The Estonian company, which owns Silja Line, gave nofinancial details of the five year fixtures for the 30,285gt ships capable of carrying660 cars and 1,200 passengers.

The 2001-built vessels, which have a freight capacity of 115 lanemetres and can operate at speeds up to 22 knots, were first fixed to Stena's UK operation in August 2011, and currently operate between Cairnryan, Scotland and Belfast in Northern Ireland.

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