''Spartacus'' is a cutter suction dredger (CSD) that entered service in August 2021 for

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. She is the largest and most powerful ship of her type in the world. DEME ordered ''Spartacus'' in March 2017 from Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC to a design jointly developed by DEME, Royal IHC, and Vuyk Engineering Rotterdam, a Royal IHC subsidiary. Her keel was laid in December at Royal IHC's shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, and she was launched in November 2018. She entered service in August 2021. ''Spartacus'' measures long and has a total power output of , making her the world's largest and most powerful CSD. She is powered by four

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46DF and two Wärtsilä 20DF engines, which can operate on

liquefied natural gas Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport. It takes up about 1/600th the v ...

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, or

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; she is the first CSD to be LNG-fuel capable. She can dredge at depths of up to , deeper than any previous CSD design.

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