Speedlink Vanguard
train ferry
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- Speedlink Vanguard
- IMO number
- 7325241
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- train ferry
- Gross tonnage
- 8,104
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 142 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1973
- Builder
- A. Vuijk & Zonen's Scheepswerven
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About Speedlink Vanguard
Speedlink Vanguard was a 3,514 GRT train ferry which was built in 1973 as Stena Shipper. She was charted to a New Zealand operator on completion and renamed Union Wellington and saw further service as Alpha Express and Stena Shipper before entering service with Sealink as Speedlink Vanguard. The ship was involved in a collision with European Gateway in 1982, which sank the latter ship with the loss of six lives. She saw further service under the names Caribe Express, Stena Shipper, Kirk Shipper, Normandie Shipper Bonavista, Boa Vista and Birlik 1 before being scrapped in 2013. The ship sailed under the flags of the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Greece, New Zealand, Panama, Sweden, Turkey and West Germany at various points in her career.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Speedlink Vanguard now?
- Speedlink Vanguard has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is Speedlink Vanguard?
- Speedlink Vanguard is a train ferry, built in 1973 by A. Vuijk & Zonen's Scheepswerven. The vessel is 142 m long and has a gross tonnage of 8,104.
- Has Speedlink Vanguard been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for Speedlink Vanguard appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).