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Tommy Norton

Tommy Norton TSHD 650 trailing suction hopper dredger

General properties

IMO number: 
9810446
503000125
Callsign: 
VNZ2486
Vessel type: 
TSHD
Manager: 
Gippsland Ports
Built in: 
2017
Yard number: 
563054

Physical properties

Length (OA): 
59.75 m
Width: 
11 m
Depth: 
4 m
Draft (loaded): 
3.15 m
Deadweight: 
1130 tons
Engine specs: 
Diesel 2X339KW, azimuth propellers
speed: 
8.5 knts
Hopper volume: 
750 m³
Dredging depth: 
15 m
Suction pipe diameter: 
0.4 m
Number of dredging pipes: 
2

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Status: 
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Last Updated

1 year 37 weeks ago

About this equipment

The vessel, built at Damen Shipyards Yichang, China, was delivered to her new owner, the Gippsland Ports, last week.

Capable of dredging to depths of 15 meters, the dredger has been built with bottom doors to enable self-emptying and can alternate between a bow connection and rainbow expulsion for beach reclamation work.

In order to increase the vessel’s payload capacity when dredging sand with a high specific density, Damen has reduced the freeboard of the vessel and applied a dredge mark.

According to the owner, the ‘Tommy Norton’ is a highly technical hopper dredge commissioned by Gippsland Ports and custom built for the local conditions.

The newbuild will replace the New Zealand based dredge, Pelican, which was operated by Dutch company, Van Oord, for the past eight years.

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