Russia: Stapel Hands Over New Suction Dredger to Its Owners

RCDB Stapel has completed and handed over, to the customer, the next project of a non-self propelled suction dredger of capacity of 4,000 cbm/h. The dredger is designed for dredging, land reclamation, mining and removal of sediments.

The vessel is a dismountable structure consisting of fastened together six pontoons.

“Thanks to the vessel design, and the pontoons size, the dredger can be delivered by any mode of transport to a place where it could be assembled and start working. At the moment, this dredger is the most productive of this type of dredgers,” Stapel’s office said.

The dredger is able to collect oily water and operate without replenishment of fuel, oil as many as three days, taking into account the 8-hour working shift.

The vessel particulars:

Length – m 29

Width – 9.87 m

Depth – m 1,5 / 2,3

Sediment loaded – 1.06 m

Displacement at full draft – 206.2 m

Crew members – 2

The depth of the development – 2-16 m

Performance of the pump – cubic m / h 4000

The maximum length of the frame “in its stowed position” – 45.4 m

Class X PPP O 2,0 (ice 10)

Rostov Central Design Bureau Stapel, founded in 1952 and transformed into a joint-stock company in 1993. The company designs and builds various types of vessels, performs some contracts for reconstruction and repair of approach channels to domestic sea ports.

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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, December 27, 2011; Image: stapel