SeaRoad Holdings

SeaRoad Holdings Pty Ltd is an Australian company specialising in sea freight and transport services. It primarily operates in the maritime sector, providing shipping operations between the Australian mainland and the island state of Tasmania. Generally known as SeaRoad Shipping, or simply SeaRoad, the company offers services such as freight transportation to support the movement of goods across the Sea Highway.

In 2021, SeaRoad added the charter vessel MV Liekut to its fleet to service the Tamar River in Tasmania, and secured a contract with German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) to build a new roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) vessel. Valued at over $161 million, the MV SeaRoad Mersey I features LNG propulsion and a capacity of 4,227 lane meters and is expected to be delivered in 2024.

In 2022, SeaRoad launched a weekly trans-shipping service for Bass Island Line (BIL), linking King Island with the Australian mainland. This service, using MVs SeaRoad Mersey II and Liekut, replaced BIL’s previous Victorian port call and is part of SeaRoad’s broader strategy to improve efficiency and expand capacity.

In July 2023, SeaRoad opened a $16 million warehouse in Kings Meadows, Tasmania.