Due to asbestos the extension of Van Oord’s trailing suction hopper dredger HAM 318 suffers a five week delay. A 100-man team spent four weeks cleaning the vessel. Last week an accredited European inspection agency officially declared the vessel ‘asbestos-free’ after which work could be resumed.
The HAM 318 renovation at the COSCO yard in Dalian, China, will now be completed in mid-May 2008. The addition of a mid-section block will increase the vessel’s hopper capacity to 37,500 m³, making it the biggest trailing suction hopper dredger in the world.
Source: https://www.vanoord.com/webfront/base.asp?pageid=455[Van Oord]
Picture: Middle section HAM 318 (SWZ Maritime nr. 3, 2008)
