Peter the Great

Ravestein 900B Ravestein B.V. has announced that it has been awarded for the design and construct of a Backhoe Dredger Ravestein 900B. At the end of November 2010 DEME gave the order for this Backhoe Dredger. DEME (Dredging, Environmental & Marine Engineering) is a Belgian company that is well known for its dredging and land reclamation activities. This Turn Key project will be delivery schedule at 15 December 2011.

The Ravestein 900B will have the following dimensions:

 

Length   60.00 meter Width   17.20 meter Depth   4.00 meter Deck load   10.00 T/m² Crane   Liebherr P 995 Liptronic Spudlegs   3 legs length 34 meter

 

The pontoon has two fixed spud legs, 1 hydraulically operated spud carrier with spud leg and an excavator. The legs each can press 340 ton and has a holding force of 640 ton they will have a diameter of 1.60 x 1.60 meter.
The excavator is a Liebherr P 995 Liptronic type which is designed for a maritime environment.

On Saturday December 31st, the new backhoe dredger ‘Peter the Great’ was launched successfully on the Ravestein shipyard in Deest, the Netherlands. The pontoon was built for the account of DEME NV and its Russian partner NDC (Northern Dredging Company Ltd), part of the PST Group. The Dutch shipyard Ravestein BV was awarded with a contract for the design and construction of a backhoe dredger in November 2010. The ‘Peter the Great’ will have a length of 60 m, breadth of 17.20 m, depth of 4 m, deck load of 10 tonnes/m² and will be equipped with a Liebherr P 995 Litronic crane and three spud legs each 34m in length. The pontoon has two fixed spud legs, 1 hydraulically operated spud carrier with spud leg and an excavator. The excavator is a Liebherr P 995 Litronic type which is designed for a maritime environment and has a dredging depth of 18.20 m and a bucket of 11m³. The vessel can accommodate 10 persons.