MS ''Stena Scotia'' is a freight ferry owned by Stena and operated by the ferry company Stena Line. She operates on the route that links Heysham with Belfast. She was built in 1996 at the Miho Shipyards in Japan as the ''Maersk Exporter'' for Norfolkline. In 2010, she was renamed as the ''Scotia Seaways'' when DFDS Seaways acquired Norfolkline and took over all of its operations. Later that year, she was chartered to Stena Line where she was repainted and again renamed, this time as the ''Stena Scotia'', and re-flagged to the Isle of Man. She has three sister ships, ''Stena Hibernia'', ''Flandria Seaways'' and ''Anglia Seaways''. She can only accommodate 12 passengers, but provides 1,692 lane-metres.

Heysham-Belfast

The ship crosses the

Irish sea The Irish Sea or , gv, Y Keayn Yernagh, sco, Erse Sie, gd, Muir Èireann , Ulster-Scots: ''Airish Sea'', cy, Môr Iwerddon . is an extensive body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Ce ...

in about 8 hours.

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* http://www.faktaomfartyg.se/maersk_exporter_1996.htm 1996 ships Ships of the Stena Line Ferries of the United Kingdom {{ferry-stub