Vosta LMG and partner yard Siestas sign for two sister ships

Vosta LMG recent signed a new contract with JJ Sietas Schiffswerft of Hamburg, Germany, for the supply of engineering and component packages for each of the two trailing suction hopper dredgers being constructed.

Vosta LMG’s partner yard Siesta will build the two 5,500-cubic metre dredgers and supply them to Josef Möbuis Bau-Aktiengesellschaft, an affiliated company of the Austrian STRABAG. The first vessel will be delivered by October 2010 followed by the second one in January 2011. VOSTA LMG has developed a new modular type trailing suction hopper dredger. Through application of modular block building of sections and repeated use of standardizsd components, the building of trailing suction hopper dredger with hopper volumes of up to 7,200 cubic metres can be achieved without major design changes.

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