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Zulia

Zulia tshd trailing suction hopper dredger with sideboom discharge

General properties

IMO number: 
5399470
Vessel type: 
TSHD
Flag: 
Ve
Built in: 
1959
Yard number: 
87

Physical properties

Length (OA): 
167 m
Width: 
29 m
Deadweight: 
13285 tons
Number of engines: 
1
Engine specs: 
steam turbine built in 1945, fitted 1959
Speed (loaded): 
6 knts
Total power: 
13579 kW
Delivery diameter: 
1.44 m
Hopper volume: 
6500 m³
Suction pipe diameter: 
0.91 m
Number of dredging pipes: 
4

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1959 - 1984
Review: 
Scrapped

Last Updated

34 weeks 4 days ago

About this equipment

Boom delivery installation

Zulia was a combined hopper-suction dredge with a side-casting discharge boom. Her keel was laid on April 7th, 1959 and she was completed exactly eight months later. Her dredging equipment consisted of two sets of 6,000 SHP geared dredging turbines; four sets of 10,000 tons per hour capacity dredging pumps; four 36 inch diameter suction drags; a 375 foot long side-casting boom with a 57 inch diameter discharge pipe, and a 233,000 cubic foot capacity hopper. She had a dredging speed of three to six knots - very impressive. Zulia was built for one of the Ludwig group of companies in order to dredge the mouth of the Orinoco River so that the Universe Tankships 60,000 ton ore ships could navigate the river with close to a full load of ore onboard. The large twin screw ore ships, Ore Chief, Ore Transport and Ore Titan were conceived and built before it was realized that they would be unable to carry a full cargo out the river due to the ever shifting sandbars and channels. To keep the trade moving, Ludwig employed his shipbuilding division to build a large suction dredge to keep things tidy for his large ore ships. He had had some success in this already, as he had converted the old T2 tanker Pan Georgia (ex-Gold Creek) into a dredge to begin the work before constructing Zulia. Also, he stopped building 60,000 ton twin screw ore carriers.

Scrapped in 1984 Kaoshin Taiwan

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