MS Seatruck Point is owned and operated by CLdN RoRo. Built by Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Huelva, Clipper Point entered service on 21 March 2008 with Seatruck Ferries.[1]

History

Seatruck Point was launched in 2006, and christened on 7 October. She is the first of four "P Series" ships for Seatruck. Her speed of 22 knots (41 km/h) enables crossing times between Liverpool and Dublin to be reduced to six hours. Older ships like the Riverdance and Moondance took nine and a half hours to do the same journey.[2]

In May 2012, Seatruck Point was chartered to DFDS, operating on the Cuxhaven–Immingham route.

In September 2022, CLdN bought out Seatruck Ferries' shares from the Clipper Group and as a result the whole fleet was also bought. Seatruck Ferries became defunct in February 2024, with all vessels being incorporated into the CLdN fleet.[3][4]

Description

Seatruck Point is one of four "P Series" ro-ro freight ferries. It has a length of 142 metres (466 ft), a beam of 23 metres (75 ft) and a draft of 5.7 metres (19 ft).[5] Det Norske Veritas class the vessel as a 1A1 General Cargo Carrier - with whom Clipper Point is allocated the number 26467.

The vessel is designed to fit in Heysham harbour. Trailers are carried over three decks.

The vessel is powered by two Wärtsilä 8L46 diesel engines[6] which drive two controllable pitch propellers.[6] The vessel is also equipped with two Wärtsilä CT200 bow thrusters.[5]

Sister Vessels

References

  1. ^ "the clipper point is on its way". Seatruck Ferries. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Seatruck Christens First of Five". Marine Link. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2008.
  3. ^ "CLdN to buy Seatruck Ferries from Clipper Group - niferry.co.uk". www.niferry.co.uk. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  4. ^ "CLdN to acquire Seatruck Ferries from Clipper Group | CLdN". www.cldn.com. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Clipper Point (26467)". Vessel Register for DNV. DNV. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Seatruck_Point
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