MV Precision
Ex Seatruck Precision, Stena Precision, Seatruck Precision
© Trevor Kidd ( Larne, 31/01/2026)
Steel twin screw “FSG RoRo 2200” motor vessel built in 2012 by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (Yard No 752) 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: 2FMI8, 9HA6143
- MMSI Number: 249175000
- IMO Number: 9506239
- DNV id Number: 29362
- Port of Registry: Douglas/Isle of Man 🇮🇲, Valletta/Malta 🇲🇹
- Sister-Ship: Seatruck Progress (746), Seatruck Power (747), Seatruck Performance 751)
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.
January 16th 2012: Keel struck.
March 26th 2012: The vessel was christened by Lynn McBurney, the wife of McBurney Transport’s Norman McBurney and launched.
© Michael Neidig (Flensburg, 19/06/2012)
June 29th 2012: Delivered to Seatruck Ferries Four Ltd, Douglas, Isle Of Man.
July 5th 2012: Left Flensburg for Dublin.
July 10th 2012: Maiden voyage Dublin – Liverpool.
September 2012: Chartered to Stena Line and renamed STENA PRECISION.
© Alan Geddes (07/09/2012)
© Scott Mackey
September 17th 2012: Services Belfast – Heysham.
© Robert Foy (Liverpool, 15/12/2013)
© Scott Mackey (07/03/2017)
October 2017: Switched with STENA HIBERNIA and moved to Belfast – Birkenhead, due to a need for more capacity on that route.
August 24th 2018: Final sailing Belfast – Birkenhead and sailed to the wet basin at Cammell-Laird, Birkenhead.
August 25th 2018: Arrived Birkenhead at the completion of her charter Stena Line charter and renamed SEATRUCK PRECISION.
August 31st 2018: To dry-dock Cammell-Laird, Birkenhead.
September 2018: Services Heysham – Warrenpoint.
© Robbie Cox (Dublin, 20/07/2019)
August 2019: Refit relief Dublin – Liverpool.
August/September 2019: Services Warrenpoint – Heysham.
© Trevor Kidd (12/01/2020)
2020: Seatruck acquired by CLdN
May 2020: Weekly service connecting Zeebrugge (Belgium) and Cork (Ireland) was launched by CLdN.
© Malcolm Cranfield (Liverpool, 29/05/2023)
February 19th 2024: Seatruck Ferries Ltd became CLdN RoRo.
September 29th 2024: Registered Owner: CLdN RoRo Ltd, Heysham, UK. and continued Dublin – Liverpool.
March 2025: Renamed PRECISION.
May 2025: Relocated to Cork from Liverpool to operate Cork – Zeebrugge
December 2025: Resumed Warrenpoint – Heysham.
© Trevor Kidd ( Larne, 31/01/2026)
All information is believed to be correct, and no responsibility is accepted for any errors or omissions. All items included in this article are subject to © copyright. We would like to take this opportunity of thanking: Robbie Cox, Malcolm Cranfield, Alan Gedes, Michael Neidig and Andreas Wörteler for their assistance in producing this feature.
Special thanks to Trevor Kidd and Scott Mackey
Article © Nigel Thornton and Ray Goodfellow (Dover Ferry Photos Group)
