PEARL RIVER

Principal characteristics:
Name	PEARL RIVER
Type	Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger
Year of construction	1994
Owners	Baggerwerken Decloedt en Zoon/Dredging International
Builder	IHC Holland

Dimension
Length overall	144.00m
Length bpp	135.70m
Beam	28.00m
Depth	11.90m
Draught, nominal/max.	8.60m / 10.42m
Hopper capacity	8,150 - 17,000 m³
Deadweight nominal/max.	19,000 - 25,000 t
Suction pipes diameter	2x 1,200mm
Discharge pipe diameter	1,000mm
Dredging depth	30/50m

Power and Speed
Suction pumps, double walled	2x 2,730kW
Discharge pumps, starboard/port	4,700/6,700kW
Main engines	2x 8,640kW
Shaft generators	2X 3,500kVA
Auxiliary generator	1,800kVA
Emergency generator	270kW
Jet pumps	2x 900kW
Bow thrusters	2x 750kW
Electro-hydraulic gantry crane	32 t
Laden speed	16 knots

Accomodation	30 persons