Shot from DFDS «Pearl SEAWAS» just before entering Oslo harbour. Wasa Dredging is performing a half year job for dredging and blasting of the Oslo Sea Entrance, making sailing more safe and easier. More than 20 areas of bedrock are to be dredged.

Backhoe dredger "HECTOR"
A type Wasa BHD 12000 dredger
Built in 2010
Hull: 41,0m x 15,0m x 3,7m
Excavator : Hitachi EX 2500 weight class 250 ton
Booms: 13,6 m and 16,0 m
Arms: 7,0 m 9,0 m and 11,0 m
Buckets: 14m3, 12m3, 9m3 and 7,5 m3
Max dredge dept 22 m
Class: Bureau Veritas: “Unrestricted navigation”

Alongside «Hector» the tug «Tinto» (IMO 5301265) is partly visible