PJSC launches new hopper dredger

Launching of the Project 4395 – the second non-self-propelled suction hopper dredger – took place yesterday at Gorodets, Nizhny Novgorod Region based Shipbuilding, Ship Repair Corporation PJSC.

According to the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot), the dredger’s design was developed by a Rostov based bureau Stapel.

The vessel was built under the 2024 Comprehensive Plan for Modernization and Expansion of Core Infrastructure (CPMI).

The dredger’s specifications:

• length: 55.1 m;

• beam: 10.5 m;

• depth – 3.65 m;

• draft fully laden: 1.3 m;

• crew – 28;

• dredging capacity – 700 cbm/h.