Progress

The ferry company Seatruck Ferries Ltd. has denied health and safety offences after a 30 year old crew member of the 'Seatruck Progress' was struck by a lorry and killed on the Brocklebank Dock in Bootle on May 15, 2019. The incident occurring during discharge operations". Seatruck Ferries Ltd. has been charged with two counts of failing to ensure the health and safety of workers by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency following an investigation. The firm - which operates a service to Dublin - pleaded not guilty to these charges during a hearing at Liverpool Crown Court on Feb 23, 2023. A three-week trial has been scheduled to take place in January 2024. Judge Stuart Driver adjourned the case ahead of a pre-trial review on Oct 30, 2023. A full investigation is currently underway regarding the cause of the incident.

The building program of Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft is on schedule: only about two months after the launching of the “Seatruck Progress”, yesterday (28-10) yard no. 747 “Seatruck Power” was named and launched into the waters of the Flensburg fjord. She will be followed by two further identical sister vessels, as the total order of the English shipping company Seatruck Ferries Ltd. comprises four ships. The four sister ships will be delivered by Flensburg to their owner between November this year and June 2012 and are intended mainly for service in the Irish Sea. The ships are 142 metres long and 25 metres wide. Each boasts a freighting capacity of 2,166 lane metres on four decks and can also carry up to 151 trailers. These four vessels from Flensburg are the most modern and efficient in the Seatruck fleet. They will in future also be the biggest ships to operate out of the northwest English port of Heysham.