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Callan Marine’s New Dredge Enters Service

General MacArthur was built in two shipyards. The hull and superstructure construction, housing and assembly took place at C&C Marine and Repair, while the SPI/Mobile Pulley Works shipyard provided the dredging equip- ment, including the cutter ladder, A-

Dredging Contractors of America

Callan Marine’s mighty new cutter- plete game-changer for the dredging frame, suction and discharge pipeline, head suction dredge (CSD) General Ma- industry,” McGuire said. “Her size, ca- gate valves, submerged dredge pump, cArthur and its accompanying idler barge pability, and 100% diesel-electric appli- two onboard dredge pumps, a ?ve- have recently entered service in Texas. cation make her ef?ciency and produc- and a six-blade cutter, Christmas tree,

General MacArthur is equipped with tivity among the best in the U.S. The anchor boom system and spud carrier three CAT-MAK diesel electric engines state-of-the-art onboard facilities offer installation. Mobile Pulley Works also that provide 24,000 horsepower. At the ultimate in crew accommodations.” provided ball joints and pontoon tanks 290 feet long, the dredger is the newest The dredge has a maximum swing ra- for the submerged and ?oating dis- and largest in Callen Marine’s ?eet, rep- dius of 530 feet. The beam is 72 feet, charge pipeline. resenting the next generation of dredging with a depth 16 feet and draft 8-11 In April, Callan Marine launched its technology and crew comfort, said Maxie feet. The digging depth is 97 feet with new idler barge built in Sterling Ship-

McGuire, President of Callan Marine. a suction diameter of 34 inches and a yard. Its spud-carriage equipment was “The General MacArthur is a com- discharge diameter 32 inches. then installed at Mobile Pulley Works.

Royal IHC to Build Its First Jones Act Dredger

The Netherlands based Royal IHC said it has been awarded a contract to design and build a Jones Act compliant dredger for the North Carolina State

Ports Authority (NCSPA) for deilvery in 2021.

The water injection dredger will be built at a partner shipyard in the U.S.

“The construction, procurement of

Royal IHC the main components, assembly and testing will be performed in the United the assistance of natural currents), while GPM (4,542m3/h), a dredging depth of

States (following the Jones Act regula- keeping the required material within the 55ft (16.7m), a width jet beam of 27ft tions) and is being managed by the local Cape Fear river system. (8.2m) and a total installed power of

IHC operations team based in Hous- The dredger is designed to offer easy 770 HP (566kW).

ton,” said Projects & Services Director maintenance and a smooth operation, “This is IHC’s ?rst U.S. ?agged ves-

Royal IHC said, adding other key de- Rafael Vorcaro. “We consider this proj- sel,” says Sales Director America, Ra- ect as an important step to develop the sign factors include dredge depth, fael Habib. “We are very proud to have local team and prepare the organization weight and cost. A modular approach achieved this important milestone for for future projects in the United States”. helps to support the cost-effectiveness IHC, which is of key importance in

The vessel will perform maintenance of the vessel and its maintenance, by al- continuing to develop the company’s in the main seaports of Wilmington and lowing the easy removal and cleaning of footprint in the U.S. dredging market.”

Morehead City in order to safeguard the the propulsion units, generator and jet The engineering phase is ongoing and depth of the ports. To do so, it will move water pump, the builder said. the vessel is planned to be delivered in sediment from the main channel (with The dredger will have a ?ow of 20,000 the beginning of 2021.

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