Damen Shipyards Group has actually authorized an arrangement with Korean backyard Hanjin Heavy Industries and also Construction (HHIC) to supply a full parts plan. The plan consists of all tools for oil recuperation procedures in addition to a full dredging setup. The multi-purpose vessel will mostly serve as an oil recuperation vessel, and also will certainly take on job as a receptacle dredger when not having a tendency to emergency situations.
The 5,000 bunches, 4,100 m3 vessel will certainly be developed by HHIC, a Korean backyard experienced in structure unique objective vessels that is, for that reason, matched to the building of Korea’s initial big mixed oil recuperation and also dredging vessel. As essential distributor, Damen offers the table a full tools plan, incorporated with its large experience in aiding non-Damen backyards in the building of complicated vessels.
The tools plan consists of the dredging equipment, the oil sweeping equipment and also the electrical and also hydraulic system. Moreover, the combination of all these systems is taken on by Damen.
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The digging up setup is a full turnkey plan consisting of a 900 mm routing pipeline, developed to dig up at max -30 m deepness, full with its gantries and also winches, a dredge pump and also jet water pump consisting of drives, plus sufficient receptacle loading and also discharging tools, consisting of dredge shutoffs and also overflows.
The oil recuperation system includes an inflexible sweeping arm of 15 metres full with its crane and also numerous oil pumps in order to take care of oils of differing thickness. The oil recuperation system has actually been developed to operate in waves as much as 4 metres.
The multi-purpose vessel is being developed for KOEM, theKorea Marine Environment Management Corporation This Korean Governmental body has an objective to tidy and also safeguard the aquatic setting. KOEM pre-selected Damen as tools distributor in February in 2014, adhering to an extensive option procedure. Damen’s sales supervisor Michiel Hendrikx claims, “We are very pleased with this project. We have been in contact with KOEM about this for some years and are very excited to have successfully signed a contract with HHIC for the delivery of the oil recovery and dredging equipment for this unique vessel. We have previous experience in South Korea, though this will be our first time delivering a components package to Korean shipyard. I am sure that with the combined experience of both Hanjin and Damen we can make this project a success.”
Meanwhile a KOEM authorities commented, “With this Multi-purpose oil spill response vessel project, we will be able to build a foundation for strengthening the ability to respond to large-scale marine pollution incidents as well as establish a rapid control system in Korea.” He likewise included, “We hope for the successful deployment of this vessel to the target site so that we may continue to protect our oceans effectively.”
Damen has actually begun on the design procedure, functioning in the direction of making certain the optimum fit of the dredging equipment. The vessel results from be provided in 2022.
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