Touracavor - backhoe dredge

General properties

Vessel type: 
BD, Backhoe
Flag: 
US
Owner: 
Built in: 
1996
Shipyard: 
Yard number: 
294

Physical properties

Length BP: 
60.50 m
Width: 
17.50 m
Depth: 
4.50 m
Total power: 
1674 kW
Crane model: 
Liebherr 996
Dredging depth: 
20.00 m
Dredging depth (extended): 
30.50 m

About this page

Status: 
Historical
Timeframe: 
1999 to 2007
Review: 
Lost

Last updated

2 weeks 5 days ago

History

TimeframeEquipmentManagerReview
1996 to 1999AntoneThe Dutra Grouporiginal build
1999 to 2007TouracavorKoninklijke Boskalis Westminster NVLost

About this equipment

GT 1259 t / O.N.: 1040774

spudcarrier 10 m. stroke - S type dredger

Capsized and sank approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of Winyah Bay, S.C., on April 11 at about 1700.
The dredger was being towed by the tug American Challenger from Panama to New York at the time of the accident.

Technical files and data sheets

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