Seatruck Progress and Seatruck Power (Vessel Profile)

Overview

These freight only ferries were designed and built specifically to be able to operate into Heysham port on behalf of Seatruck Ferries.  Due to the size of Heysham larger ships can not operate there, however the trend in recent years has been for vessels to get larger, severely restricting the number of vessels which could operate safely within Heysham’s confines.

They are 2 of 4 identical sister ships (known as the FSG, or FSG 746 class) designed and built specifically for Seatruck by the famous Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard in Germany.  They where designed specifically to maximise space for vehicles inside their restricted size, whilst maintaining a shallow draught due to Heysham being quite shallow (in fact the harbour needs to be dredged often in order to stop it from becoming silted up).  Due to the way they are designed they can carry 20% more freight but with 10% less fuel consumption than the ships they replaced for Seatruck.  Seatruck Power and Seatruck Progress currently operate between Dublin and Liverpool, but due to their design can also be used on the company’s other routes from Heysham and Warrenpoint.  Until recently their two sister ships were on charter to Stena Line as  Stena Performer and Stena Precision operating between Belfast and Heysham.  From September 2018 all four vessels operate for Seatruck Ferries themselves.

Technical Data

	SEATRUCK PROGRESS	SEATRUCK POWER
IMO Number	9506203	9506215
Design	FSG
Building Yard	Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg Germany (FSG)
Hull Number	746	747
Year Completed	November 2011	2012
Owner	Seatruck Ferries Ltd
Operator	Seatruck Ferries Ltd
Classification	Det Norske Veritas,+1A1, General Cargo Carrier Ro-Ro, E0, DG-P, TMON
In service (original)	20th December 2011	14th February 2012
Call sign	2EUK3	2FCX7
Length overall	142m
Beam	25m
Draft	5.2m
Gross Tonnage	19772
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 Flume tank stabilisation system 1 x MAN D2866 LE203 11.9l emergency diesel generator engine
Power(Max/Pme  @ 75%)	16,000kW/12,000kW
Speed (Max/Operational)	21kts/18-21kts
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)

 

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