{"id":8046,"date":"2018-01-26T21:29:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T19:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8046"},"modified":"2020-12-25T10:51:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-25T08:51:04","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8046","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8038\">Back to&nbsp;Ship<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;History<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Building contract<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Start of Production<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Keel laid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>Launch<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29\/11\/2005<\/td><td>Delivered to Levantina Trasporti, Bari, Italy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/2005<\/td><td>Charter to Norse Merchant Ferries<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/2005<\/td><td>Belfast &#8211; Birkenhead route<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2006<\/td><td>Norse Merchant Ferries was acquired by NorfolkLine. Continue&nbsp; same route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/2008<\/td><td>Owner Norfolkline Shipping BV<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2009<\/td><td>New owner Mersey Viking Ltd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7\/2010<\/td><td>Charter to DFDS Seaways when DFDS&nbsp; buy NorfolkLine<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3\/8\/2010<\/td><td>Refurbished . New name Mersey Seaways.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/2011<\/td><td>Belfast &#8211; Birkenhead route sold to Stena Line<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8\/8\/2011<\/td><td>New name Stena Mersey<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3-4\/21012<\/td><td>Refurbished at Harland &amp; Wolf shipyard, Belfast<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1\/5\/2012<\/td><td>New owner Stena Ropax Ltd<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2\/2013<\/td><td>Refurbished interior<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a02021<\/td><td>\u00a0Rebuild and lengthened by Sedef Shipyard.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a02021<\/td><td>\u00a0New name Stena Baltica<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a0mid 2021<\/td><td>\u00a0Nyn\u00e4shamn &#8211; Ventspils route.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to&nbsp;Ship &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;History &nbsp; Building contract &nbsp; Start of Production &nbsp; Keel laid &nbsp; Launch 29\/11\/2005 Delivered to Levantina Trasporti, Bari, Italy 11\/2005 Charter to Norse Merchant Ferries 12\/2005 Belfast &#8211; Birkenhead route 2006 Norse Merchant Ferries was acquired &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=8046\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":8038,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8046","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8046"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25862,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8046\/revisions\/25862"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}