Shipbuilding company Royal IHC (IHC) has launched the first »Easydredge 2700«. It is the first vessel in its range of standard trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHD). The launch took place at the shipyard of IHC’s partner, MTG Dolphin, in Varna, Bulgaria. Delivery is scheduled for summer 2015.
T[ds_preview]he new vessel will be supplied with a »world-dredging package«, which includes bottom doors, a bow coupling and a dredging depth of 25m. »This makes her suitable for a wide range of tasks, from the maintenance of ports and channels, to land reclamation«, IHC stated. Fer Tummers, Managing Director of IHC’s Dredging Division, said: »The construction of the vessel is going well and is on schedule. We have been encouraged by the extensive interest from the market in our Easydredge range.
Building a TSHD for stock has been a logical step forward for IHC and we are convinced that it will bring added value and benefits to our customers, including extremely short delivery times.« With a length of 81.75m, a breath of 15.8m and a depth of 5.9m it has a loading capacity of 3,910t and suction pipe diameter of 700mm. The Hopper capacity is 2,700m3
