- Damen Shipyards signed a contract with the German dredging contractor Hegemann for an innovative booster station.
- The booster, a standard BS 500, will be fitted out with Damen’s in-house developed Marine NOX Emission Reduction System.
Damen Shipyards has supplied the German dredging contractor Hegemann a BS 500 booster station that will be fitted out with Damen’s in-house developed Marine NOX emission reduction system.
Marine NOX emission reduction system
In a statement, Damen said that the EU Stage V certified system will be mounted on top of the booster station to effectively reduce the NOX and particle emissions and provide sound reduction as well.
In order to meet this order, a BS 500 standard stock booster that was already under construction at the Damen Dredging yard was fitted out with a 500 millimetre pipe line connection dredge pump powered by a Caterpillar 3512C. As a standard, this 954 kilowatt diesel engine operates in compliance with the IMO Tier II emission regulations. The booster station has a pump production of some 4,000 cubic metres per hour.
According to Damen: ‘The standard booster perfectly fits a job in Emden, northern Germany, where it has started early September. Connected to Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHD), the pumping station will boost the discharge distance of their sand cargo.’
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Source: Damen
