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and the owner of one of the design companies
we have worked with,” says Westling,
recounting Stena’s reasons for choosing to
build the vessels at AVIC’s shipyard.
“We started our cooperation here and
ordered four ships with an option for four
more. However, along the way we were able
to develop a number of additional options and
we now have nine ships in total. For all those
optional ships, we’ve had much discussion
with Deltamarin, because the ships are all
slightly different. We’ve been able to very
easily design modified versions of this ship,
and it has become a family of ships. We call
them ‘E-Flexers’.”
Westling also has memories of working
with Deltamarin on the world’s largest civilian
hospital ship, Global Mercy (previously known
as Atlantic Mercy): “That’s a very interesting
project and very different from everything we
have done. That project started in 2012, when
I was approached by a broker from Geneva
whom I know very well. He asked me if we were
willing to help an organisation called Mercy
Ships convert an old ferry into a hospital ship.”
“Because I have a long experience with
commercial liners, I said ‘Of course, we will
look into that.’ While I was in the middle of this
process, Mercy Ships decided that it actually
wanted a newbuilding instead, because it had
enough money from donations, so we decided
to design one. We brought to the table a new
One of the projects
where Deltamarin
and Stena have
collaborated was the
lengthening of Stena
Hollandica in 2007
when a giant new
52m mid-section was
manoeuvred into
place between the aft
and forward sections
of the ship.
(PHOTO: STENA)
I think it’s very easy to work
with Deltamarin.
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