Damen’s New Dredger Starts Work in Indonesia

Damen’s new cutter suction dredger, the first of Damen CSD600 series, has started operations in Indonesia.

The dredger was transported from Rotterdam, the Netherlands to Indonesia as deck cargo on a heavy lift carrier.

The stationary dredger, which has been named Jhoni 58, is working on a maintenance dredging project.

The dredging operation is located at the Port of Batulicin on the island of Kalimantan. The main activities of the port relate to its important coal terminal.

The busy access channel is used by numerous coal barge transports. Due to continuous sedimentation of this channel, the CSD600 is required to maintain the navigational depth. The newly designed high efficiency dredge pump removes this sediment and pumps it to a spoil field some 500 metres away.

The powerful Cutter Suction Dredger was commissioned on site by Damen Field Service Engineers.

The dredger features the 250-kilowatt cutter unit, the large swing width and the maximum dredging depth of -16m, and up-to-date control system.

“Clear visuals inform the dredge master at one glance on the production of the dredge pump, the status of the drive etc. Trouble shooting is easy due to the evident schematic screen lay-out of the various systems on board. In the future the system can be expanded easily by adding modules such as cutter automation, dredge pump automation and so on.

“For now, the dredge master can, for instance, determine the swing width by entering a few digits and the dredger moves sideways automatically. This is a much-praised improvement on the large dredge job at hand,” said Inge Hoogenboezem, Damen Sales Manager.

The operator of the dredger, PT. Dua Samudera Perkasa, is a key player in the port industry on the island of Kalimantan.

“We are proud to deploy the first of series CSD600 here in Batulicin; it fits our operation perfectly. Our company wants to be at the forefront of technological developments. Our dredger Jhoni 58 is just that and performs well, with the Damen Field Service team ensuring a smooth start-up of our operations,” added Haji Samsudin Andi Arsyad, owner of PT. DSP.