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Drag? ow Wins Four Custom Dredger Contracts pump EL1204, with 2 electric excavators EXEL20, to dredge a settlement pond, fed by the aggregates washing plant. The dredge is also equipped with a high-pressure water jet-ring system to dredge the mud also when the wa- ter level is at a minimum. Separately, one of the world’s largest mining companies ordered a DRAGFLOW Dredge

The last quarter of the 2016 has been a busy time for DRH85/160E22 for an iron mine in Brazil. The iron ore,

DRAGFLOW technical and manufacturing teams. mixed with water, is pumped from the mine to the shore

A contract for ? ve (5) dredgers – model DRH300E23 for more than 500 km through a “Mineral Duct” (mineral – was received for sand and gravel extraction in Middle duct pipeline). That dredge can be controlled by one op-

East. The dredgers are equipped with a DRAGFLOW Hy- erator inside the control cabin or directly from the shore draulic pump model HY300 and a CAT C13 engine. They through a wireless joystick. Finally, DRAGFLOW just de- will operate at minus 40m depth for sand extraction. The livered two Remote Controlled Dredgers model DRP60 to material is delivered at 1 km distance, with a 350mm hose. a phosphate mining company in Morocco. The dredgers

A second contract has been signed with a large company, have a capacity of 400m3/hour as well as a water jet system who selected a DRAGFLOW Remote Controlled Dredge to help break the settled material and increase the overall model DRP120, equipped with a DRAGFLOW electric ef? ciency of the project.

JMS Designed Research Vessel for VIMS

Virginia Institute of Marine Science of Gloucester

Point, VA (www.VIMS.edu) awarded a contract to Me- ridien Maritime Reparation of Matane, Quebec (www.

Meridien.cc) to construct a 93-foot research vessel. JMS

Naval Architects of Mystic, CT (JMSnet.com) designed the research vessel to replace VIMS’s current vessel, the

R/V Bay Eagle. The primary mission of the Institute’s ? eet is to provide inshore and offshore work platforms for the support of ? sheries related oceanographic research proj- ects. The new vessel will be capable of conducting ? sheries peake Bay and the mid-Atlantic near coastal waters. The assessments of greater capacity, in deeper waters and with state-of-the-art research vessel offers enormous capability a larger science complement than the Bay Eagle. In addi- in a small package that is also economic to build and oper- tion, the new vessel will greatly expand VIMS’s capability ate. JMS designed the vessel to operate as an uninspected to perform general oceanographic research in the Chesa- research vessel with an ABS Loadline.

Gladding-Hearn Delivers Fourth Circle Line Sightseeing Vessel pany in 2009. The new vessels will offer guests an enhanced sightseeing experience on every level. Notably, visitors will enjoy upgrades in classes of service and the introduction of a variety of new and innovative experiences, including im- provements in content and entertainment options, viewing sight lines, as well as enhanced food and beverage selections.

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has Like the earlier vessels, the new 600-passenger all-steel delivered the ? rst of three new sightseeing vessels for Circle vessel, designed by DeJong and Lebet, N.A., in Jackson-

Line Sightseeing Cruises, Inc., in New York City. This fol- ville, Fla., measures 165 feet in length and features a 34- lows the shipyard’s delivery of three sister ships to the com- foot beam.

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