Posted on October 12, 2015
By Tony Slinn
Dutch-Spanish co-operation between Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) and Bilbao-based Astilleros de Murueta shipyard has seen the first dredger for the Chambre de Commerce d’Industrie de Bayonne Pays Basque delivered successfully after extensive trials.
The 1,200 mยณ trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Hondarra – meaning ‘sand’ in Basque – will work in the French port of Bayonne, which the Chambre de Commerce operates, carrying out maintenance dredging as well as replenishing beaches.
Speaking to IHS Maritime, a DDE spokeswoman said, “This is the fourth vessel built through our co-operation with Astilleros de Murueta; we don’t have a contract signed yet for a fifth vessel but we’re working on it.
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