“ The boat is great ,” said Terry Frickey, the Conrad Industries project manager, during an introduction of the new Murden dredging vessel.
Conrad’s Murden is a 156-foot-long shallow water dredger with a maximum hopper load capacity of 512 cubic yards, according to tri-parishtimes.com.
The vessel is powered by two 760-horse power Cummins engines, and has two 480-volt Cummins generators. It features a Hydra-Pro forward deck crane and a Mobile Pully dredge pump and skid.
Conrad Shipyards specializes in the construction of a wide variety of steel and aluminum marine equipment for commercial and governmental clients.
The company constructs a variety of marine vessels, including large and small deck cargo barges, single and double hull tank barges, lift boats, push boats, towboats, offshore tugboats and offshore supply vessels.
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Dredging Today Staff, May 30, 2012; Image: conradindustries