Dutch yard Royal IHC has won a deal to build the world's largest cutter suction dredger (CSD).

Belgian owner DEME has ordered the Spartacus design, which will be 164m long.

The ship will also be the first LNG-fuelled CSD.

The four main diesel engines will run on LNG, diesel and heavy fuel oil.

Also on board will be a waste heat recovery system that converts heat from the exhaust gas to electrical energy.

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