Piper


Name:Piper
IMO number: 7502588
Type: Trailing suction hopper dredger
Owner: Transnet National Ports Authority, South Africa
Built by: Orenstein und Koppel, Lubeck
Year: 1977

Total installed power:4.480 kW
Hopper capacity: 2.830 m3
Loading capacity: 4.000 ton
Length o.a.: 111,6 m
Length b.p.: 107,5 m
Breadth: 18,00 m
Draught: 6,0 m
Speed: 8,5 kn
Suction pipe: 1 x 1.070 mm
Dredging depth: 30,0 m

Remarks:
-Also equipped with a stationary suction pipe of 1070 mm with a dredging depth of 26 m.

History:
-Originally built under the name 'R.E. Jones' in 1977.
-Renamed 'Piper' in 2002.

Related links:
-Transnet National Ports Authority