Dustpan dredgers

Motor dredge “Arni 2”

Motor dredge “Arni 2”

Motor dredge “Fabio Moreni”

Motor dredge “Fabio Moreni”

The dustpan dredgers “Arni2” and “Fabio Moreni” fulfill the task of keeping the optimal condition of navigation ability on Po River.

Dustpan motor dredger in operation

Dustpan motor dredger in operation

They have excavating potential of moving approx 5000 cu m/h of mix. The rapidity of interventions increases thanks to the navigation speed of the motor dredgers, in average 9 knots. The dredging system includes tools for controlling of the fuel consumption and quantity of inert being moved; this offers precise indications for the evaluation of the management costs.

Dustpan motor dredger in operation

Dustpan motor dredger in operation

All maneuver and dredging operations are commanded from the panel where all alarms and control panels for diesel engines are present. The motor dredgers, under RINA class, have quarters with toilets for 6 people, mess and kitchen.

The outlet piping, settled on little rafts, is equipped with a special deflector steered from the panel; this allows the mix jet to be deviated out of the zone of ships transit.

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Suction box with water-jet system

Suction box with water-jet system

Dredging group, caterpillar-ihc

Dredging group, caterpillar-ihc

Drain pipe with swivel joint

Drain pipe with swivel joint

9 knots speed

9 knots speed

Dustpan dredgers

Image Name Year Length Width Height Mix capacity Dredging pump Test
Arni 2 2007 42 m 11 m 1,8 m 5.600 mc/h 24/22" RINA
Fabio Moreni 1997 47 m 11 m 2 m 6.500 mc/h 2 da 18/16" RINA

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