A new Irish multipurpose cargoship, Arklow Clipper was launched this morning in a Dutch shipyard for Arklow Shipping, bringing to six in the latest of the 'C' class series, writes Jehan Ashmore.
It was in 2017 when Arklow Cliff became the last 'C' class completed. The then new fifth vessel represented the mid-way stage of newbuildings, as ASL have four more newbuilds on order.
Arklow Clipper was built by shipbuilder, Ferus Smit whose shipyard in the Netherlands is located in Westerbroek. The newbuild took to the waters of the Winschoterdiep from where the public were able to observe the spectacle.
The newbuild with Arklow as port of registry, has a maximized hold volume of 220.000 cft and a carrying capacity over 5000 deadweight tons. This still falls under the 3000 gross tons limit.
Arklow Clipper has one single hold and an 1A ice class notation.
As for propulsion this involves a 1,740 kW MaK engine with a single ducted propeller.
