Water Injection Dredger (WID) Osprey

Electrical Marine Systems

Van der Leun America successfully installed and delivered the electrical installation for the “Osprey” Water Injection Dredger (WID) of IHC America.

Shipyard	St Johns Shipbuilding contracted by IHC America
Customer	North Carolina State Port Authorities (NCSPA)

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The dredger is built at St Johns Shipbuilding in Palatka, Florida and will be operating in Wilmington, North Carolina.The vessel will perform maintenance in the main seaports of Wilmington and Morehead City for maintaining the depths at all berths, wharves and turning basins year- round, which will maximize the vessel tonnage capabilities at these ports.
The dredger is designed to be low in maintenance and ease of operation per NCSPA requirements.

VAN DER LEUN SUPPLIED THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:

• System integration
• Main Switchboard
• Distribution board
• Variable frequency convertor
• Engineering and project management
• Shore supply
• Wheelhouse desk / ECR console
• Emergency Stop system
• Fire detection system
• Battery chargers incl. batteries and battery boxes
• Commissioning
• Installation