SEAROAD MERSEY departing Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. 3/06/2011

SEAROAD MERSEY operated a scheduled trade between Devonport and Melbourne with a single call made at the King Island port of Grassy each week.

On the 3rd of April 2017, SEAROAD MERSEY was retired after 26 years of service on the Bass Strait run. Since July 2017, the ship’s livery has been changed to a light blue. In recent years, the vessel has been sighted in Mexico.

SEAROAD MERSEY

History of Name Changes

1991-2017: SEAROAD MERSEY
2017-2017: SEAROAD
2017-2021: BALANDRA STAR
2021- Present: SANDY LANES

Type: Roll-on/Roll-off Cargo
Flag: Australian | Home Port: Devonport | Call Sign: VJBA
IMO: 8914831 | MMSI: 352002806
Owner: Searoad Vessels Pty. Ltd., Australia | Manager: SeaRoad Shipping Pty. Ltd. - Melbourne, Australia
Year Built: 1991 | Country of Build: Singapore | Builder: Singmarine Dockyard & Engineering Pte. Ltd.
Contract Date: 29.08.1989 | Keel Laid: 06.12.1989 | Launch Date: 19.11.1990 | Date of Completion: 27.03.1991
Lengthened by 27.3 m at Pan United Shipyard Pte. Ltd. - Singapore. 1996
LOA: 119.3 m | LPP: 109.35 m | Breadth: 18.52 m
Depth: 13.6 m | Freeboard: 8.088 m | Draught: 5.512 m
Main Deck Free Height: 7 m
GT: 7,928 | NT: 7,928 | DWT: 4,824 | Displacement: 8,493
Cargo Capacity: Trailers: 32 | Cassettes: 22 | Containers: 186 TEU
Reefer Plugs: 68 | Cars & Light Vehicles: 30 | Lane Metres: 683 m
Ramps: 2x stern ramps
Crew: 15
Ballast Capacity: 2,669 m3
Main Engines: 2x Wärtsilä Vasa 8R32R, 8-cylinder, single acting, 4-stroke
Engine Power: 5,576 kW
Main Generator Diesel Engines: 2x 680 kW Yanmar M220L-EN
Emergency Generator Diesel Engine: GMC 6-71T
Propulsion Reduction Gear: 2x Volda ACG 680
Propellers: 2x controllable pitch propellers
Rudders: 2x Becker FKSR
Thruster: 1x 423 kW Brunvoll UF45TC bow thruster
Service Speed: 16 knots