Trailing suction hopper dredger "Gateway" launched
Launch of "Gateway"
12. October 2009
| Editorial staff Ship&Offshore
The naming and launch of the 12,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger "Gateway" took place at the IHC Merwede Offshore & Marine yard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam, The ship is being built for Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. T
IHC Merwede and Boskalis signed a contract in November 2007 for the design, engineering and construction of two identical TSHDs. The assignment is unusual in that the ships are being built at the same time at two different IHC Merwede yards. The completion of the "Gateway" is planned for the first quarter of 2010. Her sister ship is currently under construction at IHC Dredgers in Kinderdijk, The Netherlands, where she will be launched in mid-February 2010.
