News – September 2, 2008
Jan de Nul has announced that an order for the construction of four split hopper barges has been placed with Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding Heavy Industries Co Ltd in Tianjin, China.
The four 3,700m³ split barges complete the list of l’Aigle class barges of which five have been built and delivered and two are still under construction at Tianjin Xinhe Shipyard.
Delivery of the four new barges is expected in 2011.