The marine aggregate dredger CEMEX Go Innovation, currently under construction for CEMEX Marine UK, is fitted out with a submersed Damen dredge pump. This dredge pump is directly driven by an electric motor-and not an arbitrary one. As a first, the dredge pump drive is a permanent magnet 1,400 kW unit, and last week it underwent a large array of tests - passing them all effortlessly.
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