5 lovely tips for things to do & give this Valentine’s day
Is Valentine’s Day a commercial stunt or a celebration of love? It can be a little contentious. Its reputation as an American greeting card holiday is valid in some respects, but at Stena Line we like to look at the bigger picture. Truthfully, we’re quite fond of Valentine’s Day and what it means — we...
The man who took 100 ferry trips… in a row!
Imagine spending a quarter of a year on a ferry. We love our ferries and spending time on board, but 100 trips in a row is impressive even to us! Martin, a Dane, recently set this record and it might even become a Guinness World record. His best tips for other guests tr...
From the Ship of Hope to Galapagos Legend
She started her career in the 60s as a passenger ship in the North Sea, chartered to us at Skagenlinjen and then converted to a hospital ship — a predecessor of our partner, Mercy Ships — treating civilian patients during the Vietnam War. It was there she came to be called ...
5 travel trends for 2018 we see in our crystal ball
Winter is the new summer! Also, we want to travel slow, short distances and off the beaten track. Forget Paris and New York – we want to explore the smaller cities where no tourists go, in search of those genuine, down-to-earth experiences. Here are the top 5 travel trends we see for 2018...
Balancing with ballast!
Ever heard the word ballast? It comes from the old Nordic word “barlast” which means without (“bar”) cargo (“last”). And there’s a reason for that… When a ship is fully loaded (say, a ferry carrying hundreds of cars and trucks), the weight of the load submerges the hull in the water. This is good because,…
Stena Gothica – A Stena Line veteran
During the winter months, several of our ships enter the dry dock for their annual inspection and refurbishing. One of these is Stena Danica. While she’s being pampered at the shipyard, Stena Gothica, along with Stena Jutlandica and M/V Gute, are keeping up her route, Frederikshavn-Gothenburg. Who is this trusty ole dame? Ou...
From cheeky challenger to established shipping company
1972 is the eventful year that Stena goes from being an upstart challenger to one of Gothenburg’s established shipping companies. The new, elegant terminal building on the southern shores of the river Göta marks the start of a new era in Gothenburg. Long before, the traditional harbor business left the southern r...
How the heck do you weigh a ship?
If you caught the first episode of our series, where we talked about buoyancy, you may remember that the weight of the water that a ship displaces is equal to the weight of the ship itself. This is known as the Archimedes principle. But how do you establish the weight of that water? Ship builders…
2017 took us 300 steps closer to a more sustainable future
We have set sail on a journey to become a greener ferry company. Our focus is centred around four areas, developed in accordance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and adapted to our business: Clean Energy, Responsible Consumption, Good Health & Well-being and Life Below Water. Since 2006, we’ve been working to ...
“CARE is the foundation in all our customer relations”
Meet Henryk Kaluzny, our Freight Commercial Manager for the Baltic Sea South. His passion is sales and his job is to connect Europe, meaning making it as smooth and effective as possible for our customers to transport their goods. What started as a lost cause has become a success during his 15 years at S...