Close call on mega-dredger’s first job

Congo River was dredging a new shipping channel for the Thames Gateway terminal when a 2,000 pound mine became caught in its draghead.

DEME’s brand new ''mega dredger'' Congo River was named at Zeebrugge on July 8 by the Belgian tennis champion Justine Henin and was working on its first job only six days later when it pulled up a 2,000 pound WWII mine.

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