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 Seatruck Ferries was a UK-based freight-only ferry company which commenced services in 1996. It became a subsidiary of CLdN RoRo, CLdN and was absorbed into the Luxembourg-based parent's overall brand as CLdN RoRo in February 2024. It operated ...

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 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. In May 2012, ''Seatruck Point'' was chartered to DFDS, operating on the Cuxhaven–Immingham route. In September 2022, CLdN bought out

' shares from the

Clipper Group Clipper Group is an international shipping company, founded in 1991 by Torben Gülnar Jensen, after a split of Armada Shipping A/S, which was founded in 1972 together with Jørgen Dannesboe. Primary focus is on bulk, especially within the handys ...

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.

Description

''Seatruck Point'' is one of four "''P Series''" ro-ro freight ferries. It has a length of , a beam of and a draft of . 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 Wärtsilä Oyj Abp (), trading internationally as Wärtsilä Corporation, is a Finnish corporation, Finnish company which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the Marine propulsion, marine and energy markets. The core ...

8L46 diesel engines which drive two controllable pitch propellers. The vessel is also equipped with two Wärtsilä CT200 bow thrusters.

Sister Vessels

*'' Clipper Pace'' *'' Clipper Panorama'' *'' Clipper Pennant''

References

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Seatruck Ferries

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