A keel laying ceremony to mark the construction of a FPDG3 Design cutter suction dredger for the Volga-Caspian shipping canal was held in Astrakhan region, the RF federal port management agency Rosmorport said in a statement.
The vessel is a third in a series of highly efficient dredgers under construction by Stroyleaderplus to the order of Rosmorport. The design was developed by Flotproekt marine engineering bureau.
Vessel particulars:
- LOA: 68.9 мm
- Beam: 12.2 m;
- Draft: 2.1 m;
- Dredging capacity: 7,000 cubic meters per hour;
- Maximum/minimum depth: 12/3 m;
- Soil evacuation unit power: 500 KWt.
Photo: Rosmorport