MV Performance
Ex Seatruck Performance, Stena Performer, Seatruck Performance
© Simonwp (Flensburg, 01/03/2012)
Steel twin screw “FSG RoRo 2200” motor vessel built in 2012 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Yard No 751) as General cargo carrier RO/RO.
Technical Data
- Length: 142 (overall) 133.46 m (between perpendiculars)
- Breadth: 25 m
- Depth: 21.53 m
- Draught: 5,7 m
- Tonnage: 19722 gross/5917 net/5600t deadweight
- Engines: 2 x MAN 7L48/60CR diesels
- Power: 1600kW/HP
- Speed: 21.0 knots
- Capacity: 2,166 lane metres/151 trailers/12 passengers
- Call Sign: 2FGR4, 9HA6146
- MMSI Number: 249178000
- IMO Number: 9506227
- DNV id Number: 29361
- Port of Registry: Douglas/Isle of Man 🇮🇲, Valletta/Malta 🇲🇹
- Sister-Ship: Seatruck Progress (746), Seatruck Power (747), Seatruck Precision (752)
History
One of four RoRo 2200 freight ferries, which was the largest ships in the Seatruck fleet. They were the largest ships to operate out of the port of Heysham.
October 31st 2011: Keel laid
January 12th 2012: Launched and christened by Virginia O’Reilly, the wife of O’Reilly Transport Ltd (Ireland)’s managing director Eugene O’Reilly.
© Dirk Jankowsky (Flensburg, 08/04/2012)
April 16th 2012: Completed
April 2012: Delivered to Seatruck Ferries Three Ltd, Douglas, Isle Of Man.
April 18th 2012: Left Flensburg for Dublin.
April 20th 2012: Arrived Dublin.
April 23rd 2012: Services Dublin – Heysham.
© Scott Mackey (06/09/2012)
September 2012: Chartered to Stena Line and renamed STENA PERFORMER.
September 17th 2012: Services Belfast – Heysham.
© Scott Mackey (Belfast, 13/06/2013)
© Trevor Kidd (Belfast, 27/08/2015)
September 7th 2015: Transferred to Liverpool – Belfast in order to increase freight on the route.
© Robert Foy (Birkenhead, 20/12/2015)
October 2017: Resumed Belfast – Heysham.
August 23rd 2018: Arrived Birkenhead at the end of her charter to Stena Line.
August 23rd 2018: Entered the dry-dock at Cammell-Laird in Birkenhead,an renamed SEATRUCK PERFORMANCE and in full Seatruck Livery.
August 28th 2018: Left Cammel Laird.
August 2018: Services Warrenpoint – Heysham.
© Carsten Dettmer (Heysham, 14/04/2019)
May 8th 2019: En route from Warrenpoint to Heysham, ran aground at the entrance to Carlingford Lough. The vessel was refloated and returned to Warrenpoint with signs of water in void space number four and three, and was listing to port side. The ship berthed in Warrenpoint and was detained until the damaged area has been inspected with subject to assessment by the attending classification society and the Isle of Man authority. The harbour master requested a dive team to inspect the underwater areas of the hull.
May 11th 2019; To Harland & Wolff for emergency dry docking
2020: Seatruck acquired by CLdN
May 2020: Weekly service connecting Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Cork (Ireland) was launched by CLdN.
February 7th 2020: The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published its final report on the grounding of the ‘Seatruck Performance’ on May 8th 2019. It determined that shallow water effects – squat and bow cushion – were a contributing factor. At 10.45 p.m. that day the vessel grounded while transiting the Greenore Channel in Carlingford Lough, Northern Ireland. The incident occurred shortly after departing Warrenpoint on a voyage to Heysham, England. During a series of manual course corrections near the No. 21 buoy, the master initiated a turn to starboard too late, and the vessel strayed towards the north side of the channel and struck an underwater rock outcropping. After the grounding, the ferry quickly developed a seven degree list, but steering and propulsion were not affected. The vessel was able to return to Warrenpoint without assistance. There were no injuries to the 11 passengers and 22 crew aboard, and there was no pollution reported. The grounding caused damages to the plating on the bottom of the hull, including a 30-foot-long tear along the port side. A subsequent survey and dry docking found that a tank and a void space had been breached. Broken pieces of granite were found inside of the tanks. The vessel was out of service for three weeks for repairs. An investigation by MAIB found that the crew was not in the habit of taking squat into account when calculating under-keel clearance (UKC) for departure from Greenock. The MAIB concluded that the ferry grounded as a result of its heading being altered later than intended. In addition, the investigation found that Bow-cushion and other shallow water effects were experienced as the ferry approached the intended turn, which affected heading and speed.
(Link to MAIB Report)
© Scott Mackey (Belfast, 12/04/2023)
February 19th 2024: Seatruck Ferries Ltd became CLdN RoRo.
September 30th 2024: Owner: CDLN RoRo Ltd, Heysham, UK.
April 2024: Renamed PERFORMANCE still in service Warrenpoint – Heysham
January 13th 2026: Came off service at Heysham and sailed for Belfast
© Trevor Kidd (Belfast, 19/01/2026)
January 14th 2026: Arrived Belfast for refit.
© Stepehen Brown (Belfast, 04/02/2026)
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