The split hopper dredger“Omvac Diez” has been handed over to its owner Canlemar after successful sea trials. The dredger has been built in Spain to a Spanish design yet has been fitted out with Dutch Damen dredging gear. The vessel has started its productive life already, doing a harbour maintenance dredging job in Cadiz.
The “Omvac Diez” is a split hopper dredger of 1.100 m3, equipped with a 500 mm trailing pipe for dredging at max – 30 m. The in board Damen dredge pump, type BP5045, both fills the hopper during trailing as well as empties the hopper using the bow coupling unit or rainbow nozzle. The dredger has various Damen dredging instrumentation systems, such as trailing pipe position, load & draught, density & velocity and vacuum & pressure measurement.