SHIP REPORT
Sanderus JAN DE NUL GROUP BUILDS FIRST DREDGER WITH ULTRA-LOW EMISSIONS.
Photo courtesy of Jan De Nul.
TRAILING SUCTION HOPPER DREDGER SANDERUS, A DIESEL-ELECTRIC VESSEL DRIVEN WITH ASYMMETRIC LOAD SHARING, RESETS THE SUSTAINABLE BAR.
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he trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Sanderus is Jan De Nul’s fourth ultra-low emission vessel (ULEv) that has been launched within the past year. Built in Singapore, it features a two-stage catalytic filter system on board, making it one of the most sustainable dredgers on the market today. Having arrived in Belgium in February of this year, it will undertake maintenance dredging works in the Flemish coastal ports over the next two years. Its primary role will
be to maintain the navigation depth in the marine access channels to the Flemish ports under the authority of the Flemish Government. Another three major vessels with the same ULEv technology are currently under construction. The point of focus for its ultra-low emissions is on air quality. Fitted with a cutting-edge Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system that Jan De Nul claims “renders nitrogen
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