The Hamburg Port Authority has released a video of the Alexander von Humboldt, a huge trailing suction hopper dredger owned by the Jan De Nul Group, in action at the port.
“ The daily work of the hopper dredgers is very important. Without them, the port of Hamburg would simply silt up ,” the Authority stated.
The following video profiles her day-to-day job while operating in the Elbe River:
The vessel’s technical leaflet:
– Hopper capacity: 9,000 m³
– Deadweight: 14,060 ton
– Length o.a.: 120.5 m
– Beam: 24.4 m
– Draft: loaded 8.95 m
– Maximum dredging depth: 36.5 / 43 m
– Suction pipe diameter: 1,300 mm
– Pump power (trailing): 3,100 kW
– Pump power (discharging): 7,500 kW
– Propulsion power: 2 x 5,280 kW
– Total installed diesel power: 13,980 kW
– Speed:14.0 kn
– Accommodation: 31
– Built: 1998.
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