Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered from stock a CSD500 to Kazachstan. The cutter suction dredger has started on its first job, the creation of a new irrigation channel. The standard dredger has been fitted out with several options before leaving the Nijkerk yard.
The CSD500 is a modularly built dredger which consists of a main pontoon housing the diesel engine and the dredge pump, 2 side pontoons at both port side and starboard side, an ergonomically designed operating cabin, 2 spud poles and the cutter ladder. The pontoons are fitted out with a simple yet heavy duty coupling system enabling rapid and straightforward dismantling and reassembly on land and afloat. All elements have been designed for road, sea and rail transport – very apt as it has been delivered by rail from the Netherlands to its current remote site.