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Floating grab is the name for a type of work ship that can be used in combination as a dredger and a floating crane .

In the fairway and navigation administration of the Federal floating grab, for example, for the installation and removal of lock components , the recovery of rivers and canals, the removal of floating debris , the Ausforstung of wind damage , the removal of depths as well as for work on the embankments used.

The equipment is either permanently installed on the pontoon-shaped hull , or it can be taken on board via a loading ramp . Self-propelled dredger (z. B. the Faaborg System Ship ) have their own marine propulsion , otherwise they will be as a barge towed to their site.

See also

• List of ships of the waterways and shipping authorities

Web links

• Rolf Kühlewind: Modern floating grabs / excavators with dislocated hydraulic concept. (PDF) Department of Mechanical Engineering South, September 16, 2008, accessed on August 25, 2018 .