News / Stena Line and Peel sign 77-year deal for port of Heysham

Irish Sea ferry operator Stena Line has signed an eye-popping 77-year deal to operate from Heysham until the end of the century with the port’s owner, Peel Ports.

The deal is part of Stena’s programme of major investment in its UK-Northern Ireland operations, and follows February’s extension to its lease at Liverpool’s 12 Quay terminal in Birkenhead for the same period and the decision to build two new freight-only ro-ro ’NewMax’ vessels to operate its Heysham-Belfast route.

“This agreement reinforces our long-term ...