UK-based manufacturer and outfitter MPE Interiors has completed three new contracts in the UK and Ireland to upgrade passenger ferries for Stena Line and P&O Ferries.
The contracts involve a range of furniture, soft furnishing and ceiling improvements on ferries at different shipyards. MPE Interiors' specialties include joinery, polishing, spraying and upholstery work. Other services include design, manufacturing, refurbishment, installation and maintenance of furniture, soft furnishings and upholstery.
A MPE Interiors representative said they had completed work on the 'Stena Horizon', which operates between Rosslare in the Republic of Ireland and Cherbourg in France. This involved rebuilding and refurbishing more than 200 chairs, as well as upholstery work and curtains. Their staff travelled from Merseyside to Rosslare to deliver the furniture and materials.
MPE's second ferry contract saw staff travelling to the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to work on the 'Stena Europe', which operates between Rosslare and Fishguard in Wales. This contract involved upholstering banquet seating. Meanwhile, the third ferry contract involved the P&O Ferries 'Pride of York', which was docked in northeast England. MPE travelled to the A&P Tyne shipyard in Hebburn where it replaced the ceiling of a crew mess room and refurbished an existing ceiling in a passenger area.
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