Seatruck Performance | Seatruck Ferries

The profile for SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE‘s sister-ship SEATRUCK PRECISION has moved to her own dedicated page here

Overview of Seatruck Performance

Design and Construction

SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE is a freight only ferry which was designed and built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) specifically to operate into Heysham port on behalf of Seatruck Ferries. 

Due to the size of Heysham harbour, larger ships cannot operate there, however, the industry trend has been for vessels to get larger.  This has severely restricted the number of vessels which could operate within Heysham’s confines.

Built as SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE but renamed STENA PERFORMER in 2012 after charter to Stena Line, she is one of four identical “Roro 2200” design sister ships (known as the FSG class) designed and built for Seatruck by the Flensburger shipyard in Germany. 

The class is designed specifically to maximise space for vehicles inside their restricted size, whilst maintaining a shallow draught due to the harbour at Heysham being quite shallow. The harbour itself needs to be dredged often in order to prevent it from becoming silted up.  

Due to the way they are designed the Seatruck “FSG-Class” can carry 20% more freight but with 10% less fuel consumption than the ships they replaced for Seatruck at Heysham (the P-series).  To achieve this the vessels are designed with four full-height freight decks instead of the more usual three.

Stena Line Charter

From September 2012 until the end of August 2018 SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE and sister-ship SEATRUCK PRECISION were chartered to Stena Line for use on the Belfast to Heysham route.  Renamed STENA PERFORMER and STENA PRECISION they replaced STENA HIBERNIA and STENA SCOTIA which had less freight capacity.

However, in later years STENA HIBERNIA swapped routes with STENA PRECISION so the latter could increase capacity on the Belfast to Birkenhead link operating alongside STENA LAGAN and STENA MERSEY as the third-ship instead of the former.

Return to Seatruck Service

On the 19th June 2018, Seatruck Ferries confirmed speculation that STENA PERFORMER and STENA PRECISION would return to them at the end of their charter period at the end of August.  

On the 23rd August STENA PERFORMER entered the dry-dock at Cammell-Laird in Birkenhead, emerging on Tuesday 28th August renamed SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE and in full Seatruck Livery.  In the meantime STENA SCOTIA replaced her on the Belfast to Heysham route having transferred from the North Sea, re-joining STENA HIBERNIA on her former route.

At around 3 pm on Friday 31st August SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE arrived in Heysham in Seatruck colours for the first time since she lost them little under six years previously.  At approximately 9 pm SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE left Heysham for her first crossing to Warrenpoint, arriving in the Country Down port at around 7 am the next morning.  She then crossed back to Heysham replacing SEATRUCK PANORAMA on the 20:30 sailing ex Warrenpoint, having spent the day alongside at Warrenpoint as is normal on Saturdays.  

SEATRUCK PANORAMA meanwhile had left for the Wet Basin at Cammell-Laird Birkenhead the previous evening, having operated her last Warrenpoint to Heysham crossing that day.  After a period at anchor she made her way to Cammell-Laird at around lunchtime.

On May 8th 2019 SEATRUCK PERFORMACE reportedly grounded in Carlingford Lough. Although there were no fatalities and the vessel was able to return to Warrenpoint to discharge her cargo and passengers, the damage to the vessel was significant enough for her to be forced to dry dock at Harland & Wolff. After arriving at the yard on May 11th, once temporary repairs had been made for the voyage to Belfast, it would be around three weeks before SEATRUCK PERFORMACE would return to service.

Deck Plan

There is no deck plan currently available on NI Ferry Site. We do hope to add it in the near future however.

A look Inside (Interior Gallery)

A Look Inside: SEATRUCK PRECISION (as STENA PRECISION)

Seatruck Performance Technical Data

NAME	SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE
IMO Number	9506227
Design	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG)FSG Roro 2200
Building Yard	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG), Flensburg, Germany
Hull Number	751
Year Completed	2012
Owner	Seatruck Ferries Ltd (Clipper Group)
Operator	Seatruck Ferries Ltd
Classification	Det Norske Veritas +1A1, General Cargo Carrier Ro-Ro, E0, DG-P, TMON
In service (original)	23rd April 2012
In service (Stena Line)	September 2012 – 22nd August 2018
Call sign	2FGR4
Length overall	142m
Beam	25m
Draft	5.2m
Gross Tonnage	19,772
Machinery	2 x MAN 7L48/60-CR main engines – 8,000 kW each 2 x MAN-Alpha VBS1180 propellers – 4.30 metres diameter 2 x Mitsubishi S12R-M(P)TA gensets – 840 kW each 2 x Wartsila CT200 bow thrusters – 1,000 kW each 2 x twist flow full spade rudders with Costa bulb 1 x MAN D2866 LE203 11.9l emergency diesel generator engine Flume tank stabilisation system
Power(Max/Pme  @ 75%)	16,000kW/12,000kW
Speed (Max/Operational)	21kts/18-20kts
Fuel consumption	63.59t/day @ 21kts (90% MCR)
Capacity	12 drivers in 6 double berth cabins. 21 crew (max 22 in 21 single crew cabins + 1 spare cabin). Weather deck: 564 lm – open Upper deck: 665 lm – 5.30 metres free height Main deck: 661 lm – 5.30 metres free height Tanktop deck: 276 lm – 5.00 metres free height 2,166 lane metres total
Cargo Access	Stern loading only (main deck) Fixed ramp from Main Deck to Tank top – 4.0 m wide (Total length of ramp cover – 48.7 m) Fixed internal ramp from Main Deck to Upper Deck – 6.5m wide Fixed ramp from Upper Deck to Weather Deck – 4.0 m wide
Flag	Isle of Man [UK 2nd Register] (Douglas)
Sister-ships	SEATRUCK PROGRESS SEATRUCK POWER SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE

 

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Original Article: 26.02.14
Split from Seatruck Precision: 28.08.18
Re-write and update completed: 30.08.18
Last Updated: 14.01.18 (Prepared for 2019 layout and replaced Gutenberg gallery with responsive gallery)