MV Capu Rossu
© Nicolas Lévy
Steel twin screw “Stena E-Flexer” class motor vessel built in 2026 by China Merchants Jinling (ex Avic Shipyard, Weihai) China (Yard No W0283) as Passenger and Car Ferry for Stena RoRo AB, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Technical Data
- Length: 204.05 m (overall) 193.305 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 27.795 m
- Depth: 9.5 m
- Draught: 6.6 m
- Tonnage: 38222 gross/15066 net/6655t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Wartsila W12V46DF dual fuel engines
- Power: 27480 kW/HP Stena NB279 (W0279)
- Speed: 23 knots
- Capacity: 1310 passengers (max)/460 cars/2517 lane meters
- Call Sign: FPCH
MMSI Number: 228500700 - IMO Number: 1074527
- Official Number; AJ940512W
- DNV id Number: 4960
- Port of Registry: Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾, Ajaccio /France 🇫🇷
- Sister Ships: Stena Estrid (W0263), Stena Edda (W0264), Stena Embla (W0266), Galicia (W0267), Cote D’Opale (W0268), Salamanca (W0269), Stena Estelle (W0270), Stena Ebba (W0271), Santona (W0272), Guillaume De Normandie (W0275), Saint Malo (W0278), Ala’Suinu (W0279), Attica NB 1 , Attica NB 2.
Current AIS Location
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History
The 13th addition to Stena’s E-FLEXER class cruise ferries/RoPax vessels being constructed by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai for Stena RoRo.
February 12th 2025: Keel laid.
China Merchants Jinling
China Merchants Jinling
June 30th 2025: Launched.
China Merchants Jinling
March 26th 2026: Delivered Stena RoRo Maritime Lux 3 SARL c/o Stena Line Ltd Stena House, Holyhead. Chartered to Corsica Linea with option to purchase.
April 13th 2026: Arrive Singapore.
April 17th 2026: Left Singapore for Sri Lanka.
May 3rd 2026: Called at Walvis Bay.
May 20th 2026: Arrived Marseille.
June 9th 2026: Inaugural service Marseille – Ajaccio.
© Pascal Lenzl
© Nicolas Lévy
June 11th 2026: Officially inaugurated and blessed during ceremonies in Marseille and Ajaccio.
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