Royal IHC delivers 2000th dredge pump

摘要

Royal IHC of the Netherlands has celebrated the delivery of its 2000th dredge pump with a Royal IHC Pump Experience for customers and partners at its Kinderdijk headquarters. A number of interactive experiences and demonstrations enabled guests to experience the development and production process for state of the art dredge pumps. Following the experience, the 2000th dredge pump built by IHC was symbolically handed over to its new owner, Belgium's Jan De Nul Group. DRONE DELIVERIES: COMING SOON TO A DECK NEAR YOU? Lifting off from Marina South Pier in Singapore with 3D printed consumables from Wilhelmsen's onshore 3D printing micro-factory, the Airbus Skyways drone navigated autonomously along pre-determined 'aerial-corridors' in its 1.5km flight to Eastern Working Anchorage. The drone landed on the deck of the Swire Pacific Offshore (SPO)'s Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS) vessel, M/V Pacific Centurion and deposited its 1.5kg cargo without a hitch before returning to its base. The entire delivery, from take-off towards the vessel, to landing back at base, took just ten minutes.