DEME N.V. signed a contract with IHC Dredgers B.V. for the design, construction, and delivery of the ship.
On 15 December 2009 the keel was laid, and on 8 July 2011 the ship was named during a formal ceremony in Zeebrugge.
[1] Justine Henin, the olympic tennis champion, has been designated to be the godmother of the Congo River.
The Dracula system is used for the dredging of cemented sand with an UCS-value of 5 to 8 MPas.
[4] The Congo River has been assigned to the Eko Atlantic city project in Nigeria.