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Innovative Beaver at home in remote areas
IHC Merwede has launched the stationary cutter suction dredger Miondo at its shipyard at Sliedrecht in the Netherlands.
IHC is building the innovative vessel for Marina & Ports Services Ltd, which is based at Farnham in Surrey UK.
The contract for the design, construction and delivery of the vessel was signed between Marina & Ports Services Ltd and IHC Beaver Dredgers in March 2011. The keel was laid on 6 October 2011 and the ship will be delivered in the third quarter of 2012.
The Miondo is a custom built IHC Beaver with a capacity of 4,836kW and it is capable of dredging a wide range of materials. It is equipped with two Cutter Special dredge pumps, which are specially designed with a large sphere passage for cutter suction dredging operations. The anchor boom allows it to operate in remote areas with limited support equipment.
Technical specification:
Length overall: 63.7m
Breadth: 14m
Depth: 3.5m
Maximum dredging depth: 17m
Suction pipe diameter: 650mm
Total installed power: 4,836kW
