Project Background
Due to years of sediment accumulation, the berth water depth of a key port in Indonesia dropped below 8 meters, preventing 100,000-ton cargo ships from docking and causing a 35% sharp decline in annual throughput. The local government launched a port dredging and expansion project, requiring equipment that could not only handle the complex mixed geology of clay and sand layers but also achieve efficient dredging and reclamation. Huayao Environmental's CSD-1800 Cutter Suction Dredger stood out in the global bidding with its modular design and powerful performance.
Core Advantages of the Equipment
1. Efficient Tackling of Complex Geology: Equipped with a 1,200kW wear-resistant cutter, it cuts through hard clay easily like an "underwater diamond drill". Combined with a mud pump delivery capacity of 4,500 cubic meters per hour, its efficiency is 60% higher than the local existing equipment.
2. Flexible Adaptation to Transportation and Operation: Adopting a modular split design, it can be transported by container overland to the port for assembly, solving the transportation problem of large-scale equipment. With a maximum dredging depth of 18 meters and a discharge distance of 5 kilometers, it meets the needs of both dredging and offshore reclamation simultaneously.
3. Integration of Environmental Protection and Intelligence: Equipped with a closed mud conveying pipeline and sediment separation system to avoid water turbidity pollution; integrated with an intelligent monitoring module, it can adjust operating parameters in real-time, reducing the remote diagnosis failure rate by 70%.
Project Outcomes
Within 3 months of commissioning, the equipment completed a dredging volume of 1.2 million cubic meters, restoring the berth water depth to 15 meters. 100,000-ton cargo ships docked smoothly, and the port throughput is expected to rebound to the historical peak. Meanwhile, 30,000 square meters of land were reclaimed using dredged sediment, saving over 2 million US dollars in land costs for port expansion. The local project manager commented: "The efficiency and adaptability of Huayao's cutter suction dredger exceed expectations; it is a key tool for port upgrading."
