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DREDGING TECHNOLOGY

Photo: Royal IHC

GDC’s New Dredger Launched

Royal IHC launched the 21,028-cu. m. trailing suc- tion hopper dredger Jun Yang 1, for GDC.

The naming and launch ceremony of the trailing suc- tion hopper dredger (TSHD) Jun Yang 1 took place at Royal IHC’s shipyard in Kinderdijk, The Nether- lands. The dredger is being built for CCCC Guang- zhou Dredging Co., Ltd (GDC). The Jun Yang 1 is equipped with two suction tubes, each with a sub- merged dredge pump. Both suction tubes have a

Case Study dredging depth of up to 40-60 m, and the starboard suction tube can be extended to a dredging depth of 90 m. Two inboard dredge pumps have been installed

Floating Pump Station Sauger III for shore discharging and rainbowing. The TSHD has

Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) took delivery of the pervisors are really satis? ed with the vessel. We are a high level of automation, designed and supplied by

Sauger III, a custom ? oating pump station from Da- looking forward to working again with Damen on fu-

IHC. This is the 19th vessel built by IHC for GDC men Shipyards Group for supporting dredging opera- ture projects.” over the last 40 years. In four decades IHC has de- tions. Situated 110 km inland on the River Elbe and Damen Dredging Equipment built the dredge pump veloped a portfolio of dredging vessels ranging from with a tidal range of 3.6m, the Hamburg Port requires using the same molds as previously used by the Ham-

TSHDs to cutter suction dredgers and wheel dredg- regularly dredging. Measuring 37 x 10 m, the station burg Port Authority. For the jet pump a standard Da- ers. These dredgers were constructed either on the features a powerful, dual pump installation and com- men design was used. The station is moored against

IHC slipways in The Netherlands, or in partnership fortable accommodation for the crew. piles and so does not have an independent propulsion with shipyards in the People’s Republic of China.

Sauger III was built to a new design following a ten- system. Courtesy of a state-of-the-art control room, der process that began with 10 shipbuilders. The or- the entire operation requires a crew of only two. The

Van Oord’s New Dredger Named der was placed in December 2014 and the vessel built unit is powered by electricity supplied via a shore

A naming ceremony was held at Damen Dredging in 15 months at Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld The connection with a transformer that converts it to the

Equipment in Nijkerk late last year for the second of structure is essentially a pontoon ? tted with sophisti- 690v and 400v necessary for the pumps.

Van Oord’s Damen Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD) cated pumping equipment capable of managing large Sauger III is the ? rst vessel that Damen has built 650, the Mangystau, due to be delivered in the ? rst volumes of sediment, plus crew accommodation. The for the Hamburg Port Authority. With the dredging week of January. The ceremony was attended by core equipment consists of two pumps each connected equipment and pumps coming from Damen Dredging members of the Van Oord and Damen families.Damen to an arm on deck. One of these pumps takes the con- Equipment, 60% of the components came from Da- received the ? rst order for a CSD650 from dredging taminated mud from the barges that come alongside men. and marine contractor Van Oord at the end of 2014; to of? oad and then pumps it ashore via a ? oating line. The vessel has been designed and built to comply the Ural River. With delivery scheduled six weeks

The second pump/arm combination adds sea water to with all German regulations and is certi? ed by Ger- from ordering, the on-stock availability of the vessel the mud to keep it in a lique? ed state. The sediment manischer Lloyd. Sauger III was towed from Damen was a critical factor to support Van Oord’s dredging is cleaned as it passes through the pumping apparatus, Shipyards Hardinxveld to Hamburg by the Noordst- projects in the Caspian Sea. With project time ex- allowing to be safely dumped or used for a variety of room, a new Damen Shoalbuster 3512 handed over to tended, Van Oord required additional equipment to purposes. its owner Van Wijngaarden Marine Services B.V. by ? nalize operations. In contrast to the time restric- “Damen has delivered a customized dredging tool the same yard just a few weeks previously. Sauger III tions for the Ural River, this second order allowed on time and to good quality,” said Jens Bald, Project is now undergoing commissioning and trials and will for Van Oord to apply a procurement approach to the

Manager at HPA. “The crew and HPA technical su- begin operations after the summer.

sourcing of the dredger. The quality and ? exibility to incorporate all of Van Oord’s wishes, in addition to the strength of Damen’s ? rst delivery, ultimately

James Fisher Subsea Excavation Key for FSO Job facilitated securing the tender for the Mangystau.

James Fisher Subsea Excavation (JFSE) will provide mass ? ow excavation services to EMAS-AMC ensuring safety of existing infrastructure during vessel replacement. JFSE will play an integral role in the efforts to replace a major ? oating storage of? oading (FSO) vessel off the coast of Libya. JFSE support EMAS-AMC at the Bouri oil? eld with post-lay trenching and back- ? lling services. EMAS-AMC is responsible for the engineering, procure- ment, installation and commissioning of new offshore facility, FSO Gaza, at the Bouri oil? eld. Bouri, considered to be the Mediterranean’s largest produc- ing oil? eld 120 km from the Libyan shore, is operated by Italian oil company

Eni with the National Corporation of Libya as a partner.

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