The 51,800-gt Stena Germanica (built 2001) will drydock at Remontowa shipyard in Poland for six weeks starting from January 2015, in order to undergo conversion work.

Supported by the European Union’s “Motorways of the Seas” project, the total cost of the conversion is about EUR 22m ($27.6m).

Carl-Johan Hagman, chief executive of Stena Line, said: “Our focus has always been on innovation for the benefit of both customers and society at large and this is a prime example when this goes hand in hand.

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