A brand-new cutter suction dredge (CSD) has actually been christened for Westlake,La based digging up specialist Mike Hooks.
The 27-inch CSD Lorraine Hooks was constructed at Southwest Shipyard in Galveston, Texas and also provided to its proprietor previously this year 2023. The newbuild is called after the spouse of the business’s owner.
C-Job Naval Architects, based in the Netherlands, acted as systems integrator and also was accountable for the complete style range consisting of most of the dredge devices for the dredge in behalf of Mobile,Ala based SPI/ Mobile Pulley Works, which built the dredge devices.
The 300- by 50-foot Lorraine Hooks, with a dredging deepness of 75 feet, will certainly be released on both seaside remediation and also navigating dredging tasks in Louisiana and also throughout the Gulf area to boost environment resiliency and also enhance maritime facilities.
Mike Hooks presently runs an energetic fleet of 5 cutter suction digs up, consisting of 4 27-inch and also one 24-inch CSDs.