Geoff Garfield London



Stena Line has completed its EUR 177m ($200m) investment in new ships for the UK and Ireland with the official launch of the Hyundai-built ropax Stena Adventurer.

The 44,000-gt Stena Adventurer has been introduced onto the Holyhead-to-Dublin route.

Stena has invested around £12.3m ($19.6m) in the port of Holyhead where the naming of the vessel took place.

The ship follows the launch of its Hyundai-sister Stena Britannica on the Harwich-Hook of Holland route at the end of March.

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