An alternative approach to dredging
Italian dredger and dredging equipment builder Italdraghe recently delivered another BDC 200 dredging bucket to a Genoa-based company specialising in dredging works and beach replenishment.
The dredging bucket was installed on a CAT excavator that worked from a floating pontoon to dredge sand and silt from within the walls of the harbor of Chiavari in order to create a flat water bed at a depth of 4m. The dredged material was discharged via HDPE pipeline 350m away in a designated backfill site.
The BDC 200 is just one of a range of Italdraghe dredging buckets designed to fit virtually every type and size of excavator.
This new ‘mini-dredger’ is both compact and efficient thanks to its powerful cutter head and dredging pump, identical to those on full-sized cutter suction dredger.
The Italdraghe dredging bucket offers the advantages of a simple quick-fit installation,low maintenance costs, one man operation, and easy transportability. It is driven by the original excavator power source, making it ideal for hard to access stretches of water.
