3 dredgers to be developed by Italdraghe and CPN for Iraq

Italdraghe, Italy’s leading dredger builder, along with consortium partner CPN is building three dredgers for the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources’ various river, sea and dam projects.
The work on one Italdraghe SGT 400 D and two Italdraghe SGT 300 RB diesel cutter suction dredgers is currently in progress. The SGT 400 D will be capapble of dredging down to 10m, features a spud carriage, anchor booms, telescopic deck crane, Isotta Fraschini and Iveco engines, positioning and surveying system plus production measuring equipment.
The two self-propelled SGT 300 RB dredgers, with similar on board equipment but with added submerged dredge pumps, can work at depths of up to 25m. Each dredger will be supplied together with 500 m of floating and onshore HDPE pipeline, a training package and comprehensive set of spare parts.