MV Stena Scotia
ex Scotia Seaways, Maersk Exporter
© Scott Mackey (04/08/2018)
Steel twin screw motor vessel built in 1996 by Miho Shipyard, Shimizu, China (Yard No 1459) as a RoRo Cargo/Ferry ship for Norfolk Line B.V., Scheveningen, Holland
Technical Data
- Length: 142.50 m (overall) 134 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 23.20 m
- Depth: 7.40 m
- Draught: 5.40 m
- Tonnage: 13017 gross/3905 net/5928t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Sulzer 8ZAV40S diesels
- Power: 10.736 kW / 14.596 bhp
- Speed: 18.6 knots
- Capacity: 12 passengers/ 1562 – 1710 lane meters
- Call Sign: PFSN, MDVO8
- MMSI Number: 232018002
- IMO Number: 9121625
- Port of Registry: Scheveningen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Vlaardingen/The Netherlands 🇳🇱, Douglas/Isle of Man 🇮🇲
- Sister Ships: Maersk Importer (1460)
- Near Sisters: Maersk Anglia (7130011), Maersk Flanders (7130010)
Current AIS Location
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History
February 16th 1996: Launched as MAERSK EXPORTER
April 23rd 1996: Delivered to Norfolk Line B.V., Scheveningen, Holland.
July 1996: Norfolk Lines services between Scheveningen – Felixstowe.
August 1998: Sold to Dansk Supermarked Invest A/S, Højbjerg, Aarhus, Denmark (Management Norfolk Line B.V).
© Pieter Inpyn (Scheveningen, September 1999)
November 18th 2006: Services between Vlaardingen – Felixstowe.
© Cees De Bijl (Scheveningen, 08/06/2006)
© Andreas Wörteler (New Waterway, 16/06/2007)
March 2nd 2009: Services between Belfast – Heysham.
🆕 © Trevor Kidd (Weekend lay by at Belfast, 26/06/2010)
July 12th 2010: Sale of Norfolkline to DFDS Seaways.
July 2010: Renamed SCOTIA SEAWAYS.
© Robbie Cox (Dublin, August 2010)
© Alan Geddes (Belfast, 27/09/2010)
December 14th 2010: Sold to Stena Line Ltd, Holyhead, UK.
© Stephen Brown (Belfast, 23/01/2011)
July 23rd 2011: Renamed STENA SCOTIA.
September 15th 2012: Final service between Belfast – Heysham then laid up in Belfast.
February 22nd 2013 – March 6th 2013: Services between Dublin – Holyhead.
March 2013: Chartered to CMA CGM, France for services between Marseille – Oran/Mostaganem (Algeria).
June – July 2014: Chartered to P&O Ferries for refit cover Tilbury-Zeebrugge.
© Ken Smith (Gravesend, 27/06/2014)
August 1st 2014: Arrived River Fal for lay up.
© Geoff Hoather (River Fal, 14/08/2014)
September 2nd 2014: Services between Hoek Van Holland – Killingholme.
© Ray Goodfellow (Rotterdam, October 2015)
May 2017: Fitted with an exhaust scrubber by Damen Shipyards.
January 4th 2018: Services between Rotterdam – Harwich.
February 27th 2018: Taken out of services with technical problems.
March 2018: Returned to service after repairs.
© Aleksi Lindström (May, 2018)
August 1st 2018: Left Rotterdam for Belfast to cover for STENA HIBERNIA.
August 4th 2018: Transferred to Belfast – Heysham route.
© Scott Mackey (Flickr)(14/06/2019)
August 3rd 2020: Entered Harland & Wolff, Belfast for maintenance.
September 5th 2020: Left Harland & Wolff.
September 6th 2020: Resumed service on the Belfast – Heysham route.
March 12th 2021: Left Belfast for Killingholme via Rotterdam.
© Hans Esveldt (Rotterdam, 14/03/2021)
March 15th 2021: Arrived Killingholme.
March 19th 2021: Took up service, as refit cover, Killingholme – Hoek Van Holland.
April 10th 2021: Left Hoek Van Holland to return to services Belfast – Heysham.
April 12th 2021: Resumed service Belfast – Heysham.
June 14th 2021: Belfast berthing switched from Victoria Terminal to Albert Quay for approx six months (redevelopment in preparation for the arrival of Stena’s new E-Flexer series).
© Aubrey Dale (Albert Quay, June 2019)
July 9th 2023: Came off service at Heysham and sailed to Liverpool Anchorage.
July 10th 2023: Arrived Birkenhead for refit.
© Robert Foy (Birkenhead, 10/07/2023)
August 1st 2023: Left Birkenhead and sailed to Liverpool Anchorage.
© Robert Foy (Birkenhead, 01/08/2023)
© Ian Collard (Birkenhead, 01/08/2023)
August 2nd 2023: Returned to Birkenhead.
August 12th 2023: Left Birkenhead for trials.
© Robert Foy (Birkenhead, 12/08/2023)
© Ian Collard (Birkenhead, 12/08/2023)
August 13th 2023: Arrived Heysham and resumed service Heysham – Belfast.
© Trevor Kidd (Belfast, 26/04/2024)
January 10th 2025: Came off service at Belfast and moved to Harland and Wolff for mini refit.
January 13th 2025: Left H & W to resume service Belfast – Heyshan.
🆕© Trevor Kidd (Belfast, 13/01/2025)
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