MV Guillaume De Normandie
Ex AVIC Weihai W0275
China Merchants Jinling
Steel twin screw “Stena E-Flexer” class motor vessel built in 2024 by China Merchants Jinling (ex Avic Shipyard, Weihai) China (Yard No W0275) as Passenger and Car Ferry for Stena RoRo AB, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Technical Data
- Length: 194.7 m (overall) 185.106 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 27.8 m
- Depth: 9.65 m
- Draught: 6.5 m
- Tonnage: 36965 gross/13692 net/5269t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Wartsila W12V46DF dual fuel engines
- Power: 27480 kW/HP
- Speed: 23 knots
- Capacity: 1310 passengers (max)/460 cars/2390 lane meters
- Call Sign: 5BKU6, FMYG
- MMSI Number: 210374000
- IMO Number: 9946324
- DNV iD Number: 43867
- Port of Registry: Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾, Morlaix/France 🇫🇷
- Sister-Ship: 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), Saint Malo (W0278), Ala’Suinu (W0279)
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 26th 2021: Contract date.
February 6th 2023: Steel cut.
China Merchants Jinling
September 28th 2023: Keel struck.
China Merchants Jinling
April 12th 2024: Floated out.
China Merchants Jinling
December 23rd 2024: Delivered to Stena RoRo.
January 2nd 2025 – January 8th 2025: Departed Weihai for Singapore.
January 15th 2025 – February 10th 2025: Left Hambantota Anchorage, Sri Lanka for Porto Grande, Cape Verde
February 14th 2025: Left Las Palmas.
February 18th 2025: Arrived Santander.
© Brittany Ferries
March 23rd 2025: Left Santander for Roscoff.
March 25th 2025: Arrived Roscoff for trials then left for Cherbourg.
March 26th 2025: Arrived Cherbourg.
March 27th 2025: Left Cherbourg.
March 28th 2025: Arrived Ouistreham.
March 28th 2025: Inaugurated in Ouistreham.
March 29th 2025: Left Ouistreham for Cherbourg.
March 29th 2025: Arrived Cherbourg.
March 31st 2025: Left Cherbourg for trials in Portsmouth.
© Andrew Cooke (Portsmouth, 01/04/2025)
April 2nd 2025: Left Portsmouth for Cherbourg.
🆕© Darren Holdaway (Portsmouth, 02/04/2025)
April 18th 2025: Arrived Caen (Ouistreham).
April 18th 2025: Left Caen (Ouistreham) for Portsmouth.
April 18th 2025: Expected to enter service Portsmouth – Caen (Ouistreham).
All information is believed to be correct and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Andrew Cooke and Darren Holdaway for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
