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SEAROAD MERSEY II followed by jet skis as she arrives in her home port Devonport for the first time.
Location: Devonport, Tasmania, Australia | Date: 11/12/2016
SEAROAD MERSEY II is SeaRoad Shipping's new LNG powered roll-on/roll-off freight vessel. She operates on a regular service between Devonport and Melbourne.
Although publicised as a replacement for the original SEAROAD MERSEY, the original ship will continue in operation with the new vessel while SEAROAD TAMAR undergoes dry docking. Following this, it is believed SEAROAD MERSEY will continue servicing King Island.
SEAROAD MERSEY II
Type: Roll-on/Roll-off Carrier
IMO: 9745794 | MMSI: 218837000
Owner & Manager: SeaRoad Shipping Pty. Ltd. - Melbourne, Australia
Flag: Australian | Port of Registry: Devonport | Call Sign: VZXL
Country of Build: DEU | Builder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | Location of Yard: Flensburg
Contract Date: 26.05.2014 | Keel Laid: 29.02.2016 | Launch Date: 3.06.2016 | Date of Completion: November 2016
First Commercial Voyage: 14.12.2016
GT: 25,500 | NT: 7,623 | DWT: 8,500
LOA: 181.52 m | LPP: 171.458 m | Bow to Bridge (Length): 99.66 m
Beam: 26.6 m | Depth: 17.6 m | Freeboard: 11.285 m | Draught: 6.315 m
Cargo Type: Containers, trailers, cars and other mobile or wheeled freight.
Cargo Capacity: Trailers: 80 | Cassettes: 70 | Containers: 455 TEU | Reefer Plugs: 150 | Cars & Light Vehicles: 110
Cargo Decks: 3 | Lane Metres: More than 1960 lane metres
Ramps: 2 x stern ramps
Anchor Chain: Length: 605 m | Diameter: 68 mm
Ballast Capacity: 1746.5 m3
Main Engines: 2 x MaK 8M46DF - 7,200 kW each
Auxiliary Engines: 2 x 3,000 kW dual fuel medium speed MaK 6M34DF, 2 x generators at 3,600 kVA each
1 x emergency generator at 1,120 kVA - diesel driven
Primary Fuel: Liquefied Natural Gas [LNG] | Secondary Fuel: Marine Diesel Oil
Propellers: 2 x controllable pitch propellers
Rudders: 2 x twist flow type rudders fitted with Costa bulbs
Thrusters: 2 x 1,000 kW bow thrusters - each with controllable pitch propellers
Speed: 20.5 knots
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