Aluminox is awarded the galley contract for the first 3 E-flexers built in Avic Weihai shipyard for Stena Lines - HN W263/W264/W266

We are delighted to announce that ALUMINOX SA is the awarded Galley equipment maker for the first three E-Flexers (W263/264/266) build it AVIC WEIHAI Shipyard.
ALUMINOX SA will be responsible to deliver the equipment for the main galley, the self service areas, the bars and cafeterias.
Working closely with the owner and the shipyard ALUMINOX SA proposed also the layout arrangement in order to ensure a fully functional scope of supply.

Stena E-Flexer is a series of up to 11 new passenger and vehicle RoPax ferries ordered by Stena RoRo from the AVIC Weihai shipyard in China. The series will feature a new unique hull shape developed for Stena by Deltamarin, with the bow shaped to reduce resistance including around the openings for the thrusters, and the stern shaped to reduce wave making.  As well as being efficient, E-Flexer is designed with a high capacity and can carry up to 50% more vehicles than today’s standard RoPax vessels. 

At speeds of 18 knots and below each vessel will be able to run on just one of its two propellers, with the other propeller feathered in order to minimise resistance through the water.  To date, a total of nine confirmed orders have been placed for E-Flexer vessels, built to six different designs for three different operators.

What Does The Name E-Flexer Mean?

The name E-Flexer was chosen to reflect two of the main goals of the design – efficiency and flexibility. The ships are designed to be some of the most fuel efficient in the world for their size while also being flexible enough to operate across a number of different routes of varying distances. This has been reflected in the routes the vessels have been ordered from which at present range from the 90 minute Dover to Calais crossing to the 23 hour plus Portsmouth to Spain routes of Brittany Ferries.