Senwatec Delivers „Dredge King“ to Slovakia

PROGROUPE extending technical park to „Dredge King“ from Senwatec for sediment removal in Slovakia.

This dredger is equipped with the 8/6 inch armored pump, mounted below deck, with capacities of 520 m³ (680 cubic yards) of slurry/hour and 55 to 220 m³ (72 to 288 cubic yards) of solids / hour, 6-cylinder Caterpillar Diesel engine, 168 kW/225 HP, 1,800 RPM, liquid cooled, mounted below deck with monitoring system for coolant/engine temperature and engine oil level/pressure (auto shut down system). Infinitely variable drive speed regulation forward up to 6 knots, reverse up to 3 knots. Dredging working depth of 6 meters with smooth swing range up to 175° each left- and right hand (350° total range).

The maximum lenght of material transport thru pipeline is 1500 meters.

Crane arm is equipped with cutter-suction dredge head, excavating bucket (up to 700l), rake (with hardened teeth) and discharge line.

Read more:  India: DCI to Commission New Dredger

The second of its three 5,500 cubic meter trailer suction hopper dredgers will be commissioned today by the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI), reports indiatimes.com.

According to DCI chairman-cum-managing director D K Mohanty, after the commissioning ceremony at Chennai Port this vessel will be sent to undertake a dredging program at Ennore Port.

DCI already has one dredger working at Ennore Port, and with the arrival of another, this dredging project is expected to be completed by October.

The new dredger will be an alternative for one recently decommissioned dredger V.

P. V. Ramana Murthy, director, finance, DCI, recently stated that the new dredgers would help the company increase productivity, thereby improving the margins.