![]() The Tier 4-compliant engines significantly reduce the vessel’s climate footprint, while other incorporated features minimize turbidity and marine species entrainment. ![]() EPA Tier 4-compliant engines, and additional features designed to minimize the impact of its dredging process on the environment. The dredge will be equipped with a direct high-power pump-ashore installation, dredging system automation, dynamic positioning and tracking, U.S. The new dredge will be deployed for channel deepening, maintenance dredging, beach nourishment, and coastal restoration projects with short- to medium-distance transport requirements. suction pipes and will be able to dredge at depths of up to 100 feet, with principal dimensions of approximately 346 feet in length, 69 feet in breadth and 23 feet in depth and total installed horsepower of 16,500. ![]() Mackie and the 15,000-cubic-yard-capacity barge Ellis Island, which were delivered in the fourth quarter of 2017. The vessel will complement the Great Lakes’ existing six-dredge hopper fleet, including the ATB Tug Douglas B. Conrad will perform the detail design based on a regulatory-level design provided by Great Lakes’ in-house engineering department in collaboration with C-Job Naval Architects. The dredge will be constructed at Conrad’s Deepwater South shipyard in Amelia, La., with expected delivery in the first quarter of 2023. The contract gives Great Lakes the option to build an additional dredge should market conditions warrant. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation and Conrad Industries last week announced the execution of a definitive contract by Conrad Shipbuilding for the construction of a 6,500-cubic-yard-capacity trailing suction hopper dredge. ![]()
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