Dredging the Port of Hamburg with the Alexander von Humboldt
The trailing suction hopper dredger Alexander von Humboldt, owned by the Jan De Nul Group, is critically vital to the Port of Hamburg because it helps to take away the big portions of silt that construct up on the backside of the harbor.
The following video profiles her day-to-day job whereas working within the Elbe River:
About the Alexander von Humboldt:
- Hopper capability: 9,000 m³
- Deadweight: 14,060 ton
- Length o.a.: 120.5 m
- Beam: 24.4 m
- Draft: loaded 8.95 m
- Maximum dredging depth: 36.5 / 43 m
- Suction pipe diameter: 1,300 mm
- Pump energy (trailing): 3,100 kW
- Pump energy (discharging): 7,500 kW
- Propulsion energy: 2 x 5,280 kW
- Total put in diesel energy: 13,980 kW
- Speed:14.0 kn
- Accommodation: 31
- Built: 1998
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