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Rotterdam headquartered Van Oord has actually worked out a choice to develop a 3rd routing suction receptacle dredge at Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard. Like 2 digs up purchased from Keppel Offshore & & Marine by Van Oord inMay 2018, it will certainly have a receptacle capability of around 10,500 cu.m and also action 138 meters in size and also 28 meters throughout the light beam.
While both earlier vessels will certainly be LNG sustained, according to the shipyard, this most recent one will certainly be “LNG ready.”
Van Oord states the financial investment becomes part of a more comprehensive fleet revival program in its dredging service device. The brand-new receptacles will certainly change existing vessels and also fit in with Van Oord’s purpose of making its fleet advanced and also a lot more power effective. For instance, the environment control system aboard will certainly make use of the vessel’s existing air conditioning and also home heating resources to reuse power as effectively as feasible. Another cutting-edge aspect is the considerable level of automation. The automated systems will certainly be advanced than in the past, and also incorporated vessel information will certainly be quickly refined by a coast assistance facility.
In developing the receptacles, we concentrated on decreasing our carbon impact and also functioning a lot more effectively by recycling power and also making ideal use the automated systems in mix with electric drives.
Stefan Hansum, Van Oord’s Plant Design & & Construction Manager
The vessels will certainly each be outfitted with a suction pipeline with immersed e-driven dredge pump, 2 coast discharge dredge pumps, 5 lower doors, and also an overall installed power of 14,500 kW. They will certainly have lodging for 22 individuals. The vessels will certainly acquire a Green Passport and also Clean Ship Notation.
The initially 2 vessels, Vox Ariane and also Vox Apolonia, will certainly be supplied in 2021. This 3rd vessel will certainly be supplied in 2022.
