Earlier this 12 months Damen Shipyards acquired the order for 4 full dredge packages to be put in in trailing suction hopper dredgers (TSHDs) at the moment beneath development in Mexico for SEMAR. The an identical TSHDs will likely be fitted out with dredge packages together with the trailing pipe, a dredge pump, and numerous hopper loading and discharging gear.
At current, the 4 hopper dredgers are beneath development at three completely different Mexican yards. The vessels have been optimized to obtain a Damen dredge package deal, together with a 700 mm trailing pipe, designed to work at a max depth of -25 m, plus an identical dredge pump. The TSHDs are designed to have the ability to pump dredged materials over the bow. For this, the dredge package deal features a bow coupling unit. Further dredging gear included within the package deal supply are overflows, jet water pumps and nozzles, and the required dredge monitoring instrumentation.
At current the dredge packages are beneath development on the Damen Dredging Equipment yard. The packages will likely be shipped to Mexico on the finish of the 12 months, to be put in on the regionally constructed dredgers.
Horacio Delgado Bravo, the Damen Shipyard Sales Manager, stated, “The dredge packages are delivered to the long-time Damen customer SEMAR. They are the Mexican Navy, and in this role they are responsible for all maintenance dredging activities of all Mexican larger ports. As Mexico has quite a substantial coastline, the necessity to operate powerful dredgers is obvious.”
The present order follows the supply of an array of stationary cutter suction dredgers within the earlier years.