Damen Dredger Starts Work at Gippsland Lakes

Tommy Norton, a Damen trailing suction hopper dredger built at Damen Shipyards Yichang has been delivered to Gippsland Ports.The suction hopper dredger has been put into dredging work as soon as it arrived.

Capable of dredging to depths of 15m, the dredger has been built with bottom doors to enable self-emptying and can alternate between a bow connection and rainbow expulsion for beach reclamation work. In order to increase the vessel’s payload capacity when dredging sand with a high specific density, Damen has reduced the freeboard of the vessel and applied a dredge mark.

The 60m dredger has now started work to deliver safe and reliable ocean access for the commercial vessels, oil and gas suppliers and commercial fishing fleet that cross the entrance bar to the Gippsland Lakes area. The maintenance dredging also helps reduce the risk of flooding to local communities.

The news is collated by Globaldredge.com – Dredging Pipeline Supplier.