MV Saint-Malo
China Merchants Jinling
Steel twin screw “Stena E-Flexer” class motor vessel built in 2025 by China Merchants Jinling (ex Avic Shipyard, Weihai) China (Yard No W0278) as Passenger and Car Ferry for Stena RoRo AB, Gothenburg, Sweden. Long Term charter to Brittany Ferries, Morlaix, France.
Technical Data
- Length: 194.7 m (overall) 184.9 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 27.8 m
- Depth: 9.5 m
- Draught: 6.5 m
- Tonnage: 30000 gross/ net/5495t 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: 5BKV6, FMYH
MMSI Number: 210365000
IMO Number: 9946336 - BV id Number: 45312E
- Port of Registry: Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾, Morlaix/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), Ala’Suinu (W0279)
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History
The 11th addition to Stena’s E-FLEXER class cruise ferries/RoPax vessels being constructed by China Merchants Jinling Shipyard in Weihai for Stena RoRo.
September 2nd 2022: First steel cut.
China Merchants Jinling
September 2022: Keel laid.
October 7th 2023: Floated out.
China Merchants Jinling
China Merchants Jinling
September 12th 2024: Sea trials.
October 17th 2924: Delivered
October 21st 2024: Showing destination as Singapore (eta: 27/10/2024)
October 27th 2024: Arrived Singapore Anchorage.
October 29th 2024: Left Singapore Anchorage for Port Louis, Mauritius.
November 2nd 2024: Arrived Hambantota Anchorage, Sri Lanka.
R&M Group
November 3rd 2024: Left Hambantota Anchorage for Walvis Bay, Namibia.
November 24th 2024: Arrived Walvis Bay, Namibia.
November 25th 2024: Left Walvis Bay.
November 24th 2024: Arrived Porto Grande, Cape Verde.
November 28th 2024: Arrived Las Palmas Anchorage.
© Rik Vince (Las Palmas, 28/11/2024)
November 29th 2024: Left Las Palmas Anchorage for Santander.
December 2nd 2024: Arrived Santander.
© Prieto (Santander, 02/12/2024)
January 9th 2025: Left Santander for Roscoff.
January 11th 2025: Inaugural arrival Roscoff for trials.
January 11th 2025: Left Roscoff for Saint Malo.
January 12th 2025: Inaugural arrival Saint Malo and conducted trials.
© Nicolas Lévy (Saint Malo, 12/01/2025)
© Nicolas Lévy (Saint Malo, 12/01/2025)
January 12th 2025: Left Saint Malo for Portsmouth.
January 13th 2025: Arrived Portsmouth for trials.
© Maritime Photographic
January 14th 2025: Returned to Cherbourg.
January 24th 2025: Left Cherbourg.
January 25th 2025: Arrived Portsmouth in anticipation of a test sailing with passengers.
© George Holland (Portsmouth, 25/01/1015)
January 27th 2025: Arrived Cherbourg.
January 29th 2025: Arrived Saint Malo.
January 31st 2025: Inauguration ceremony at Saint Malo.
© Nicolas Lévy (Saint Malo, 31/01/2025)
February 12th 2025: Brittany Ferries services.
🆕© Maritime Photographic (Portsmouth, 12/02/2025)
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: George Holland, Maritime Photographic, Nicolas Lévy, Prieto and Rik Vince for their assistance in producing this feature.
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
