Searoad Mersey II departing Devonport, Australia bound for Melbourne.

Searoad Mersey II is the replacement for Searoad Shipping's 26 year old Searoad Mersey – Pictured here.

The ship has 3 cargo decks consisting of:
• Main Vehicle Deck for up to 295 TEUs as containers on cassettes, trailers and wheeled cargo.
• Upper Vehicle Deck for 160 TEUs as trailers or containers on trailers and featuring a combination of undercover areas, designated areas for dangerous goods and livestock with effluent containment.
• Car Deck for up to 110 cars and light vehicles. The ship is fitted with 150 power outlets for refrigerated cargo units. Trailers are secured using the SAT trestle system.

GENERAL 
IMO: 9745794 | MMSI: 503000108 | Callsign: VZXL  | Flag: Australian | Port of Registry: Devonport | Owner: SeaRoad Shipping Pty Ltd (148502) | Manager: SeaRoad Shipping Pty Ltd (148502). 

BUILD 
Hull No: 768 | Shipbuilder: Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG | Date of Contract: 26 May 2014 | Date of Keel Lay: 29 Feb 2016 | Date of Launch: 03 June 2016 | Date of Build: 01 Nov 2016 | Launched as: Searoad Mersey II 

CAPACITY & MEASUREMENTS 
Length Overall: 181.52 m | Length Between Perpendiculars: 171.458 m | Bow to Bridge: 99.66m | Breath, Moulded: 26.6 m | Depth, Moulded: 17.6 m | Draught: 6.315 m | Freeboard: 11.285m | Deadweight Tonnage: 7,980t | Gross Tonnage: 25,409t | Net Tonnage: 7,623t | Lane Metres: 1960m | Capacity, Trailers: 131 | Capacity, Cars: 110 | Ballast Capacity: 1746.5 m³

CLASSIFICATION 
20 - Roll-on/Roll-off Carrier - 1A1 General cargo carrier RO/RO BIS DG(P) E0 Gas fuelled NAUT(AW) TMON  under the Det Norske Veritas / Germanischer Lloyd Class Society as Class Number: 34648

ENGINE 
Engine Type: 2x Caterpillar 8M46DF at 7200kW each | Auxiliary Engines: 2x MaK M34DF at 3000kW each | Generators, Main: 2x Caterpillar 6M34DF at 3600kVA | Generators, Auxiliary: | Generator, Emergency: AB Volvo Penta D13 at 1120 kVA | Continuous Max. Speed: 20.5 knots  | Primary Fuel: LNG | Secondary Fuel: MDO | Steering: 2x Hatlapa Neptune 550-45 Twist flow type rudders with Costa bulbs | Bow Thrusters: 2x Brunvoll AS FU74 controllable pitch at 1000kW | Reduction Gearbox: 2x Siemens AG GCH 1000 | Propeller: 2x Schottel Schiffsmaschinen SCP 0119/4-XG

LOCATION
Photograph taken from Aikenhead Point. This location offers a good view of outbound vessels with anytime after midday being the best for lighting. In summer the lighting is superb for inbound ships such as the Spirit of Tasmania ferries. This location is also great for getting rough weather shots.

Accessibility: this location is wheelchair access friendly and has toilet facilities just off the carpark. Any incoming shots may require being on the rocks in front of the Neptune statue. Please take care as this location is exposed to the elements. The rocks are lose and in bad weather breaking waves create quite a bit of spay.

Weather Forecast

SOURCES:
DNV GL Register / Searoad Mersey II
Searoad Holdings