Malaysia: Inai Kiara to Roll Out TSHD “Inai Kenanga” Tomorrow

Inai Kiara SDN BHD, Malaysia’s largest marine services provider, announced that the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak will launch the trailing suction hopper dredger Inai Kenanga tomorrow.

This remarkable vessel, which is 200m long and 36.4m wide, is Malaysia’s largest and the world’s third biggest dredger, according to btimes.com.

The launching of the TSHD Inai Kenanga will position Malaysia as the world’s fifth largest maritime services player, stated Zulkefli Majid, the Inai Kiara Sdn Bhd general manager of business development, and added: “Before this, we were buyers of such vessels. Now, we are capable of building our own dredgers.”

The construction of Inai Kenanga commenced in 2010, and is expected to be fully completed by year end, informs btimes.com.

About the TSHD Inai Kenanga

The TSHD Inai Kenanga is designed for a capacity of 32,000 m3. In the standard configuration, two suction pipes at the end of the loading space of the suction dredger reach up to a depth of 35 m. In fact, with extension pipes and additional pumps that are easy to install, the dredger can work up to a depth of 120 m.

The dredger is fitted with a double diesel engine that drives the propellers, the generator and the suction pump system. The controllable pitch propellers of the main drive are driven via the two main Siemens/Flender gearboxes directly from the flywheel side of the main engines. The generator for the electrical power supply is also connected via the PTO of the main gearbox with the main machine.

The two suction pump systems are installed on the front side of the engines. In order to generate the maximum suction power, a special Siemens/Flender multi-speed gearbox is located upstream from each of the suction pumps. This special drive configuration ensures optimal loading and discharge process. The pumps can be connected in series for discharging the loading on land.

Two MAN 12V48/60B engines with a power rating of 13.250 kW each are used as the main engines.

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Dredging Today Staff, August 21, 2013