Damen Dredging – Trimble OEM agreement
Damen Dredging Equipment of Nijkerk in the Netherlands and Trimble Europe have signed an OEM agreement under which the Dutch company will fit Trimble positioning systems to its standard range of cutter suction dredgers and associated instrumentation and automation products.
Systems to be fitted include Trimble’s SPS satellite receivers for accurate RTK (real time kinematic) positioning with a maximum vertical accuracy of 1cm and a horizontal precision of 7cm.Damen Dredging, which specialises in building vessels to specific customer requirements using standard equipment, says that systems can be fitted on both newbuild as well as existing dredging tools.