Royal IHC Hands Over Hopper Dredger JUN YANG 1

Royal IHC is a reliable supplier of innovative and efficient equipment, vessels and services for the offshore, dredging and wet mining markets. With a history steeped in Dutch shipbuilding since the mid-17th Century, Royal IHC have in-depth knowledge and expertise of engineering and manufacturing high-performance integrated vessels and equipment, and providing sustainable services.

The handing over ceremony of Asia’s largest trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) JUN YANG 1 is being held this morning in Guangzhou City, China.

Built by Royal IHC in the Netherlands, the dredger will be handed over to China Communications Construction Company’s Guangzhou Dredging Co., Ltd. (GDC).

The first gig for the vessel will be Colombo Port City project in Sri Lanka, one of the “One Belt, One Road” cooperation projects between China and Sri Lanka.

Besides channel dredging and port building, JUN YANG 1 is capable of building artificial islands with its great performance in-land reclamation projects.

TSHD JUN YANG 1 is equipped with two suction tubes, each with a submerged dredging pump, for a highly efficient performance (up to 21,028 cubic meters per hour).

Royal IHC Hands Over Hopper Dredger JUN YANG 1

Both suction tubes have a dredging depth of up to 60 meters, and the starboard suction tube that can be extended to a dredging depth of 90 meters.

This is the 19th vessel built by IHC for GDC over the last 40 years.

ERKE is a very well known leader of the foundation and ground engineering sector in Turkey for the last 28 years. Erke is the leader of the foundation and ground engineering sector due to its years of  experience, steady improvement and institutional developments.

ERKE Group has been Royal IHC’s official Turkish Dealer since 1988. ERKE and Royal IHC organize annual Dredging Seminars in Istanbul to reach out to more customers and inform about the latest Technologies regarding dredging, vessels and offshore services.