MV Ala’Suinu
China Merchants
Steel twin screw “Stena E-Flexer” class motor vessel built in 2024 by China Merchants Jinling (ex Avic Shipyard, Weihai) China (Yard No W0279) as Passenger and Car Ferry for Stena RoRo AB, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Technical Data
- Length: 202.9 m (overall) 193.1 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 28.4 m (Extreme)
- Depth: 9.5 m
- Draught: 6.6 m
- Tonnage: 37807 gross/127.37 net/6917t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x Wartsila W12V46DF dual fuel engines
- Power: 27480 kW/HP
- Speed: 23 knots
- Capacity:
- Call Sign: 5BHY6
- MMSI Number: 209847000
- IMO Number: 9946257
- DNV id Number: 43618
- Port of Registry: Limassol/Cyprus 🇨🇾, St Johns/Canada 🇨🇦
- Sister-Ship: Stena Estrid (W0263), Stena Edda (W0264), Galicia (W0267), Stena Embla (W0266), Cote D’Opale (W0268), Salamanca (W0269), Stena Estelle (W0270), Stena Ebba (W0271), Santona (W0272), Guillaume De Normandie (W0275), Saint Malo (W0278)
Current AIS Location
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History
May 31st 2021: Contract date.
November 1st 2022: Keel laid.
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March 28th 2023: Launched.
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January 8th 2024: Sea trials.
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February 7th 2024: Delivered to Stena North Atlantic Ltd, St John’s, Canada (Stena RoRo Gothenburg). Management Marine Atlantic Inc. Sailed under Cypriot flag, home port Limassol.
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February 17th 2024: Left Weihai for Singapore.
March 5th 2024: Arrived Colombo for bunkers and maintenance
March 6th 2024: Left Colombo.
March 14th 2024: Arrived Port Louis, Mauritius.
March 15th 2024: Left Port Louis.
March 21st 2024: Arrived Cape Town.
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March 22nd 2024: Left Cape Town,
March 27th 2024: Arrived Luanda.
March 29th 2024: Left Luanda for Las Palmas.
April 7th 2024: Technical stopover at Las Palmas.
Ships in Passing
It is scheduled to begin its services on the northern lines of Canada in April. In the summer it will operate between Cape Breton and eastern Newfoundland and the rest of the year between Port aux Basques and North Sydney.
April 13th 2024: Left Las Palmas for North Sydney, Canada.
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Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
