According to the shipbuilder, the ceremony was held at ZPMC
Qidong Offshore Engineering yard on December 26.
Ordered by CCCC Shanghai Dredging and designed by Marine Design
and Research Institute of China, the new dredger will have a total length of
155,7 meters, width of 32 meters and a draft of 9,9 meters.
“The vessel is the first extra-large clean energy-powered
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger with completely independent design solutions in
China,” the company said in a statement. “The newbuild is intelligent and
eco-friendly, and its technology related to LNG power fills the gap of clean
energy power for dredging ships in China.”
ZPMC
also added that with the hopper capacity of the 15,000m³ the new dredger will
reduce emission of nitrogen oxides by up to 90%, carbon dioxide emissions up to
20% and eliminate sulfur oxides and particulate matter emissions.
The
shipbuilder expects the new vessel to be completed and ready for delivery by
the end of 2023.