Dutch yard launches Carisbrooke Shipping's newest cargo vessel

Royal T Shipyards in the Netherlands has launched the first of two vessels ordered by UK-based shortsea specialist Carisbrooke Shipping.

Greta C and her yet unnamed sister will be the latest examples in an existing series of multi-purpose dry cargo vessels built by Royal T Shipyards. The first vessels in the same series are already in operation with Dutch shipping company the Vertom Group.

Like their sisters in Dutch service, Carisbrooke Shipping's new multi-purpose vessels will each have a deadweight of over 7,000, a length of 118.6 metres, a beam of 14.3 metres, and two full-box cargo holds with a total capacity of more than 9,300 cubic metres.