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- ↑ Tarbox, Steven (3 December 2020). "Stena Embla - Stena Line". NIFerrySite. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "Stena Line's newest E-Flexer ferry completes sea trials". Baird Maritime. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "We welcome Stena Embla to our fleet". Stena Line. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "Stena Line takes delivery of 215-metre ferry". Baird Maritime. 3 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ Tarbox, Steven (15 January 2021). "Stena Embla makes maiden voyage from Rosslare ahead of Belfast return". NIFerrySite. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "Stena Line's newest and larger ship, the Stena Embla debuts on Rosslare-Cherbourg Route". Fleet Transport. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "Stena Line's Stena Embla ferry is back on the Belfast route". Cruisemapper. 26 January 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ↑ "Stena Line to put Stena Scandica and Stena Baltica ferries on Ventspils-Nynashamn route". The Baltic Course. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
