| ELLICOTT® "SUPER-DRAGON®" DREDGES FOR CHINA
Tianjin Waterway Bureau (TWB), a unit of China Harbours Engineering Corp. (CHEC), has taken delivery of two new Ellicott® Series 6870 "Super-Dragon®" dredges. The dredges, named "JIN HANG JUN 221" & "JIN HANG JUN 222", are 28" (711 mm) dredges with a combined total installed HP of 13,744 (10,248 KW). Their initial application is maintenance dredging in Tianjin Port.
TWB bought the dredges from Weeks Marine of the USA, who is using a third Ellicott® Series 6870 "Super-Dragon®" for its own fleet. In its initial project, a clean-up job for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Delaware River, the dredge, the "Weeks #312", produced 1500 yd3/hr on 15,000 ft (4572 m) of pipe. Weeks says that in ideal conditions they expect the dredge to produce 2200 yd3/hr.
Ellicott® Series 6870 "Super-Dragon®" dredge, named "Weeks #312"
shown on the Delaware River working on a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Project
Principal Particulars
Ellicott® 28" "Super-Dragon®" |
| Hull Size - Length |
190 ft. |
58 m |
| Maximum Digging Depth |
59 ft |
18 m |
| Suction Pipe Size |
28 inch |
710 mm |
| Discharge Pipe Size |
28 inch |
710 mm |
| Hull Pump HP/KW |
3100 |
2310 |
| Ladder Pump HP/KW |
955 |
711 |
| Excavator HP/KW |
1006 |
750 |
| Total Installed HP/KW |
6872 |
5128 |
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