A dredger for any dredging job

Cutter Suction Dredgers

Fit for your dredging job

Cutter Suction Dredgers

Each dredging job is different. The accessibility of the location, the type and depth of the soil to be removed – these and a great many other factors determine which Cutter Suction Dredger (CSD) is the right one for your job. With a wide range of cutter dredgers and many options available, dredge customisation ensures that the CSDs are ready for your job.

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Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSD)

Dismountable dredgers reach any location

The CSDs have been designed to be fully dismountable. All components can be transported by truck or railway to reach all corners of the Earth, or the dredgers can be lifted as one unit: all to ensure your Cutter Suction Dredger is delivered to your project without hassle and without delay.

SUSTAINABILITY

Optimised dredging operations

RELIABILITY

Breaking up compacted soils effectively

EFFICIENCY

Powerful side wire winches

SAFETY

Ample power to operate all functions on board independently and simultaneously

Key dredging features

Fit for purpose

The design of our CSDs is based on decades of dredging experience. We closely monitor our dredgers on the job, or on the road to their next job. Valuable operators’ feedback has been integrated in the dredge design. Let us introduce you to our Cutter Suction Dredger range, and you will see the designs enable you to get the most out of your dredging vessel, guaranteeing efficiency and uptime.

What is your dredging depth?

A large array of water bodies are to be dredged to the right depth, ranging from shallow water ones such as irrigation channels or cooling water ponds, to harbour quays and fairways to ports. Damen’s Cutter Suction Dredgers are used to remove sand or silt from a dredging depth ranging between -1 metre and -25 metres below the water surface.

In one sweep

Every stationary cutter dredger works on two side anchors fore and one spud aft. As a result, a long dredger results in a wide swing. The wider the swing, the less time is lost in repositioning the dredger. That is why our Cutter Suction Dredgers are all designed with an impressive overall length. And what is more, adding an optional spud carriage pontoon increases the length and enables the operators to do their dredging job most efficiently.

Tough job

Dredging is a tough job. Therefore it needs equipment that is fit for purpose; designed to allow for the wear and tear that occur during dredging operations. The heavy-duty design of the CSDs is obvious from the top quality, heavy gauge hull, the scantlings dimensioned well above class requirements, the sturdy coupling mechanism – all to ensure that these stationary cutter dredgers are up to their job.

One powerhouse

All Cutter Suction Dredgers are powered using computer-controlled Caterpillar diesel engines with low fuel consumption and low emissions. Moreover, plenty of power is installed to ensure that all functions can operate simultaneously. A high cutter power is provided to break up compacted soils.

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Available for fast delivery: CSD650

Built around the globe at Damen yards, the CSD650 is ready for your next dredging job – wherever you are located.

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Re-designed and re-engineered throughout

All-new CSD family

Based on feedback from across the industry, this all-new range is ready for the future. The six new models deliver significant advances in productivity, sustainability, efficiency and mobility as standard, together with a wide range of options to meet every need.

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Our success stories

First CSD600 “Jhoni 58” at work

The first-of-series CSD600 has started working in Indonesia on a river maintenance project. Featuring cutter power of 250 kW and a maximum dredging depth of -16 m, the brand new dredger fits the local operations perfectly.

3 sister CSD250s to Mexico

In one delivery 3 cutter suction dredgers CSD250 were shipped to Mexico for various harbour maintenance jobs around the country.

CSD650 “Krakatoa” delivered to Indonesia

With a submersed dredge pump, the CSD650 is fitted out for deep water dredging up to -25 m. Customised with anchor booms and deck crane, the dredge is ready for its job.

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DAMEN

Your partner in dredging

Dredging requires more than a good dredger. It requires crew training, it requires dredge piping and it requires project management. Damen can help you start up your project, and we are also there for you during the full lifecycle of your dredger.

Tailored lifecycle support

Whatever maritime sector you work in, Damen Services is there for you 24/7. Always on standby.

Built at the location of your choice

You don’t have to build a Damen vessel at a Damen yard. We can support construction at any yard in the world.

Level-headed financing solutions

We provide a wide range of financing arrangements for all types of Damen vessels, equipment and products.