Powering BIM's State of the Art Dive Barge

An Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency, officially launched its new diving barge at Castletownbere on Friday the 17th of September.

Its spacious deck area includes state of the art on board facilitates including a decompression chamber, surface supplied diving station, welfare accommodation and of course a Daretech hybrid battery power system.

The barge began life at Dublin Port but had no longer been in use in the last number of years. It was bought by BIM in 2020 for €1 and moved down the coastline to Co Cork where the team at Bere Island Boatyard reconditioned it to its current glory.

16 adults are registered to take part in BIM’s commercial diving programme during October / November 2021.