MASHHOUR; WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL STATIONARY CUTTER SUCTION DREDGER COMPLETED BY IHC HOLLAND

IHC Holland has recently handed over the cutter suction dredger MASHHOUR to the Suez Canal Authority in Egypt. The MASHHOUR is said to be the largest and most powerful cutter suction dredger of its kind in the world, and was designed to dredge very abrasive sand with gravel, compacted sand, sticky clay and rocks in the widening and deepening of the Suez Canal to allow even larger ships to pass. A general arrangement drawing is included in the article.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • HSB Intl, v 45 n 7, Sept 1996, p 29 [11 p, 10 fig]
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• Uncontrolled Terms: Suction dredges
• Old TRIS Terms: Cutterhead dredgers; Mashhour
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00734054
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Maritime Technology
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 27 1997 12:00AM