Travelling in style on "STENA HOLLANDICA"

The mega cruise ferries STENA HOLLANDICA and BRITTANICA are wonderful ships with great passenger facilities, for the overnight trip and for an added touch of luxury the Captain's Class cabins are amazing, truthfully all the cabins on board these ships are some of the best on the business, but a voyage on Captain's Class is definitely a great experience, photos included were taken on STENNA HOLLANDICA, 20.9.2017 Vitor Francisco.

Stena Line's "STENA HOLLANDICA" departing Hoek Van Holland to Harwich

"STENA HOLLANDICA" departing Hoek Van Holland to Harwich in the UK, the more I see and travel on these ships, meaning the sisters HOLLANDICA and BRITANNICA, the more I like them, for their size, they are very sleek, the recent installation of scrubbers hardly changed their profile, really nice ships both inside and outside, both ships are really comfortable to sail on, photos 23.6.2017 Vitor Francisco

STENA HOLLANDICA ready for sea at Harwich

Photos taken on board STENA HOLLANDICA at Harwich, 18.11.2016, the ship has her engines running and is ready for sea and her seven hours sailing to Hoek Van Holland

"Stena Plus Lounge" on board STENA HOLLANDICA

STENA PLUS LOUNGE is a quite room on board super ferries STENA HOLLANDICA and STENA BRITANNICA, for an extra charge, about £14 at today's currency, this is the place to work, relax or keep up on that book, free refreshments newspapers and magazines are part of the package, very civilized atmosphere, these photos were taken today aboard the HOLLANDICA, 18.11.2016

Leaving Harwich on STENA HOLLANDICA

This morning despite the cold, the weather was so favourable for photography, beautiful clear blue skies with a wonderful light, a fabulous setting view from on board a fabulous ship, the 2010 built "STENA HOLLANDICA", the ship departed at 9am with ETA Hoek Van Holland at 5.15pm. Photos 18.11.2016

STENA HOLLANDICA arriving Harwich

Super Cruise Ferry "STENA HOLLANDICA" arriving Harwich, photos taken at the end of the day of 17th of August, the ship arrived at 19.45 from Hoek Van Holland, HOLLANDICA was the first of the two very identical super ferries built by NORDIC YARDS, WISMAR in Germany, she entered service in January of 2010, her sister the BRITANNICA debuted in October of the same year. Some technical details of both ships

TONNAGE: 64.039 GT
CARGO CAPACITY: 5500 lane meters
ACCOMMODATION: total of 538 cabins for a maximum pax capacity of 1200
PUBLIC SPACES: A La Carte and Buffet Self Service Restaurants, shop, cinema, Bars, Lounge areas
                               Business Lounge, Internet Room, Gaming area, Children/Teenage area, Sundeck,
                               Newsroom/Meeting room
MAIN ENGINES:  4 MAN with a total of 33.600 kW
                               22 knots service speed, she cruises at an average of 18 knots.
STENA HOLLANDICA is Dutch Registered, BRITANNICA, British
MAXIMUM LENGTH: 240 meters, BEAM 32 meters, DRAFT 6.4 meters

Photos 17.8.2016

STENA HOLLANDICA arriving Hook Van Holland/Rotterdam

"STENA HOLLANDICA" arriving Hook Van Holland/Rotterdam this morning, photos taken from PRIDE OF ROTTERDAM also arriving in Port, the two ships arrived almost at same time, both from the UK, the HOLLANDICA from Harwich and the PRIDE OF ROTTERDAM from Hull. Photos 11.11.2015

"STENA HOLLANDICA" departing on her maiden voyage

STENA HOLLANDICA beautiful interiors

Photos taken last sunday, the 23rd October during a voyage from Hook Van Holland to Harwich, beautiful mega cruise ferry

RIVA BAR one of the nicest features on board STENA HOLLANDICA

The RIVA BAR on board super cruiseferry "STENA HOLLANDICA" is named after the Italian Historic Shipyard, one of the oldest in the world with a huge reputation for building boats of top quality and craftsmanship, some 160 years of history, photos taken on the 23rd October 2011

My first trip on the superferry "STENA HOLLANDICA"

The mega cruise ferry "STENA HOLLANDICA" together with her younger sister "STENA BRITANNICA" are by far the biggest ferries ever built for STENA LINE, the ships have about 62.000 GRT, they are both owned and operated by STENA on the Harwich to Hook Van Holland service. HOLLANDICA was built in Germany by WADEN YARDS MTW and delivered to STENA in May 2010 so the ship is just one year old, she is powered by Diesel engines with a maximum of 46000 bhp that can propel the vessel to 24 knots, she has capacity for 1200 passengers, I was on board the ship last sunday, the 23rd October and was really impressed by the ship, the passenger facilities are beautifully decorated and very comfortable, she looks like a massive yacht, shame the main Restaurant "Metropolitan" is not more intimate and of course another criticism to these modern cruise ferries, the lack of outdoor space for passengers, exception for BRITTANY FERRIES, there is a big screen showing parts of the ship where passengers are not allowed, she almost does not release any smoke, very environmental friendly, great experience, also the embarkation in Holland is stress free and quick with almost immediate access to the ship