The Tuvli 160 (USCG id: 516564)
[ is an ocean-rated crewed flat-topped barge in the process of being adapted into a powered littorals at-sea excavator-boomed suction dredge mining vessel.][ It is owned by Pomrenke Mining and its registered home port is ]Nome, Alaska
Nome (; , , also ''Sitŋazuaq'', ''Siqnazuaq'') is a city in the Nome Census Area, Alaska, Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough, Alaska, Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula c ...
, USA.[ The ''Tuvli 160'' was featured in 2018 season 10 of '']Bering Sea Gold
''Bering Sea Gold'' (also known as ''Gold Divers'' in the UK) is a reality television series set in Nome, Alaska, on Norton Sound, that airs on Discovery Channel. It is from the creators of the ''Deadliest Catch'' reality TV show.
The show is d ...
''.[ ] Co-owner of Pomrenke Mining, Shawn Pomrenke, confirmed in July, 2022 that he had dropped the plans to rebuild the ''Tulvi 160'', which he called the ''Mega Dredge'', due to costs involved.
Specifications
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* Launch date: 1968
* Length:
* Width:
* Depth:
* Net tonnage: 633 tons (bare)
* Gross tonnage: 825 tons (projected)
* Mining rate: per hour
* Mining depth:
References
External links
* Boat Database (boatdb.net
Nome, AK port boats
See also
* Myrtle Irene
* Christine Rose (dredge)
* AU Grabber
* Viking Dredge 1
* Viking Dredge 2
* Bima (dredge)
Bering Sea Gold
Barges of the United States
Dredgers
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