New order for the Beagle® 10.2 dredger!
Royal Van der Leun has been awarded the contract for the complete electrical installation package of a Beagle® 10.2 trailing suction hopper dredger, developed by Royal IHC for The Dutra Group.
The dredger is built at St Johns Shipbuilding in Palatka, Florida and will be operating in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The vessel will perform maintenance in the main seaports of Wilmington and Morehead City for maintaining the depths at all berths, wharves and turning basins year- round, which will maximize the vessel tonnage capabilities at these ports.
The WID is designed to be low in maintenance and ease of operation per NCSPA requirements.
Van der Leun supplied the following features:
• System integration
• Main Switchboard
• Distribution board
• Variable frequency convertor
• Engineering and project management
• Shore supply
• Wheelhouse desk / ECR console
• Emergency Stop system
• Fire detection system
• Battery chargers incl. batteries and battery boxes
• Commissioning
• Installation
Royal Van der Leun has been awarded the contract for the complete electrical installation package of a Beagle® 10.2 trailing suction hopper dredger, developed by Royal IHC for The Dutra Group.
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