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Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
Delivery September 17, 2012
Shipyard Taiwan Ching Fu Shipyard
IMO No. 9633824
Clas DNV 1A1 DREDGER TMONin Sep./ 2023
Last DD: done in Zhou Shan
Dredging Speed: about 1 ~ 3 kts
Gross Tonnage (GRT) 7,636
Net Tonnage (NT) 2,290
Deadweight Tonnage (DWT) 10,650
Endurance 25days?
Overall Length LOA 116.95m
Width 22.00m
Molded Depth 8.90m
Maximum Summer Draft 6.8m
Maximum Dredging Draft 7.8m
Main Engine STX-MAN
Diesel Engine 3500KW (750rpm) *2 units
Propulsion Equipment CPP (4-blade nozzle) *2
Generator 425 KW*3 units
Bow thruster (375kw)
Windlass Hydraulic Ele. Motor Type*2 units (9m/sec)
Crane 12T*15m*1 unit (bow), 10T*18m *1 unit (stern)
0.9T*6 m*1 unit (left), 0.9T*8 m*1 unit (right)
Dredging pump*2 units (1,685kw)
Sand pump flow rate: 12,000 m^3/hr
Sand pump diameter: 900 mm
Full load time: 1 hr
Anchorage Motor Fuel Consumption 300 LT/day
Lubricating Oil Consumption 10 LT/day
Fuel Tank Capacity 700 m3
Pressure Water Tank Capacity 657.3 m3
Freshwater Tank Capacity 330 m3
Mud Tank Capacity 7,047 m3
Maximum Crew Quota 27 people
Minimum Safety Quota 14 people
Sand Pumping Equipment (Mud Tanks * 14 sets)
Bottom discharge: Bottom
(No.1&7Compartment, two-stage opening: 100 and
1,030mm. Other compartments fully open mode: 1,030mm)
Bow Blow: Bow
Blow—2,000m (no shore booster pump)
Bow Jet: Bow rainbow—50m
High-pressure flushing equipment 1,257 kw*2 (3,240 m3/hr)
Water Jet Pressure 20 kg/cm2
Dredging System Double winches, double pumps, double dredgers
Dredger Length 34m (effective dredging depth 27m)
Production Capacity Meter 2 (mud pump outlet)
Note Operates in A2 waters
Operating Limitations
1. Operating water depth of 9-27m, wind speed below 13.8m/sec
, sea wave level below 5, and swell wave level
below 3, suitable for operations with wave height
below 2m, unable to operate during typhoons or
severe weather conditions with strong winds and waves.
2. Suitable for geological operations such as sand, clay, or silt.
Not suitable for operations in areas with hardness
greater than 70, such as crushed stone, pebbles,
or rocks (which may cause damage to the dredger).
3. The operating area should be 50m away from the
channel or offshore.
4. Fuel, freshwater, and provisions need to be replenished ashore.
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