Cutter suction dredger Fernão de Magalhães launched

Fernão de Magalhães is the third of four CSDs for Jan de Nul.

On 24 June the cutter suction dredger Fernão de Magalhães was launched at Uljanik Brodogradiliste dd shipyard in Pula, Croatia.

Fernão de Magalhães is a sister vessel to Zheng He, which was launched earlier this year and Ibn Battuta, which was delivered last month, by the same yard.

The same day the keel-laying of the fourth and last cutter in the series of four, Niccolò Machiavelli took place.

The four identical cutter suction dredgers are part of jan de Nul's 2007-2011 investment programme and have a total installed power of 23,250kW and a cutter power of 7,000kW.

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