colin Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 2 hours ago, Cabin-boy said: I wouldn't mention herrings, red or otherwise. The EU will grab at least 25% of them if you do. Ed. It's OK, the UK boats that catch herring mainly land it in Norway or Denmark as Brits don't like it. Link to post Share on other sites
Gareth Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 hours ago, nick hall said: Wow - bring back the Brexit thread, all is forgiven. 😂 I don’t think he meant in this thread Ed! 😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites
jonno Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On 12/01/2021 at 14:45, TonyMWeaver said: Galicia wasn't delivered by Stena Crews Eh? BF hired a crew from Stena AB Northern Marine to sail her from China, you were in personal contact with a senior mariner on board, which I believe was the Captain? She was only handed over to a BF crew once the familiarisation and dry docking in Santander was completed. Link to post Share on other sites
jonno Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) I note that Stena Embla will sail from Rosslare to Cherbourg this evening. Steve's niferry site is now reporting that she'll sail to Rosslare from Belfast this evening then probably head to Cherbourg. Edited January 13 by jonno found more info. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RickOShea Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) 1 hour ago, jonno said: Eh? BF hired a crew from Stena AB Northern Marine to sail her from China, you were in personal contact with a senior mariner on board, which I believe was the Captain? She was only handed over to a BF crew once the familiarisation and dry docking in Santander was completed. BF didn't hire a crew - delivery by Stena RoRo to BF was in Europe so she was still a Stena managed ship until that point. As for the GALICIA delivery crew, it would be wrong to call them Stena Line crew as that's the ferry company but "Stena crew" is totally acceptable as Northern Marine is a Stena company and indeed the Northern Marine crew were employed by Stena RoRo to bring the ship to Europe. Northern Marine is very integrated into the Stena organisations, they even directly managed and employed the Irish Sea fleet/crew for a few recent years - plucking figures from thin air to save a deep dive in emails, I'd say 2013 - 2018. Not sure why this has turned into such a big discussion 😛 Edited January 13 by RickOShea 3 Link to post Share on other sites
RickOShea Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, jonno said: I note that Stena Embla will sail from Rosslare to Cherbourg this evening. Steve's niferry site is now reporting that she'll sail to Rosslare from Belfast this evening then probably head to Cherbourg. She will operate a roundtrip to Cherbourg on Thursday and Saturday ex Rosslare. STENA HORIZON requires some urgent maintenance. Link to post Share on other sites
daves_pad! Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question in this thread.... I was Just looking at the deck plan of Galicia, I can now see where the freight cabins are (aft on deck 8 ) and we all know how popular they are with freight drivers, 😕 but looking further at the deck plan, I note the reclining seat lounge appears to have no showers nearby, The only showers I can see if aft of deck 8 (Freight drivers showers...) Does that mean reclining seat passengers have to share the shower facilities with freight drivers? I worry if that’s the case, drivers will be further annoyed if they don’t know that yet?! Link to post Share on other sites
lg12 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Would the reclining seat passengers normally have access to showers on other ships such as the Pont Aven? Link to post Share on other sites
lg12 Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 20 minutes ago, RickOShea said: She will operate a roundtrip to Cherbourg on Thursday and Saturday ex Rosslare. STENA HORIZON requires some urgent maintenance. I wonder what is up with Horizon. Link to post Share on other sites
daves_pad! Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) The showers on Pont-Aven are in the ‘les Finisteres’ area and near the Reserved seat lounge, full access to it 24/7 > The other ships I’m sure have showers, I know on Normandie & MSM they are by the cinema and Seat lounges..... Edited January 13 by daves_pad! Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Hyde Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 On Commodore Clipper reclining seat passengers can pay to have access to a special shower block. I guess Brittany Ferries don't offer this facility Link to post Share on other sites
RickOShea Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 17 minutes ago, daves_pad! said: Not sure if this is the right place to ask this question in this thread.... I was Just looking at the deck plan of Galicia, I can now see where the freight cabins are (aft on deck 8 ) and we all know how popular they are with freight drivers, 😕 but looking further at the deck plan, I note the reclining seat lounge appears to have no showers nearby, The only showers I can see if aft of deck 8 (Freight drivers showers...) Does that mean reclining seat passengers have to share the shower facilities with freight drivers? I worry if that’s the case, drivers will be further annoyed if they don’t know that yet?! Worry not! There is a shower in both the ladies' and gents' toilets adjacent to the reclining seat lounge. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, jonno said: I note that Stena Embla will sail from Rosslare to Cherbourg this evening. Steve's niferry site is now reporting that she'll sail to Rosslare from Belfast this evening then probably head to Cherbourg. So is this a practical example as to why they are called an E Flexer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RickOShea Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 5 minutes ago, Chef said: So is this a practical example as to why they are called an E Flexer Well indeed - designed to operate to a largely degree of suitability on pretty much any route in the fleet. This will become the fourth route Stena have used one on. Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMWeaver Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) 3 hours ago, jonno said: Eh? BF hired a crew from Stena AB Northern Marine to sail her from China, you were in personal contact with a senior mariner on board, which I believe was the Captain? She was only handed over to a BF crew once the familiarisation and dry docking in Santander was completed. Stena used NMSML for the delivery voyage, the delivery voyage had nothing to do with Brittany Ferries until Galicia arrived in Santander. My source, who was the master for the delivery voyage is employed under the NMSML arm of the company. Edited January 13 by TonyMWeaver Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, Chef said: So is this a practical example as to why they are called an E Flexer Yes but we still don't know start the E stands for, do we? Ed Link to post Share on other sites
RickOShea Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 4 hours ago, RickOShea said: She will operate a roundtrip to Cherbourg on Thursday and Saturday ex Rosslare. STENA HORIZON requires some urgent maintenance. Stena Line's press release suggests moves are afoot to go beyond these two roundtrips. https://news.cision.com/stena-line-ukie/r/stena-line-s-newest-ship-debuts-on-rosslare-cherbourg-route,c3267777 Link to post Share on other sites
jonno Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 25 minutes ago, RickOShea said: Stena Line's press release suggests moves are afoot to go beyond these two roundtrips. https://news.cision.com/stena-line-ukie/r/stena-line-s-newest-ship-debuts-on-rosslare-cherbourg-route,c3267777 Yep, I think we saw that coming. Link to post Share on other sites
TonyMWeaver Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 3 hours ago, Cabin-boy said: Yes but we still don't know start the E stands for, do we? Ed There's been a suggestion, which Tarby also covered that E-Flexer means Efficiency - FLEXer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
IanN Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) 10 hours ago, Cabin-boy said: Yes but we still don't know start the E stands for, do we? Ed Economy!😜 Edited January 14 by IanN Added content 2 Link to post Share on other sites
IanN Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 5 minutes ago, IanN said: Economy!😜 Ed You should not lead me on Link to post Share on other sites
Cabin-boy Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 10 minutes ago, IanN said: Ed You should not lead me on Why do I always get the blame? 😀 Ed Link to post Share on other sites
Chef Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I don't recall any of the Stena Irish Sea E Flexers carrying out berthing trials at Rosslare , Irish Ferries had WB Yeats do a berthing trial at Rosslare on her delivery voyage . Link to post Share on other sites
RickOShea Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 3 hours ago, Chef said: I don't recall any of the Stena Irish Sea E Flexers carrying out berthing trials at Rosslare , Irish Ferries had WB Yeats do a berthing trial at Rosslare on her delivery voyage . There are many myths about berthing trials. They aren't essential to a ship entering service on a route. Usually well advised if the ship isn't clearly an obvious fit for a berth or it's going to be a long term deployment and modifications may be needed. But bottom line is berthing trials aren't 100% essential as somebody will have modelled things. That's not always totally accurate mind you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Gareth Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I’m pretty sure someone told me, back when were discussing Galicia’s berthing trials and I wondered if they would send her to Rosslare in case they wanted to use one of their Flexers at Rosslare at some stage, that there was no need for Galicia to trial at Rosslare because one of the Stena Flexers had already trialled there. Can’t remember who said it, or which ship it was, or whether it was in a forum post or a PM. Link to post Share on other sites
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