Damen Shipyards Group has awarded Alewijnse Marine the contract for the complete electrical outfitting of the group’s first Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD) 3500.
The MAD 3500 is an innovative design developed by Damen and the British owner Cemex UK Marine Limited. The highly advanced and efficient dredger is designed to extract sand and gravel from the sea bed at depths of up to 55 m, in challenging locations including the North Sea.
Construction will take place at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. Alewijnse Marine also has its own facility in Galati.
E-package and Installation Works
The Alewijnse scope of the project comprises the engineering and delivery of the e-package, including electrical panels and switchboards, cables, installing materials, and an important part of the electrical outfitting of parts and systems.
Additional activities to be undertaken by Alewijnse include steelwork, general installation works including installing the electrical systems driving the dredging equipment as well as those managing the general vessel operations, and commissioning.
MAD 3500
The MAD 3500 is a 103.5-m dredger with a deadweight of just under 7000 t and a loaded operating speed of approximately 12 kn. When delivered, it will be the most efficient dredging vessel in the Cemex fleet. In comparison to Cemex’s 99-m, 6000 t Sand Heron, which the new ship will replace, this translates into an additional 20% of aggregates that can be delivered per trip. The vessel will receive Lloyd’s Register’s ECO-notation, due to its green credentials, as well as a CAC-3 notation recognising its high standard of crew comfort.
