Royal IHC Names 1,840m? TSHD MAHURY

Royal IHC has named the MAHURY, a 1,840m3 capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopperdredger (TSHD) on 29 October 2015 at its partner MTG Dolphin’s shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria. The new TSHD is Baggerbedrijf de Boer – Dutch Dredging’s fourth IHC-built vessel. The ceremony was performed by Mrs Gressier, who was invited to perform the naming of the ship due to the close (working) relationship between Dutch Dredging and the Gressier family.

Dutch Dredging named the vessel after its tradition of reusing the names of sold or scrapped ships. The MAHURY is a river in French Guiana, South America, where Dutch Dredging has a long-term contract for maintaining the depth of the approach to the seaport of Dégrad des Cannes. For many years this maintenance project has been carried out by the previous MAHURY.

The new TSHD had already been successfully launched on 14 August 2015 in Varna. The MAHURY is scheduled for completion on 15 January 2016, eight weeks before the contracted date.