Uljanik to build dredge for IHC Merwede

Previous dredging vessels built by the Uljanik shipyard include the trailing suction hopper dredge Bartolomeu Dias, delivered last year to Jan De Nul

MARCH 4, 2014 — According to a Zagreb stock exchange filing, Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik  has secured a contract from IHC Global Production B.V. covering the construction of one self-propelled cutter suction dredge for delivery in April 2016.

The installed power of the 152 m x 28 m vessel will be 23,684 kW

Kinderdijk, Netherlands, based IHC Global Production, part of IHC Merwede, manages the production, commissioning and turnkey delivery of innovative dredging and offshore vessels – in close cooperation with other IHC Merwede business units – at partner and joint venture shipyards around the world.

Previous dredging vessels built by the Uljanik shipyard include the trailing suction hopper dredge Bartolomeu Dias, delivered last year to Jan De Nul.