The Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental group DEME ordered in June of this year, at the IHC shipyards, a new trailing suction hopper dredger with a hopper capacity of 11.650 m3 and a powerful self-propelled sea-going rock cutter dredger with a total installed output of 28.000 kW.

The keel laying of both vessels took place on the 15th of November 2010, allowing the start of the physical construction. The Breughel will be built at the shipyard in Krimpen aan de IJssel. The Ambiorix will be built in Hardinxveld.