{{Short description|Marine Atlantic ferry}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = 2022-08-21 01 MV HIGHLANDERS - IMO 9331189 - Channel-Port aux Basques CAN.jpg | image_caption = MV ''Highlanders'' at Channel-Port aux Basques, Canada }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | name = *2007-2009: ''Stena Traveller'' *2011 onwards: ''Highlanders'' | owner = | operator = *2006-2009: Stena Line *2011 onwards: Marine Atlantic | registry = St. John's, {{flag|Canada}} | route = | ordered = | builder = Baltijsky Zavod Shipyard, Vasilyevsky Island, Russia/Fosen Mekaniske Verksteder (Fosen Yards), Rissa Municipality, Norway | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = 14 June 2005 | launched = 8 December 2006 | completed = 12 June 2007 | christened = | acquired = | maiden_voyage = | in_service = | out_of_service = | identification = *{{IMO Number|9331189}} *{{MMSI Number|316019125}} *Callsign: VYGT | fate = | status = In service | notes = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = Seabridger | tonnage = 28,460 GT | displacement = | length = {{convert|199.5|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|26.70|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} | height = | draught = {{convert|6.20|m|ft|1|abbr=on}} | decks = | deck_clearance = | ramps = | ice_class = | power = 2 × MAN 9L48/60B 9-cylinder diesel engines, 2 × Auxiliary Mitsubishi diesel engines | propulsion = *2 × controllable pitch propellers *3 × bow thrusters | speed = {{convert|22|kn|km/h|1|lk=in|abbr=on}} | capacity = *1000 passengers *2840 lane meters | crew = | notes = }} }}
'''MV ''Highlanders''''' (ex-MV ''Stena Traveller'') is a Ro-Pax passenger/vehicle ferry operated by the Canadian Crown corporation Marine Atlantic. She operates between the islands of Newfoundland and Cape Breton in eastern Canada and is named after several Nova Scotian infantry regiments which fought in the first and second world wars.
Largely built in Russia, her assembly was finished in Norway. As part of Stena Line she regularly ran between The Netherlands and the United Kingdom from 2007-2009. After being leased by Marine Atlantic, she was taken to Bremerhaven, Germany to be converted to better suit the North Sydney to Channel-Port aux Basques route, which she would be taking over. This conversion included the addition of a third bow thruster, increase and renovation of the passenger areas, and shortening of the vessel by 12m to help facilitate docking at Channel-Port aux Basques.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marine-atlantic.ca/en/fleet/Newsrelease.pdf|title=GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INVESTS IN TWO FERRIES FOR MARINE ATLANTIC INC.|accessdate=14 March 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519023521/http://marine-atlantic.ca/en/fleet/Newsrelease.pdf|archivedate=19 May 2011}}</ref> She entered regular passenger service with Marine Atlantic in mid April 2011 shortly after her nearly identical sister ship {{MV|Blue Puttees}}. In May 2015, Marine Atlantic announced that it had purchased both vessels from Stena for Can$100 million each.<ref name="ferry purchase">{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/marine-atlantic-purchases-mv-blue-puttees-mv-highlanders-1.3087746|title=Marine Atlantic Purchases MV Blue Puttees, MV Highlanders|accessdate=2015-05-26|date=2015-05-26|publisher=CBC News}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Highlanders}} Category:2006 ships Category:Ferries of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Ferries of Nova Scotia Category:Marine Atlantic Category:Ships built in Saint Petersburg Category:Ships built in Rissa Municipality