picture: Stena RoRo C-Flexer 200 (illustration by Peter Mild).
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