Video: launch of AL SAKAB

The naming and launch ceremony of the 16,500 kW stationary cutter suction dredger AL SAKAB took place at the IHC Merwede yard in Sliedrecht, The Netherlands on Monday 5 October 2009. The ship is being built for HUTA Marine Works Ltd, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The ceremony was conducted by Britta and Sylvia Wuebbens, the daughters of Mr M. Wuebbens, Managing Director of HUTA Marine Works Ltd. According to the islam, rose water instead of champagne was used for the naming ceremony. The ship is named after the first horse Prophet Mohammad ever purchased. It means “smooth, swift like the flow of running water”.