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Irish Sea Shipping Line News

13 Sep 2004

Seatruck Ferries Voted Irish Shipping Line of the Year

Irish Sea freight ferry operator Seatruck Ferries has been voted "Irish Sea Shipping Line of the Year". Seatruck Ferries received the award at the annual All Ireland "Transport & Logistics Awards" at the Ramada Hotel in Belfast on Friday, 10 September. The award was open to any shipping operation that sails into Ireland, including all ferry operations, container, bulk and liquid carriers. Seatruck made it into the final three, with P&O Irish Sea and Stena Line also in contention. During the presentation ceremony Seatruck was praised for running an excellent operation, with a number of extremely favourable customer comments finally convincing the independent judging panel that Seatruck should be given the winning vote.

18 Mar 2005

Seatruck Invests to Double Capacity

freight ferries from Spain's Astilleros de Huelva. Seatruck's Warrenpoint - Heysham route, more than doubling present capacity. all of our freight customers. service. each per sailing and around 58,000 units annually. m loa will each carry in excess of 120 standard trailers. nine hours to just 6.5 hours. reserve in case of bad weather. loading and discharge. local communities on both sides of the Irish Sea," says Eagles. customer-focused approach of the close-knit Seatruck team. underpin its new investments and increased capacity. Irish Sea. There will be further increases in this market," says Eagles. natural Warrenpoint hinterland. transportation needs of the haulage industry. tight team from its head office in Warrenpoint. number of large players. and freight.

11 Apr 2005

Seatruck Ferries Adds Third Vessel

Seatruck Ferries is to introduce a third vessel onto to its Heysham - Warrenpoint service in the summer of 2005. Lembitu, to be renamed Challenge, will join the Seatruck fleet on a two-year charter, allowing an additional 25,000 units per year to take advantage of the specialist freight route. With a capacity of 65 units and a service speed of 16.5 knots, the Challenge is well proven on the Irish Sea and will join the Moondance and Riverdance to increase schedule frequency from 2 to 3 sailings per day in each direction. The additional sailings will be timed to ideally fit the needs of the Irish Sea transport industry. Seatruck expect volumes to increase to 85,000 units per year.