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SAFETY 1
(DREDGING)
What is dredger?
A barge or other vessel designed for dredging
harbors or other bodies of water.

Purpose of dredging
1. To deepen or maintain
navigable waterways or channels.
2. To maintain the holding capacity of reservoirs or
lakes.
3. To mine sand, clay or rock from the seabed and using
it to construct new land elsewhere.
4. To create a new harbour, berth or waterway, or to
deepen existing facilities in order to allow larger ships
access.
Main parts of dredger
1. Draghead
2. Suction Pipe
3. Gantry
4. Swell Compensator
5. Onboard Pump
6. Submerged Pump
7. Onboard Hose
8. Dredge Valve
9. Onboard Pipeline
10. Bottom Door
11. Overflow
12. Bow Coupling
13. Floating Hose

Major Dredging Companies

According to a Rabobank outlook report in 2013, the largest dredging
companies in the world are in order of size

 China Harbour Engineering (China)

 Jan De Nul (Belgium)
 DEME (Belgium)
 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company (United States)
 Royal Boskalis Westminster(Netherlands)
 Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors (Netherlands)
References:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dredging

https://www.google.com/search?q=dredger+definition&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDusz95cDk
AhWLvZQKHV38CBEQ_AUIDCgA&biw=1366&bih=625&dpr=1

https://www.startdredging.com/trailing-suction-hopper-dredgers/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvwUitZewvw