More than 150 years ago Charles Darwin joined the expedition of HMS Beagle. Its five-year voyage took him all over the world, enabling him to develop the scientific foundations for his most famous work: On the Origin of Species. His new way of thinking deeply influenced the way humans considered their origins. While Darwin was the first to comprehensively conceive evolution as the way species develop, more than a century of evolution in dredging preceded the conception of Royal IHC’s newest product: the IHC Beagle®, a standardised trailing suction hopper. Royal IHC (IHC) products are well known for their cost effective designs, robust construction, reliable operation and excellent performance. The IHC product range stretches from the standard IHC Beaver® cutter suction dredgers to the largest custom-built trailing suction hopper dredgers. Features and benefits: • modern design for shallow draught dredging at low vibration levels • IHC Merwede hull shape with bulbous bow resulting in a low resistance • compact vessel with high deadweight carrying capacity • optimal manoeuvrability with 2 steerable thrusters • IHC Merwede high efficiency dredge pumps • Intuitive Hopper Control Chair (IHCC) • training included (class room, simulator & on the job) • IHC Merwede Planned Maintenance System (IPMS) • spare parts start-up kit. The IHC Beagle® 4 is a standard trailing suction hopper dredger with a capacity of 4,000 cubic meters and is equipped with a single suction tube. The maximum dredging depth is 25m. The compact robust design, combined with efficient use of installed diesel engine power, results in an unrivalled low cost per cubic meter of dredged material. The basic version is well suited for maintenance dredging. Adding options like a bow coupling and self emptying channel makes it applicable for land reclamation purpose as well. These options can be added during new-building or in later stage, when the dredge is already operational. This modular approach makes the IHC Beagle® 4 a very versatile piece of dredging equip

Dimensions Length overall, approx. 81.7m Length between perpendiculars 73.6m Gross tonnage approx. 3,950 Accommodation up to 20 people Draught International mark, approx. 6.1m Deadweight Dredging mark 6,180 tonnes Dredging installation Dredging depth (max.) Suction tube diameter Draghead Dredge pump(s) (diesel driven) Booster pump (diesel driven) Power and speed Main diesel engines Jet pump diesel engine Total installed power Loaded speed (at T=6.5m) Electrical installation Propulsion generator 2x1,450kVA Classification Lloyd's Register of Shipping ^ 100A1 Hopper Dredger...