STENA EUROPE

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Stabbing on board

The British police arrested a man on board the 'Stena Europe' last week after it emerged that a dispute between two staff members had resulted in a stabbing. The ferry was getting ready to set sail for Rosslare Europort when the incident occurred. Words were exchanged by two staff members working on the car deck and one stormed off to his cabin returning with a spanner and a knife.  The perpetrator first threw a spanner at the victim, believed to be from Dublin, before chasing him and stabbing him twice in the back and slicing him across the chin. Other colleagues immediately leapt to separate them and police and ambulances were called. One man was arrested, while the other was rushed to hospital. The ship was subsequently delayed disembarking while police carried out enquiries and made the arrest.

Refurbished ferry had technical hitch

The return of the "Stena Europe" to the Fishguard-Rosslare run has been delayed by a last-minute hitch. The ferry, which has been undergoing an extensive refit and life extension in Turkey since March, was originally meant to return to Fishguard Port in June. But Stena subsequently revealed that ‘unforeseen issues’ had delayed its return, resulting in the smaller "Stena Nordica" continuing to act as a replacement vessel on the Fishguard to Rosslare crossing. Following a brief stopover at Liverpool’s Cammell Laird dockyard, via Gibraltar, for a continued planned work in dock, the "Stena Europe" finally arrived back in Fishguard in the morning of Sep 30. Due to an unforeseen technical issue the ship was not yet back in service.

STENA EUROPE on her way back to the Irish Sea following mid-life upgrade

Stena Line’s 38-year-old STENA EUROPE sailed from Turkey on 7 September on her way back to the Irish Sea following her mid-life upgrade at Turkish shiprepairer Gemak Tuzla.