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~SHIPS~DORSET~ Images of the Month for April 2025 ~ 1of2 ~ ~ Arklow Valour ~ alongside at Poole - March 2025
On the 20th March, Ships Dorset contributor Ray Sexton captured two super images of Arklow Valour, recently arrived from Cork … and one of the Arklow fleet flying the Dutch flag. One shot off the Port Bow … and another off the Port Quarter … all angles covered! Arklow Valour is one of the 19 vessels built for Arklow at the Royal Bodewes shipyard at Hoogezand in the Netherlands, who delivered the 5,150 deadweight tonnage minibulker / general cargo ship to the owners in the early weeks of 2017. After a short call at Poole loading aggregates, Arklow Valour sailed at noon, the same day as these photos, for Plymouth.
~SHIPS~DORSET~ Images of the Month for April 2025 ~ 2of2 ~ ~ Arklow Valour ~ alongside at Poole - March 2025
Arklow Shipping Limited came into existence in 1966 taking management of a 7 ship fleet, previously with different owner/operators. In nearly 60 years since, Arklow Shipping has bought, sold and built ships … with steady expansion the fleet currently stands at 61 ships with gross tonnages between 3,000 and 23,000. The company’s head office has always been in County Wicklow, Ireland, but in the intervening years the fleet expansion and European clientele benefitted by setting up a Netherlands branch office in 1989. Two thirds of the fleet are now registered in Ireland … the rest of the ships in Netherlands … Arklow Valour - the later.
Key Dimensions for Arklow Valour … Gross Tonnage = 2,999 … Length = 87m … Beam = 15m … Deadweight Tonnage = 5,150 … Service Speed = 12 knots … Hold Dimensions = L60m x B12.4m x D8.6m … Grain Capacity = 6,260 cu. m ... in service since 2017.
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