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DURBAN - 8 August 2014 - The grab hopper dredger, Italeni arrives in Durban on her maiden voyage from the Bulgarian shipyards where she was constructed. The vessel is the second of three dredgers that the Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede has been contracted to build for South Africa's Transnet National Ports Authority. It is 62 metres long and 15 metres wide with a gross tonnage of 1000 tons and a dead weight of 1490 tons. Italeni, which can carry 750 cubic metres of dredged material still needs to have its crane fitted. Picture: Allied Picture Press/APP

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Copyright: Giordano Stolley 2014
Image Size: 3445x2297 / 1.2MB; http://www.alliedpicturepress.com; Bulgaria Durban Dutch IHC Merwede Italeni KwaZulu-Natal Netherlands Port Natal TNPA Transnet National Ports Authority Varna boats construction crane dredger dredging grab hopper dredger harbor harbour maiden voyage maritime port sea ship shipbuilding vessel water Call Sign J8B5076 MMSI: 375642000 IMO: 9689108
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DURBAN - 8 August 2014 - The grab hopper dredger, Italeni arrives in Durban on her maiden voyage from the Bulgarian shipyards where she was constructed. The vessel is the second of three dredgers that the Dutch shipbuilder IHC Merwede has been contracted to build for South Africa's Transnet National Ports Authority. It is 62 metres long and 15 metres wide with a gross tonnage of 1000 tons and a dead weight of 1490 tons. Italeni, which can carry 750 cubic metres of dredged material still needs to have its crane fitted. Picture: Allied Picture Press/APP