Seatrucks First New Ro-Ro Enters Service

Clipper Point will be joined by another newbuilding, the

Clipper Pace

on the Warrenpoint-Heysham service across the Irish Sea. Two more newbuildings,

Clipper Pennant

and

Clipper Panorama

, will be deployed on the Dublin-Liverpool route. Seatruck acquired this route last September from the former operator, Celtic Link.

The commissioning

and

entry into service of Clipper Point follows Seatruck’s announcement in early March of an order for a further four new freight ferries. This order was placed with the German shipbuilder FSG (Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft). These 21 knot ships will have four decks offering 151 trailer spaces in a length overall of just 142m. These newbuildings will join the rapidly exp

and

ing Seatruck fleet in the period from November 2011 to June 2012.

Over recent months freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have also acquired four secondh

and

vessels – the 121m, 65 unit capacity sister ships Arrow, Triumph, Shield

and

Challenge.

Kevin Hobbs, CEO of Seatruck, said, ‘We are making good progress in developing a young, flexible fleet offering new st

and

ards of service

and

greater capacity on the busy Irish Sea routes. Dem

and

on both routes is strong

and

we are well placed to meet our clients’ requirements for fast, efficient service’.