A new generation "Antigoon" class dredger, called "Scheldt River", being built by Royal IHC in the Netherlands will be the first ever dredger to operate on engines capable of utilising either LNG or conventional marine fuels.
IHC is building the vessel on behalf of the Belgium based DEME Group and is to be powered by Wärtsilä dual-fuel (DF) engines.
LNGPac
The 104 metre long vessel will have a hopper volume capacity of approximately 8000 cubic metres. The scope of supply includes one 12-cylinder and one
9-cylinder Wärtsilä 34DF engines, two Wärtsilä controllable pitch propellers and two transverse thrusters as well as the company's patented LNGPac gas supply and storage system.
Picture: The Scheldt River will be the world's first dual-fuelled dredger.
