Arklow Cliff launching

On Friday 30 June the Arklow Cliff, building number FS428, was successfully launched at Shipyard Ferus Smit in Westerbroek. Eekels | TBI has designed and delivered the complete electrical installation for the fourth of a series of ten vessels that are built for the Irish shipping company Arklow Shipping.

The Arklow Cliff has a length of 87 metres and a width of 15 metres. The delivery comprises a 400V main and emergency switchboard, the alarm system, the 275kW bow thruster engine provided with an Eekels frequency drive, a shaft generator and the bridge control panels. In addition to the cabling for their own and third-party installation work, Eekels has also supplied the lighting installation, the alarm installation and the search lights.