On November 21, 2014, Song Thu Corporation (Da Nang, Vietnam) held a keel laying ceremony for a dredging vessel of project TSHD 2000, Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) says in its press release. The vessel will be built to RS class under the order of FSUE Rosmorport.
The ceremony was attended by Rosmorport Director General Andrei Tarasenko and Deputy Director General of RS Pavel Shikhov.
The vessel was designed by Damen Shipyards Gorinchem. RS class notation: KM(*) Ice1 R1 AUT2 hopper dredger. The new vessel is intended for excavation and removal of material from the sea bottom and dredging to ensure safe navigation. The vessel will combine the functions of a suction dredger and a hopper barge.
The construction is to be completed in February 2016. Technical supervision will be executed by the specialists of RS representative office in Vietnam. The vessel will be operated in seaport of Arkhangelsk.
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