They undertake dredging operations, the construction of piers and docks as well as other activities.
Comar Primo is a single hulled motor barge/crane pontoon with a full bridge located in the aft superstructure. She has a length of 33.24m with a 16.03m beam and 2.335m maximum draught and was built by Watanabe Shipbuilding in Nagasaki, Japan as Yard Number 331 in 1973.
Powered by two IVECO AIFO SPA 4S 8 cyl engines (2 x 283KW) she can make 5.0 knots via twin fixed pitch propellers.
With a deck loading of 9.8kN/m2 over a 18m x 14.3m area she can accommodate a maximum load of 40tons.
She is seen here hard at work in the Port of Livorno on 31 May 2012.
REG - IT, Naples
IMO - Uncertain
Call Sign - IQVX
Dredger
Built - Watanabe Shipbuilding, Nagasaki, JP.
Yard No.- 331
L 33.24m W 16.03m
GT - 498
Year - 1973
Livorno, 31 May 2012