Innovate2dredge

During the tender phase an estimation of the production is required for the dredgers that will do the job. The estimate is based on soil data that comes with the tender documents, the specs of the dredgers and the knowledge of the production estimator.

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During the execution of the job, the actual achieved production rates will rarely match the estimated values. In case they are lower than expected, this can become very problematic and solutions need to be found on board to minimize the gap.

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A lower production rate than expected, originates in one or more different parts of a dredging job:

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• excavation rate

• pumping ashore production

• dumping rate

• overall production rate

• wrong or insufficient soil data

• excessive wear and tear

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Each of these problem sources needs to be solved in a different way but in general it will be based on a combination of theoretical background and experience on board. This is one of the missions of Innovate2Dredge.