transportation founded 1996 headquarters heysham area served irish sea key people kristian morch chairman alistair eagles ceo parent clipper group website www.seatruckferries.com seatruck ferries is a uk based freight only ferry company which commenced services in 1996 . it is part of the clipper group a shipping company based in the bahamas . 1 the company operates out of four ports on the irish sea including heysham and liverpool . contents 1 history 1.1 formation 1996 2002 1.2 clipper group 2002 present 2 routes 3 fleet 3.1 current fleet 3.2 former fleet 4 references 5 external links history edit formation 1996 2002 edit riverdance seatruck s first vessel seatruck was established in 1996 operating one ship riverdance between heysham and warrenpoint . she was joined in april 1997 by sister ship moondance which was also operated on the heysham to warrenpoint service a service which continues today as a two ship service . clipper group 2002 present edit in 2002 the company was acquired by danish shipping company clipper group . also in 2002 european mariner was chartered for two months before moving on to color line . in 2005 seatruck ferries ordered their first new ships five p series ro ro freight ferries 2 however only four were built . these vessels were named clipper point clipper panorama clipper pace and clipper pennant . all four vessels were built by spanish shipyard astilleros de huelva . the first of the roro2200 ferries seatruck progress between late 2005 and late 2009 seatruck acquired four sister ships challenge clipper ranger triumph helliar shield hildasay and arrow . these are now deployed on charters to caledonian macbrayne northlink ferries and the isle of man steam packet company respectively . in 2007 seatruck chartered the celtic star which was deployed on the liverpool to dublin route . in january 2008 the company s pioneering ship riverdance ran aground in blackpool . 3 seatruck chartered phocine to cover riverdance s services until clipper point entered service . attempts to refloat the vessel failed and she was broken up in situ in the summer of 2008 . 4 in march 2008 clipper point became the company s first new ferry entering service on the heysham to warrenpoint route . panorama followed in january 2009 pace in march 2009 and pennant in october 2009 . in march 2008 the same month that clipper point entered service seatruck ferries placed an order for four roro 2200 ferries to be built by flensburger schiffbau gesellschaft in germany . 5 the first two of these vessels launched in late 2011 named seatruck progress and seatruck power whilst the third seatruck performance launched in january 2012 . the final ship of the class seatruck precision launched in march 2012 . progress entered service in december 2011 power joined the fleet in february 2012 6 performance joined the fleet in april 2012 7 and lastly precision will join the fleet before mid 2012 . in late 2011 one of earlier p series vessels clipper panorama was renamed seatruck panorama whilst clipper pace was renamed seatruck pace in february 2012 . in 2015 ole frie stepped down as chairman of the board . kristian morch was appointed as frie s replacement . alistair eagles was also appointed ceo of seatruck . in may 2015 the clipper ranger finished her long term charter with caledonian macbrayne . the clipper point also finished her charter with dfds . she was then chartered to inter shipping spain to operate on the company s algeciras tanger med ii route . in january 2016 seatruck upgraded its website . the web domain traditionally offered information on ferry bookings and was principally following a lead generator based model for car and motorhome web bookings which only offered phone and email booking . 8 this type of booking model is endemic in the ferry booking industry online . 9 10 however this new change illustrates seatruck s shift towards online modernism . the web technology was developed by freightlink solutions ltd an online freight ferry booking aggregation service . 11 routes edit seatruck currently operate three routes on the irish sea serving four ports . heysham warrenpoint heysham dublin liverpool dublin fleet edit current fleet edit seatruck currently have twelve vessels six of which are in service for seatruck . the other six are out on charter to various companies . the newest vessel in the seatruck fleet is seatruck precision which entered service in june 2012 . image ship built commissioned route truck capacity notes arrow august 1998 october 2009 heysham douglas 65 on long term charter to the isle of man steam packet company 12 clipper pennant august 2009 october 2009 heysham warrenpoint 120 clipper point march 2008 march 2008 algeciras tanger med ii 120 on charter to inter shipping spain clipper ranger april 1998 october 2005 liverpool dublin 65 helliar october 1997 october 2007 aberdeen lerwick 65 on long charter to northlink ferries formerly named clipper racer hildasay november 1999 october 2008 aberdeen lerwick 65 on long charter to northlink ferries formerly named shield seatruck pace february 2009 march 2009 heysham dublin 120 seatruck panorama november 2008 january 2009 heysham warrenpoint 120 formerly named clipper panorama seatruck power february 2012 february 2012 liverpool dublin 151 seatruck progress november 2011 december 2011 liverpool dublin 151 stena performer april 2012 april 2012 heysham belfast 151 formerly named seatruck performance on long term charter to stena line stena precision june 2012 june 2012 heysham belfast 151 formerly named seatruck precision on long term charter to stena line former fleet edit these are vessels that have previously been operated or chartered by seatruck . image ship built commissioned route truck capacity notes anglia seaways august 2000 may 2012 heysham warrenpoint 120 chartered from dfds n a bolero 1985 february 2008 heysham warrenpoint n a sold and converted to cable layer . celtic star august 1991 september 2007 liverpool dublin 70 chartered 2007 to p & o irish sea in 2008 european mariner october 1978 april 2002 heysham warrenpoint 53 short term charter in 2002 . n a lygra february 1979 april 2008 heysham warrenpoint n a short term charter in 2008 merchant brilliant 1979 january 2008 heysham warrenpoint 80 short term charter in 2008 moondance july 1978 april 1997 heysham warrenpoint 55 sold in 2010 n a phocine 1985 february 2008 heysham warrenpoint 94 short term charter in 2008 riverdance april 1977 july 1996 heysham warrenpoint 55 beached at blackpool in jan 2008 later cut up on site references edit new seatruck vessels to give port big boost lancaster today seatruck christens first of five article ferry runs aground off blackpool check url value help . bbc news . february 1 2008 . retrieved november 26 2011 . article final death knell for riverdance ferry check url value help . blackpool gazette . april 10 2008 . retrieved november 26 2011 . article seatruck orders four new generation freight ro ros check url value help . seatruck ferries . march 3 2008 . retrieved november 26 2011 . article seatruck power ... ahead on the irish sea check url value help pdf . seatruck ferries . october 28 2011 . retrieved november 1 2011 . seatruck to launch direct belfast service pdf . seatruck ferries . book your motorhomes cars and vans . seatruck ferries . retrieved march 30 2016 . technology will never replace the travel agent . travel mole . retrieved march 30 2016 . new study calls on the travel industry to adopt lean thinking if it wants to deliver true customer value . amadeus . retrieved october 29 2014 . freightlink solutions ltd . retrieved march 30 2016 . isle of man steam packet company s new freight vessel to begin operations . isle of man steam packet company . retrieved 6 may 2014 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title seatruck ferries & oldid 712684496 categories shipping companies of the united kingdomhidden 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