New Vessels – June 6, 2008
Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord has confirmed that May 30th saw the keel laying for the company’s new trailing suction hopper dredger, Vox Dubai.
The new vessel will be about 203m long, with a beam of 31m and a draft of 17.5m, making it the largest trailing suction hopper dredger yet built in the Netherlands.
The vessel will be the second large trailing suction hopper dredger – that is, one with a capacity of more than 30,000m3 – that Van Oord is adding to its fleet.
Earlier this year, the extended HAM 318 was completed, and now has a hopper capacity of 37,500 cubic metres, making it the biggest in the world.
Vox Dubai is expected to become operational towards the end of 2009.