25 YEARS OF BELFAST SERVICE BY STENA LINE
The 25th anniversary of the switch of Stena Line’s Northern Ireland terminal port from Larne to Belfast was marked on 12 November 2020. From a total of just three ferries operating at that time to a single Scottish port, the company now has seven vessels on year-round services to Cairnryan, Birkenhead and Heysham, with a mix of leisure and freight traffic.
In addition, during the past quarter of a century Belfast Harbour has become Stena’s largest port outside Gothenburg, with the operation having transported sufficient vehicles to circle the globe three times, if laid end to end. The company’s Irish Sea trade director Paul Grant describes the past
