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Dredging firm in multi-vessel
investment adds two newbuilds
Orders for Croatian and
Spanish shipyards as investment programme continues.
Dredging firm, Jan De Nul Group has placed orders for the construction
of two major vessels.
First a contract was signed with Uljanik Shipyard in Pula, Croatia for
the construction of a third self-propelled cutter suction dredger.
This vessel will be identical to two units under construction at the
same yard and is due for delivery
early 2010.
These three identical cutter suction dredgers, each with an installed
power of 23 520kW and a construction weight of 11 000 ton, will
incorporate all know-how acquired from the construction and operation
of the Marco Polo (built in 1979), the Leonardo da Vinci (1985) and
the J.F.J. De Nul (2003).
Also the Jan De Nul Group has formally ordered a second 46 000 m3 mega
hopper-dredger from La Naval Shipyard in Sestao, Spain. The
first unit will be available by the end of 2008, and the second
identical one by the end of 2009.
The Group now has 5 hopperdredgers under construction, ranging from 3
700 to 46 000m3 hopper-capacity, with a total of 110 700 m3. This will
bring the total capacity of the Jan De Nul Group fleet of
hopper-dredgers from 155 000 to 265 000 m3, an increase of 70 %.
With these investments the Jan De Nul Group continues its expansion,
building state of the art vessels in shipyards in Holland, Spain,
Croatia, Korea and China. The current 1,25 billion Euro investment
program 2007 – 2010 now consists of 19 vessels:
- Two 46 000 m3 mega hopper-dredgers.
- Two 7 500 m3 hopper-dredgers.
- Three 23 520 kW self-propelled cutter suction dredgers.
- One 6000 ton side stone dumping vessel.
- One 32 000 ton fallpipe & mining vessel.
- Three very large backhoe dredgers, with buckets up to 40 m³.
- Two 3 700 m3 split barges.
- One 3 700 m3 split hopper-dredger.
- Four 1 800 m3 split barges.
The first delivery will be done this year, and deliveries will
continue until early 2010.
The fleet expansion triggers an increase in Jan De Nul Group’s
workforce from 4000 to over 5250 people.
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