Belgian Folk Hero Arrives at Christmas

Dutch shipbuilders IHC Merwede celebrated the Christmas season by launching the 9,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger ‘ Breydel’ from its Kinderdijk yard on 22 December. Named after 14th century Flemish freedom fighter Jan Breydel, the newbuild will join the fleet of Belgium’ s Dredging International, one of the main companies of the Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME) Group.

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Dutch shipbuilders IHC Merwede celebrated the Christmas season by launching the 9,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger ' Breydel' from its Kinderdijk yard on 22 December. Named after 14th century Flemish freedom fighter Jan Breydel, the newbuild will join the fleet of Belgium' s Dredging International, one of the main companies of the Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME) Group.