Launch of “Seatruck Performance”

The “Seatruck Perfomance” – like her three sister vessels – is 142m long and 25m wide, boast a freight-carrying capacity of 2,166 lane metres on four decks and can carry up to 155 trailers.
After the earlier delivery of the first vessel, the “Seatruck Progress”, the “Seatruck Power”, the “Seatruck Performance” and the remaining vessel of the series are scheduled to be delivered by June this year. 
All four ferries will be mainly deployed in the Irish Sea and are said to be the most efficient and modern in the Seatruck fleet. FSG engineers have placed great value on eco-friendliness and on low fuel consumption. Compared with conventional ships, FSG designs consume up to 30% less fuel, according to the shipyard. 
The ferries will be the biggest ships to operate out of the northwest English port of Heysham. It was the size of this port that determined the length of the new buildings - maximum 142m to allow for the greatest possible load and optimal manoeuverability in a port with only limited available space. To guarantee unhampered loading of the upper decks, the deckhouse is located forward. 
Thanks to a new contract signed with a Canadian shipping company just before Christmas, orders now in hand provide work up to the end of 2013. As well as the RoRo freight ferries for Seatruck, three further RoRo freight ferries will be built at FSG for Turkey’s Ulusoy Sealines up to that date, along with one of the most eco-friendly Con¬Ro ships in the world for the customer in Canada. Further projects, designed to secure the jobs of more than 700 shipbuilders in Flensburg, are currently in the planning stage.