PaxOcean Shipyard delivers first of three dredger conversions

The Giovanni Venturi has been fitted with a power jetting system which provides low-pressure injection of water into seabed sediments which are disturbed and then move naturally through under-water sediment streams.
The three vessels are smaller than traditional dredgers and, with dynamic positioning and diesel-electric propulsion, have good manoeuvring and station-keeping capabilities. Besides maintenance dredging operations in smaller ports, they are also well-suited to specific projects including seabed levelling prior to subsea construction and the protection of pipelines and cables after their installation in the seabed.
The Giovanni Venturi is being mobilised for its first project in Argentina. Conversion of the sister vessels, Henri Pitot and Henry Darcy, is in progress and these two vessels are due for delivery later this year.