Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply a package of engines and propulsion machinery for the new Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) »Spartacus«.
When delivered, the vessel, which is being built on behalf of Belgium based Dredging International (DEME), will be the world‘s most powerful [ds_preview]CSD and the first ever to be fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The 164 m long dredger is being built at the Royal IHC yard in the Netherlands and will have a total installed power of 44,180 kW. It will feature four 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 46DF dual-fuel engines, two 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 20DF dual-fuel engines, and a Wärtsilä LNGPac fuel gas storage and supply system with a newly designed bilobe tank arrangement. Wärtsilä will also supply two fixed pitch propellers with shaft assemblies and HP nozzles, and two tunnel thrusters, as well as commissioning, site supervision, and extended project management services. The equipment is scheduled for delivery to the yard during the fourth quarter of 2017.
Delivery in 2019
The »Spartacus« is expected to be delivered to the customer in mid-2019 and will operate in different locations around the world. CSDs are able to dredge nearly all kinds of soils, including sand, clay and rock. They are used wherever the ground is too hard for conventional dredgers to operate.
