Enterprise-Ireland funds vessel for UK offshore projects
Paul Garrett,
Windpower Monthly,
27 January 2012,
3:23pm
IRELAND: A vessel whose development has been part-funded by Enterprise Ireland’s research and development fund has been built and launched specifically for servicing offshore wind farms around Britain.
The €2.04 million 20-metre aluminium catamaran from County Wicklow-based shipbuilder Arklow Marine Services was built for Gardline Shipping to meet the need for new-generation vessels for offshore wind.
The vessel is a new departure for Arklow Marine, whose core business is the design and construction of aluminium and steel passenger ferries and trawlers.
