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Construction
and maintenance
of ports

with spuds or anchors and consists of powerful cutting action combined with suction. Backhoe dredger A backhoe dredger (BHD) is a hydraulic excavator installed on a pontoon. Dredging is executed by the excavator which is mounted on a turntable at the front of the pontoon. The backhoe dredger... dredger Trailing suction hopper dredgers can fill their own holds (hoppers) by sucking material from the seabed using a trailing suction head fitted

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(04.b) Leith Capital Project Photo
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Leith Channel and Berth Pocket Deepening

primarily with a combination of the trailer dredger ‘Shoalway’ and backhoe dredger ‘Magnor’. Forth Ports Limited Boskalis Westminster Ltd

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(04.b) Aberdeen Capital Project Photo
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Aberdeen Capital Works

vertical and +10m horizontally with a final bar sweep. The project was carried out using the trailing suction hopper dredger 'Crestway', to remove the soft material from the outer approaches, with the backhoe dredger 'Nordic Giant' and split barges removing the remaining clays and rock. Trial...-treatment. Strengthening modifications were made to a 9.5m³ rock bucket and, by careful positioning of the dredger over high waters in relation

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Coastal defense and
riverbank protection

place while the vessel is moored with spuds or anchors and consists of powerful cutting action combined with suction. Backhoe dredger A backhoe... of the pontoon. The backhoe dredger is mainly used for dredging in shallow or confined waters. Our dredging fleet View our dredging fleet selection Let's.... Trailing suction hopper dredger Trailing suction hopper dredgers can fill their own holds (hoppers) by sucking material from the seabed using

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Indian_Ocean_2016
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China shipping container lines' Indian Ocean grounded

of two hopper dredgers, one backhoe dredger and a water injection dredger. For the refloat, significant pulling force was required. To this end, two large

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(04.b) Southampton Western Docks Channel Widening Project Photo
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Southampton Western Docks Channel Widening

consisting mainly of clay and silt. The heavy clay was dredged using backhoe dredger, ‘Magnor,’ and the silt was dredged using trailing suction hopper dredger, ‘Causeway.’ Associated British Ports (ABP) Southampton Boskalis Westminster Ltd

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