''Stena Horizon'' is a passenger and vehicle ferry operated by

Stena Line Stena Line is a Swedish shipping line company and one of the largest ferry operators in the world. It services Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Sweden. Stena Line is a major unit of Ste ...

. The vessel operates between Rosslare, Ireland and

Cherbourg Cherbourg (; , , ), nrf, Chèrbourg, ) is a former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It was merged into the commune of Cherbourg-Octeville on 28 Feb ...

, France.

History

''Stena Horizon'' was built in 2006 as the ''Cartour Beta''. She was constructed at the Italian shipyard of

Cantiere Navale Visentini Cantiere Navale di Visentini is a family owned Italy, Italian shipbuilder, based in Donada near Venice. The company is largest private shipbuilder in Italy. Deliveries Ferries Generation 1 / Other Generation 2 Generation 3 Gener ...

Caronte & Tourist

Upon completion the vessel was chartered to Sicilian ferry operator

Caronte & Tourist Caronte is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name of Charon, the boatman of Hades, appearing in numerous versions of the legend of Orpheus: *Caronte in Caccini's '' Euridice'' *Caronte in Peri's '' Euridice'' *Caronte in Monteverdi's '' L'Orf ...

. The vessel operated between

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

and

Messina Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in ...

until replaced by a new ship in May 2011.

Celtic Link

In October 2011 the vessel entered service with Irish ferry operator

Celtic Link Ferries Celtic Link Ferries was an Irish ferry company which used to operate a passenger and freight roll-on/roll-off service between Rosslare and Cherbourg. Celtic Link Ferries ceased operating in February 2014 with Stena Line taking over their rou ...

replacing the ''Norman Voyager''. Prior to entering service the ship was renamed ''Celtic Horizon''.

Stena Line

On 26 February 2014 Stena Line announced that they had agreed to purchase Celtic Link Ferries with effect from 31 March 2014. ''Celtic Horizon'' was renamed ''Stena Horizon'' and is managed by Northern Marine Ferries. ''Stena Horizon'' carries a maximum of 660 passengers, though she has a design capacity for 972.

Sisterships

''Stena Horizon'' is the third of four near-identical ships built by

. The other ships being ''Stena Mersey'', ''Stena Lagan'' and ''Cartour Gamma.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stena Horizon 2005 ships Ferries of the Republic of Ireland Ships built by Cantiere Navale Visentini Ships built in Italy