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Clipper Point joins Seatruck fleet
2008-04-01T00:00:00
Seatruck Ferries, part of the Danish Clipper Group, has received delivery of the first of four newbuildings ordered from the Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros de Huelva. Named Clipper Point, she will be followed by a further three vessels in this 120 unit class of freight ro-ros during the course of this ...
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Seatruck orders ro-ro quartet
2008-03-03T00:00:00
In a new phase of its major fleet expansion, freight-only specialist Seatruck Ferries in the UK has placed an order for four new generation ro-ro vessels with the German shipbuilder FSG (Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft).
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Spain wins Finnish ferry order
2007-11-19T00:00:00
The Spanish engineering and consultancy company Sener has tied up with Astilleros de Sevilla the basic and detail engineering of a new Viking Line Ro-Pax ferry. The 133 m long, 1,500 passenger and 520 car capacity ferry is intended to operate short international routes on the Baltic Sea and will ...
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Ren Etive comes on stream
2007-06-07T00:00:00
Aberdeen-based marine and subsea support specialist TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd has taken delivery of its new offshore support vessel, Rem Etive. The multi-purpose vessel was delivered from the Kleven shipyard in Norway last week to owner Rem Maritime and shortly thereafter was berthed in Aberdeen Harbour.
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Seatruck poised to launch new ferries
2007-04-25T00:00:00
Seatruck Ferries, freight-only specialists on the Irish Sea route and part of the Clipper Group, are about to introduce a major increase in capacity for the link between Heysham and Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland.
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Izar sold to local shipbuilders
2006-07-19T00:00:00
More details have now been received regarding the sale of IZAR. Spain's government has now agreed to sell three shipyards to local shipbuilders as part of the privatization of troubled shipbuilding company Izar. In a press release, Spanish government holding company SEPI confirmed it agreed to sell the Sestao yard ...
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Seatruck to double Irish Sea capacity
2005-03-16T00:00:00
Irish Sea freight ferry operator Seatruck Ferries has ordered two new ro-ro freight ferries from Spain's Astilleros de Huelva. When they enter service in 2007 they will be able to move 130,000 freight trailers per annum on Seatruck's Warrenpoint - Heysham route, more than doubling present capacity.
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