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T is also a “green machine”, operating on a 225kW (300 hp) electric motor, harnessed from the engine used to propel the barge. This means costs for diesel can be kept to a minimum.

Notably, the Albatros has worked on projects in the port of Ostend in Belgium, in Rotterdam and in London. Cur- rently, Albatros is being put into service preparing the sea- bed for wind turbines in the Swedish part of the Baltic Sea.

New dredging unit: the Titan

Remember the “extreme machine” Blockbuster in the port of Rotterdam? This state-of-the-art machine is a heav- ily modi