Built by Spanish shipyard Astilleros de Huelva, Clipper Point entered service on 21 March 2008.

Her speed of 22 knots (41 km/h) enables crossing times between Liverpool and Dublin to be reduced to six hours.

Older ships like the Riverdance and Moondance took nine and a half hours to do the same journey.

[3] Det Norske Veritas class the vessel as a 1A1 General Cargo Carrier - with whom Clipper Point is allocated the number 26467.

The vessel is powered by two Wärtsilä 8L46 diesel engines[4] which drive two controllable pitch propellers.