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ESG Delivers M/V Magdalen to Weeks Marine

In late December, Eastern Shipbuilding delivered the

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger, the M/V Magdalen to

Weeks Marine; another Eastern repeat client. Magdalen ar- rived on January 2, 2018, to Southport, North Carolina, and is now working on the protection of Highway 12 in the Buxton area on North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Found- ed in 1919 as a stevedoring company, privately owned

Weeks Marine, Inc. is one of the largest marine and tun- neling contractors in the United States and Canada. The vessel was designed by Royal IHC.

LOA: 356’ Auxiliary Generator: (1) GE 6L250 (1423kW) Horsepower: (2) 5,682 BHP

Beam: 79’ Emergency Gen: (1) Caterpillar C18 (425kW) Main Engines: (2) GE 16V250

Depth: 27’ Booster Pump Power: (2) @ 1600kW Class: LR

Flag: USA Dredge Pump Power: (1) @ 1600kW Hopper Capacity: 8,550 yd³

Damen Delivers Cutter Suction Dredger 450 in Finland

Damen has delivered a Cutter Suction Dredger 450 in

Finland. This is the