{"id":25771,"date":"2026-03-04T04:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=25771"},"modified":"2026-03-04T04:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T04:02:20","slug":"netherlands-ploegam-christens-new-electric-hopper-barge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=25771","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands&#8217; Ploegam christens new electric hopper barge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>Netherlands&#8217; Ploegam christens new electric hopper barge<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dutch civil construction company Ploegam has formally named its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/marine-projects\/dredging\/dutch-civil-construction-firm-orders-electric-hopper-vessel-from-local-builder\">newest electric hopper barge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Merwestroom<\/em> was built by local shipyard Groeneveldt Marine Construction. The barge has a length of 60 metres, a beam of 9.5 metres, and a hopper capacity of approximately 400 cubic metres. Navigation is possible even in inland waters.<\/p>\n<p>The hopper will have the option to be covered with steel bulkheads to create a working deck, and the bulkheads themselves will also be able to be used as work pontoons.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel is equipped with a Ro-Ro facility with 12-metre-long steel bulkheads at the front and side. This will allow up to 100 tonnes of equipment to be brought on board.<\/p>\n<p>The wheelhouse has been designed to be raised up to two metres to ensure optimal visibility, even with the 100-tonne crane fitted on the deck. A truck-mounted crane is also fitted.<\/p>\n<p>The propulsion setup include two Veth thrusters connected to permanent magnet motors, which are in turn driven by batteries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Gareth Havelock<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/marine-projects\/dredging\/netherlands-ploegam-christens-new-electric-hopper-barge\">Go to baird maritime<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Dutch civil construction company Ploegam has formally named its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bairdmaritime.com\/marine-projects\/dredging\/dutch-civil-construction-firm-orders-electric-hopper-vessel-from-local-builder\">newest electric hopper barge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Merwestroom<\/em> was built by local shipyard Groeneveldt Marine Construction. The barge has a length of 60 metres, a beam of 9.5 metres, and a hopper capacity of approximately 400 cubic metres. Navigation is possible even in inland waters.<\/p>\n<p>The hopper will have the option to be covered with steel bulkheads to create a working deck, and the bulkheads themselves will also be able to be used as work pontoons.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel is equipped with a Ro-Ro facility with 12-metre-long steel bulkheads at the front and side. This will allow up to 100 tonnes of equipment to be brought on board.<\/p>\n<p>The wheelhouse has been designed to be raised up to two metres to ensure optimal visibility, even with the 100-tonne crane fitted on the deck. A truck-mounted crane is also fitted.<\/p>\n<p>The propulsion setup include two Veth thrusters connected to permanent magnet motors, which are in turn driven by batteries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,3884,876,4934],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-25771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baird-maritime","category-dredger-and-marine-projects-shipbuilding","category-dredging","category-other-inland-waters-operations","tag-baird-maritime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}