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Morehead City, North Carolina -
Cape Fear International, Inc. is proud to
introduce a new solution for inlet and waterway maintenance, coastal protection
and beach replenishment. CFI's SeaDozerTM
offers a method to protect shores from storms and hurricanes through an
effective and inexpensive approach. This technology has been tested and proven
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Many
channels, waterways and harbors are subject to rapid localized sedimentation.
Often this shoaling involves small quantities of sediment, but removal requires
major financial outlays for traditional dredges and dredge mobilization costs.
These disproportionate costs often dictate foregoing needed maintenance dredging
and accepting a substandard channel for major portions of the year.
SeaDozer
fulfills the need for a highly mobile, specialized dredging capability to
address these cases where material placement sites are reasonably close and
sediment quantities are relatively insignificant compared to the costs of
conventional mobilization and demobilization.
Cape Fear
International has patented SeaDozer, a new dredge which specifically addresses
this shortfall by converting the vortex discharge of multiple propulsion units
and directing it to relocate the bottom material by directed water-injection.
SeaDozer
can operate in seas up to six feet, even in surf zones, to direct material out
of critical areas with negligible effect to marine life. Underwater conditions
during SeaDozer operations resemble a normal storm surge event, with no
long-term effect on biodiversity.
In
addition, SeaDozer can also accomplish rapid, localized beach replenishment and
protection tasks with its ability to create protective underwater sand berms
near beach areas. It is especially suited for shallow and rough conditions where
even smaller hopper or side-cast dredges cannot operate effectively or safely.
Beaches and coral reefs that have
been clogged by fine silt as a result of previous conventional dredging, farm
run-off or near-shore construction activity can be cleaned and revitalized using
SeaDozer's outstanding hydrodynamic capabilities.
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