March 08, 2021
Machines at work: Dredgers are specialised and complex vessels with highly integrated technical components ss kumar - SS KUMAR
Machines at work: Dredgers are specialised and complex vessels with highly integrated technical components ss kumar - SS KUMAR×
World’s biggest dredger maker IHC Holland shares tech with Cochin Shipyard
Cochin Shipyard Ltd has pulled off the impossible by coaxing the world’s biggest dredger maker, the Dutch company IHC Holland BV, to share technology, design and expertise to locally build specialised and complex vessels used for deepening and maintaining the channel of ports.
The ‘operational and technological knowhow’ in dredger construction, particularly the large size and high-end Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHD) are “closely held” in Europe, primarily by Dutch firms, making IHC a global giant in the field.
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Cochin Shipyard to build big dredgers with technology support from IHC Holland
February 23, 2021
× In a significant breakthrough, state-run Cochin Shipyard Ltd will build a high capacity dredger for Dredging Corporation of India Ltd worth as much as ₹800 crore with technology and design support from IHC Holland B V, the world’s largest dredger builder. This will be the first dredger to be built by Cochin Shipyard at its yard in Cochin following a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with IHC in November last year for collaboration on technology and design for high capacity, complex dredgers, an official with the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways said.
Jan De Nul Vessels First To Receive New Bureau Veritas Ultra-Low Emissions Notation
Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification, has developed a new notation to recognize the performance of ultra-low emission vessels (ULEVs). Jan De Nul Group’s newest Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers – SANDERUS, ORTELIUS, TRISTÃO DA CUNHA, AFONSO DE ALBUQUERQUE, and DIOGO CÃO – have now become the first ships to receive this recognition. The Jan De Nul units are specifically designed for ultra-low emissions, including installation of a two-stage catalytic filter system, and can outperform the most stringent low emissions operational policies.