The vessel has a dredging depth of over 25 metres, making it suitable for a range of sand mining projects. The installed electrical capacity amounts 1.000 kW in total. Vrouwezand’s dredging system is equipped with a highly efficient submersible permanent magnet (PM) motor, which contributes to lower energy consumption and reduces emissions.
Besides having a sustainable focus, the vessel, is also extremely user-friendly. The dredging process, has been fully automated.
Another remarkable feature is the vibration monitoring system on the submersible PM motor which monitors the condition of its bearings and the imbalance of the dredge pumps.
These features ensure that not only sustainable sand dredging has been a subject of focus, but also maintenance friendliness of the system.