Arklow Shipping Limited is a coastal shipping line operating out of

Arklow Arklow (; ; , ) is a town in County Wicklow on the southeast coast of Ireland. The town is overlooked by Ballymoyle Hill. It was founded by the Vikings in the ninth century. Arklow was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of the 1798 r ...

in Ireland and

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

in the Netherlands. Founded in 1966 by Captains James Tyrrell, Michael Tyrrell and Victor Hall with seven ships, today it operates 59 vessels.

Seaborne Freight controversy

Arklow Shipping was reported to be a backer of

Seaborne Freight Seaborne Freight (UK) Limited was a company that planned to run roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) ferries between the Port of Ramsgate, England and Port of Ostend, Belgium. It was formed in April 2017 and announced its plans in October 2017. It was awa ...

which was awarded a British government contract, later rescinded, to run roll-on roll-off ferries between

Ramsgate Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2001 it had a population of about 40,000. In 2011, according to the Census, there was a populatio ...

, England and

Ostend Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariake ...

, Belgium in 2019.UK transport department cancels contract awarded to firm with no ships
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Irish Times ''The Irish Times'' is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication. It launched on 29 March 1859. The editor is Ruadhán Mac Cormaic. It is published every day except Sundays. ''The Irish Times'' is considered a newspaper ...

'' 9 February 2019 Arklow Shipping said that it had been in talks with Seabourne Freight twice in 2018 but denied that there had been an agreement with Seaborne or the

Department for Transport The Department for Transport (DfT) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for the English transport network and a limited number of transport matters in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland that have not been devolved. The ...

. The company had considered investing in Seaborne and providing a couple of ferries, but nothing was signed. When the company discovered that Seaborne had no port agreement in

it decided not to go any further. Arklow Rose

References

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External links

Company website
Arklow Shipping companies of the Republic of Ireland Transport companies established in 1966 1966 establishments in Ireland