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I STENA AB sin "Interim Report for the six-month period 1 January – 30 June 2018" kan man lese følgende:

- Stena Carrier has been sold and delivered in August 2018.
- Stena Freighter will be sold and delivered in the fourth quarter 2018

Ser at "Stena Carrier" er solgt og overtatt av Baja Ferries SA de CV i Mexico allerede som "Mexico Star", mens ukjent kven som har kjøpt "Stena Freighter"
 
Used Ro/Ro Will Become Blue Origin's Rocket Landing Pad

Blue Origin, the space flight firm launched by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, will follow SpaceX's lead and recover its first-stage rocket boosters on a vessel at sea. Its future landing platform will be the 2004-built, 11,000 dwt ro/ro Stena Freighter.

Historically, commercial launches departing Cape Canaveral have used disposable booster rockets. Depending upon where the payload is headed in orbit, flying the booster back to land after an eastward trip over the Atlantic is not always possible - but landing it on a vessel might be. This innovative approach allows for expensive first-stage boosters to be recovered and reused, thereby reducing the cost per launch. SpaceX has successfully landed its boosters in this manner on a converted, DP-equipped deck barge, and this is key to the firm's plans to keep down cost.

In order to host its own at-sea landings, Blue Origin bought the ro/ro cargo vessel Stena Freighter in August. The ship arrived at the Port of Pensacola, Florida last weekend, and she is scheduled for drydock upgrades before her delivery.

Early reports indicated that the Freighter (left, courtesy Stena) would be used for the pre-launch transport of rocket components, but Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith recently confirmed to GeekWire that she will become a landing pad. Blue Origin plans to launch its first New Glenn orbital-class rocket from Cape Canaveral in 2021, giving time for shipyard conversion work.

The Verge notes that SpaceX was not the first firm to come up with the "landing-at-sea" concept. Blue Origin filed a patent for "Sea landing of space launch vehicles and associated systems" in 2010, well before SpaceX conducted its first booster recovery. However, SpaceX successfully challenged the patent claim by arguing that the idea had already been proposed by others in the past, making it unpatentable.

Kilde: The Maritime Executive
 
Stena Line selger to skip til, "Stena Foreteller" og "Stena Forecaster" - uvisst til kven enda og kva nye namn blir
 
Oversikt over Stena 4-Runner Mk I & Mk II Class:

Mk I Class
"Stena Forwarder", solgt til MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co som "MSC Bridge"
"Stena Freighter"
, solgt til Blue Origin Florida LLC som "LPV"
"Stena Carrier"
, solgt til Baja Ferries SA de CV som "Mexico Star"

Mk II Class
"Stena Foreteller", solgt til ukjent rederi, ukjent nytt namn
"Stena Forecaster"
, solgt til ukjent rederi, ukjent nytt namn
"Stena Forerunner"
, ikkje solgt (enda)
 
Oversikt over Stena 4-Runner Mk I & Mk II Class

Mk II Class
"Stena Foreteller", solgt til ukjent rederi, ukjent nytt namn
"Stena Forecaster"
, solgt til ukjent rederi, ukjent nytt namn
"Stena Forerunner"
, ikkje solgt (enda)
Foreteller og Forecaster er eid av Stena RoRo og begge beholdt sine navn.
Først nevnte går for Stena Line og sist nevnte gjorde det inntil nylig. Og er på charter i Middelhavet. Som gjorde at Stena Line måtte charter et nytt skip på ruta mellom Irland og Frankrike.

Forerunner går fortsatt mellom UK og NL for Stena Line.
 
Her er litt fra Maritimedanmark.dk
 
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