VIDEO: Arklow Breeze Slips into Water

General cargo ship Arklow Breeze was launched at the Westerbroek yard of Ferus Smit on Friday, the 20th of March.

She is the sixth and last vessel in a series that will be delivered to Arklow Shipping from Ireland. The design is a bulk oriented general cargo ship that will be mainly employed in the shipment of wheat, corn and other bulk commodities in European waters.

As hull form it was chosen to adapt the ‘bulbless’ principle; creating a slender bow without bulb. Taking into account the various loading drafts and wave conditions to be encountered in service, the total performance of this bow will be better than a bulb optimised for one single draft and flat water only, Ferus Smit said.

Delivery of Arklow Breeze is set to take place April 2015.