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Searoad inks deal on new freight ship for 2023

Tasmanian-based transport company SeaRoad has placed an order for the largest freight ship in the company’s history.

It has finalised an agreement with German shipbuilding yard Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) to construct the new roll-on/roll-off vessel, using liquid natural gas (LNG) propulsion, worth more than €100 million (A$162 million).

The new freight vessel, as yet unnamed, will join and replace charter vessel to operate on Bass Strait between Melbourne

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