Breughel the newbuild has colourful launch
Breughel is the third medium sized trailing suction hopper dredger in the last four years for the DEME Group.
The naming and launch ceremony for the 11,650m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, Breughel, has taken place at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den Ijssel in the Netherlands.
IHC Merwede is building the 121.5m LOA vessel for Belgium’s DEME (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering) Group.
The ceremony was performed by Mrs Bernadette Prignon, Chair of the Liège Court of Appeal and spouse of Mr. Didier Reynders, the Belgium Federal Government’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Institutional Reforms.
The contract for the design, construction and delivery of the vessel was signed between DEME and IHC Dredgers in June 2010 and the keel was laid on 15 November 2010. The vessel will be delivered by November 2011. It is named after Pieter Breughel, the famous Belgian painter of the Northern Renaissance period.
The design of the Breughel is based on the successful trailing suction hopper dredgers Brabo and Breydel, delivered by IHC Merwede in 2007 and 2008 respectively.
The limited draught of only 9.8m combined with a 28m beam ensures that the Breughel can be used in conditions where other ships of this class would be restricted. The vessel’s one-man operated bridge is equipped with a console which combines both the dredging and sailing functions. The vessel can dredge to a depth of 43m through a 1,200mm diameter suction pipe and has accommodation on board for 14 people.
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