Dredge Yard, Neptune Shipyards Introduce New Dredger
Dredge Yard announced it has partnered with Netherlands-based Neptune Shipyards to develop the new cutter suction dredger, EURO DREDGER 450.
Iulia Berchiu, Dredge Yard’s Marketing Manager, said, “The dismountable EURO DREDGER 450 is one of their first projects that started in March 2015 with detailed engineering and is planned to be ready for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2015.”
The EURO-DREDGER 450 is the first of a series of cutter suction dredgers with a discharge pipe diameter of 450 mm. It will be complemented with 350, 500 and 650 versions in the near future.
All dredgers will have an inboard dredge pump and a hydraulic driven cutter head and a wide range of options will be made available such as a spud carrier system, anchor booms, submerged dredge pump and dredge automation and control.
Dredge Yard’s Sales Manager, Teun Boerma, said, “It is our focus to create a first-class dredger, which will meet the requirements of our customers, which is reliable and easy to maintain, affordable and foremost a dredger with high productivity. In addition, we want to meet the highest safety standards for our customers and best work environment for the operators.”
EURO-DREDGER 450
Length overall: 25.1 m
Dredging depth: 10 m
Suction pipe diameter: 500 mm
Discharge pipe diameter: 450 mm
Dredge pump diesel engine: 634 kW
Cutter power: 112 kW
Total installed power: 866 kW