Poor market conditions and overcapacity in the Irish Sea market have forced DFDS to sell two ferries to Stena Line.



Two loss-making routes, a further pair of chartered ships and terminal operations in Belfast and the UK mainland are also going to Stena in a $62m deal.

DFDS chief Niels Smedegaard.

Danish owner DFDS has offloaded the 1,694-lane metre owned ships Scotia Seaways and Hibernia