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Boskalis Wins Innovation Award With Multi-Purpose Vessels NDEAVOR And NDURANCE

The Boskalis multi-purpose vessels Ndeavor and Ndurance won the Innovation Award in the category 'Dredging Support Vessel' Thursday evening (Nov10), during the IHS DPC Innovation Awards ceremony in London. The jury praised the innovative design and multi-functionality of the vessels. The vessels are able to execute multiple tasks: dredging, transportation and accurate installation of rock, solid ballasting of platforms and installation of offshore structures. The vessels can also be refitted into fully-fledged cable laying vessels. Furthermore, the Ndurance can be fitted out with the Trenchformer, an unmanned vehicle that is able to dig trenches up to three meters into the seabed and lay cables. The new 'jet trencher' on the Ndeavor is able to bury existing cables at greater depths. Both vessels went into service in 2015 and have an impressive track record.

Double naming ceremony at Keppel Shipyard for NDEAVOR and NDURANCE

On Jan. 15 during a ceremony at the Keppel shipyard in Singapore Royal Dutch Boskalis named the multifunctional vessels NDURANCE and the NDEAVOR. Both 99 mtr long and 30 mtr width vessels are built at the Samsung C&T corporation - ZPMC - Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co.Ltd. As both vessels are multi-functional at present both vessels are equipped with different equipment , both for different projects. The NDEAVOR is equipped with portable Rock/stonedumping equipment and a dredging system all for the Malampaya Phase 3 Project voor Shell in de Philippines (dredging and subsea rock installation) followed by subsea rock installation at the Ichthys Project for Saipem/INPEX in the port of Darwin in Australia.