Research & Development
Dredging contractors are constantly facing up to new challenges in the fields of legislation, sustainability, greater operating depths, remote locations, and more extreme sea and climatic conditions. Regular product development at IHC Systems keeps pace with these evolutions.
For the more intricate and long-term challenges, IHC Systems has an independent research department of dedicated professionals with sound academic and practical credentials. They include people with doctorates, as well as doctorate students exploring cutting-edge advances. Others have years of experience with the fundamentals of dredging, the equipment and the processes.
The research department participates in leading IHC Merwede corporate research platforms, studying sustainability, artificial dredging intelligence, deep sea technology, integrated participation and life cycle support technology.
In our own field of Efficient Dredging, the research department is an active pioneer at the frontiers of dredge process automation and instrumentation; it pushes those frontiers back, setting new standards in the field. These activities are often conducted in intensive partnerships with customers and suppliers, generating benefits for all.
In many research projects, IHC Systems also works with the corporate knowledge institute MTI Holland and other knowledge institutes, with Dutch and Flemish universities, with parties from the maritime cluster in the Netherlands and with government institutions such as SenterNovem.
News & Events
IHC Systems commissions 300 bar testing vessel
On 27 May 2010, Jan Willem van Bloois, the Manager of IHC Merwede’s Deep Sea Dredging & Mining Department, officially launched the new IHC...![[more]](fileadmin/templates/ihc2009/img/lmGray.jpg)
IHC Systems Excavator Simulator goes into operation
On 27 May 2010, Fer Tummers, the director of IHC Engineering Services, launched the recently installed Excavator Simulator. IHC Systems'...
Type approval on DPDT systems prolonged
IHC Systems obtained prolongation of type approval for its DPDT systems until 2015. The certificate was granted by Bureau Veritas.