DB Avalon

Its system boasts a state-of-the-art hybrid power supply system utilizing a set of massive lithium-ion battery banks, allowing for usage of generators 30% smaller than those found in conventional dredges. The system is configured to optimize charge/discharge balance by harnessing regenerative power while lowering or decelerating the bucket, then uses power from the batteries and generators to hoist. It also possesses the ability to connect to shore-power, where available, enabling a fully electric, zero-emissions operation.

Its combination of the largest clamshell buckets ever built in the U.S. not only allows for faster dredging, but also the ability to dredge materials not possible by clamshell rigs without pre-treating (e.g. cutterhead rig, blasting). Fully automatic operation of these purpose-built buckets result in the most accurate dredging available in the world. This level of precise digging greatly minimizes turbidity pollution and the necessity to clean-up dig, completing depth targets faster and further reducing carbon footprint of any project.