MS Stena Embla

MS Stena Embla is a passenger and vehicle RoPax ferry operated by Stena Line between Birkenhead and Belfast.

Stena Embla seen from her sister ship, Stena Edda, passing on the Irish Sea, 19 July 2024.
History
Name	Stena Embla
Operator	Stena Line
Route	Birkenhead–Belfast
Builder	China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) Co. Ltd.
Laid down	18 April 2019
Completed	18 November 2020
Acquired	1 December 2020
In service	14 January 2021
Identification	Call sign: 5BQA5 IMO number: 9807322 MMSI number: 210098000
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	E-Flexer-class ferry
Tonnage	41,671 GT
Length	215.30 m (706 ft 4 in)
Beam	28 m (91 ft 10 in)
Decks	10
Deck clearance	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) per deck
Ramps	3
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Capacity	1,000 passengers 175 cars 165 freight trailers up to 120 freight accompanied pieces
Crew	55-65 (dependant on demand)

History

The third of the E-Flexer-class ferries, the ship was constructed at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China and floated on 15 November 2019.^[1] The ship competed its sea trials in the Yellow Sea before the end of October 2020,^[2] and was delivered to Stena at Weihai on 1 December 2020.^[3][4]

The ship began its maiden commercial voyage from Rosslare to Cherbourg on 14 January 2021,^[5][6] and was transferred to the Birkenhead to Belfast route by 26 January 2021.^[7]

Stena Embla is a replacement for Stena Mersey. Stena Mersey was transferred to operate between Nynäshamn and Ventspils on the Baltic Sea, following a rebuild and renaming as Stena Baltica.^[8]