Stena Europe Life Extension Project

Gemak Group has added another remarkable one to its many accomplishments with the refurbishment and life extension works of the RoPax Vessel’s from Stena Lines.
Gemak Group has proven it’s pioneer position in this field of business where quality and luxury are paramount at this time.
With special gratitude to Stena Lines for their trust at Gemak Group and the given opportunity to work together on this unique project.
Gemak Grup, dikkat çeken başarılı projelerine bir yenisini daha eklemenin gruru içinde, Stena Lines’a ait Stena Europe (RoPax) gemisinin yenileme ve ömür uzatma projesini de başarı ile tamamlamıştır.
Gemak Grup, kalite ve lüx işçiliğin önemli olduğu böyle bir projede de öncü ve lider konumunu kanıtlamış oldu.
Stena Lines'a bize duydukları güven için ve bu eşsiz projelerinde bizimle birlikte çalışma fırsatı verdikleri için sonsuz teşekkürlerimizi sunarız.

[@gliderklajdkl]

Fantastic results! She shines again inside and out!

[@tjshill82]

It’s great to see older ships getting life extensions. May she sail for many more years. Looks excellent

[@---lu7cw]

Well, that is wishful thinking, unfortunately. Gemak was faced with multiple difficulties during the refit of Stena Europe resulting in months of delays, and that indicates this yard has no idea what they are doing. Don´t believe me? Then how did they manage to install faulty seals that caused water to flood in? And just think about all the other failed repairs that we don´t get to know about. I commented about the sealing failure, and they simply deleted my comment, once again proving that they´re hiding something. Otherwise, they would likely have denied it. I find it hard to believe that she will last with such poor craftmanship. Stena should definitively have chosen Bremerhaven like they used to, as the Britannica and Hollandica of 2003 and 2001 faced problems neither during or after their conversion.

[@Oakleaf700]

@@---lu7cw Oh no! Faulty seals are a no no..... A basic need is to keep water out.... {Captain Obvious here} ....but once water gets onto a car deck.... it is disastrous. Hope the old girl is OK now.

[@boogiestreet594]

@@---lu7cw did you notice tat COMPLETELY ignored the entire deck 9 and 10? look at the ariel views, NOTHING has been repainted even, let alone replaced, they're using the same faded crappy 39 year old lifeboats, the top rail around the ship is a disgrace and the railing themselves are falling assunder, and the actual wooden arm rest is falling off. do yu have any idea how much this cost dude?

[@---lu7cw]

@Anthony Quigley Yeah, I noticed the lifeboats, they are uncovered and I cannot imagine any newbuilds passing the SOLAS requirements with this poor equipment after the Estonia disaster. Even M/S Eckerö got new lifeboats a decade ago. Regarding the evacuation systems, they used/stole a clip from Survitec's video about the Marin Ark 2 at 6:16. Why not use their own footage, what are they trying to hide? I wondered if they actually dared to leave the upper superstructure unpainted, and they did! Given the very poor work, the fragile and worn-out railings are not really a big surprise xD How much did it really cost? I imagine the refit to have been cheap, with the quality obviously corresponding to the cost... Is that why Stena chose to rebuild Stena Superfast X in Greece, and not Turkey?

[@---lu7cw]

@Oakleaf700 Who does not a love a mug that leaks xD Even Stena Estrid (made in China of course) had lots of problems with her seals: Boom, 20-30 windows leaking...

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

At 43 years old she’s doing ok! Built in 1980! It’s the equivalent of a WW2 ship being used in the 80s! I was on her last week. I think she’s being replaced in July on the Rosslaire to Fishguard route?

[@everybody2206]

I got lot's of memories from this ship

[@Jacksadventures-r2z]

i love the new Stena Europe now

[@dominicwood3451]

This is an astonishing amount of effort for such a vessel of her age, but in all fairness she has probably long paid for herself. If you had to build a replacement from scratch this would run to 80-100m euros. Two things raise eyebrows for me; keeping up with SOLAS regulations, and emissions. I assume she's had scrubbers fitted? (though these aren't obviously visible). Stena must be planning on at least 5-10 years of additional service to justify such extensive work. The fundamental general layout and design is clearly still efficient enough to justify keeping her going.

[@IANinALTONA]

There is no need to fit scrubbers for environmental reasons. You only fit scrubbers if you want to comply with exhaust gas regulations AND keep using cheap and dirty fuel. Better alternative is to skip on scrubbers and just use ( more expensive) clean fuel to begin with.

[@boeinga370]

I was on this ship a few years ago

[@chrisevans6250]

Shame the work could not of been done in a British dry Dock,

[@Oakleaf700]

We sailed on this Old Lady across the Irish Sea and back.....She was looking a little tired and rusty, {2014} but she is an old Workhorse for sure, Veteran of many a Storm. Wonder if the fares will be put up after the refit!?

[@Jacksadventures-r2z]

Oakleaf700 yeah Stena Europe sister died

[@Oakleaf700]

@@Jacksadventures-r2z Was there a 'Sister' to Stena Europe?....Seems Europe is still going strong,...in this weekend's gales she was shown on Marine Map at the Harbour {Fishguard}...she she must be back in action.

[@Jacksadventures-r2z]

@@Oakleaf700 yes they was

[@Jacksadventures-r2z]

@@Oakleaf700 i ma going on her soon in 10 weeks

[@barry5356]

Is there a name for the music played.

[@marktrvls1218]

You have to wonder is it such a good idea to do all this work to such an old ship 🤔

[@MultiMediaEmperor]

🤦🏻‍♂️

[@wexfordam]

you can polish a turd but still remains a turd worst boat that route has ever seen

[@ForeverPlayingGames]

I disagree massivly.

[@boogiestreet594]

Why did you guys COMPLETELY ignore the top deck? youdidn't refloor, you can still see al the horrible black staining on al the blue panels on the floor, and look infront of the the funnel and behind it, nothing done there! and also, you didn't clean up or even replace the lifeboats, they're still faded and full of sh*t from 40 years on the sea lol and you should have replaced the top deck rail all around, it's AWFUL....hold on, did you just remove 2 fully watertight doors, and replace them with 2x 3/4 height doors??? You are going backwards in tecnology. The reason the door falls down like that, is if the front doors are left open, te water flooding it pushes against the watertight door keeping it completely sealed!!! WHY! but also, this is my dream! this ship was born wen i was, and she looks better now than i do!! can you tell me approx wat was the cost of this? and whats the life expectancy now, 15 more years?