Travemünde, Germany: Stena Line is expanding Baltic Sea freight services, replacing the current vessels on the Travemünde-Liepaja route with two RoPax vessels, that will add a further 40% freight capacity to the route.
Crossing time will also reduce for the 12 weekly departures.
Last month Stena said it will deploy two RoPax vessels on the route between Nynäshamn in Sweden and Ventspils in Latvia next year. These will add 30% cent more freight capacity.
“We have seen an increase in demand from our customers across the Baltic Sea region. We are now strengthening our position and customer offer further with new modern vessels, more capacity and an attractive onboard experience on both our routes to and from Latvia during 2021, says Johan Edelman, trade director Baltic Sea North.
The route between Travemünde and Liepaja is currently operated by the two sister vessels Stena Gothica and Urd. During the spring of 2021 they will be replaced by two modern RoPax vessels, currently not mentioned by name by Stena Line. The new vessels will increase the lane metre freight capacity on the route by 40% and shorten the crossing time from 27 to 20 hours. This will enable a reliable transport service with a fixed timetable of 12 weekly departures on the route, six in each direction.
“This will further improve the services to our freight customers both for driver accompanied and unaccompanied cargo, as well as intermodal solutions” says Oskars Osis, freight commercial manager, Baltic Sea North.
