Giuseppe Cucco

The dredger “Giuseppe Cucco” (IMO 8942747), port of Livorno.
La draga “Giuseppe Cucco” (IMO 8942747), porto di Livorno.

Amazone

The cutter suction dredger “Amazone”.
La draga aspirante refluente con disgregatore “Amazone”.

Ortensia II

In view of the next regional elections in May, hundreds of millions of euro (which nobody has) are being promised to transform Livorno in the first port of the known Universe. Meanwhile, the dredge “Ortensia II” keeps excavating the entrance channel to the port: an absolutely necessary work, planned years ago, and long overdue.

See also: CREI I

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CREI I

The 62-meter “CREI I” was built in 1978. She is a dredge, or a vessel that is used to excavate and remove material from the bottom of a body of water.

She can also be used for beach nourishment, digging fresh sand from the bottom of the sea and literally spraying it from afar on a depleted shoreline.

External links: Beach nourishment (Wikipedia)

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