Beachway


Name:Beachway
IMO number: 7111808
Type: Trailing suction hopper dredger
Owner: Royal Boskalis Westminster
Built by: Norderwerft Johann Rathje Koeser, Hamburg
Year: 1971

Total installed power:5.520 kW
Hopper capacity: 3.480 m3
Loading capacity: 5.000 ton
Length o.a.: 95,0 m
Breadth: 16,0 m
Draught: 4,7 m
Speed: 11,0 kn
Suction pipes: 2 x 800 mm
Dredging depth normal: 20,0 m
Dredging depth extended: 22,5 m

History:
-Originally built under the name Transmundum VI in 1971
-Renamed Volvox Frisia in 1974.
-Renamed Welsh Bay in 1985.
-Renamed Beachway in 1997.
 


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