Fit for purpose hopper dredgers

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers

Purpose-built and fit for your dredge operation

TSHDs for any job 

Damen offers a complete range of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers (TSHDs) which have been designed for tackling a wide scope of dredging works. All our hopper dredgers are equipped with advanced dredging equipment ensuring optimal performance in both maintenance dredging as well as capital dredging jobs. Damen hopper dredgers, which can be customised easily to guarantee optimal efficiency, have been loading, transporting, rainbowing and dumping dredged soils around the globe for many decades.

Why choose a Damen TSHD?

  • Operational excellence

    Hopper Dredgers are not like any other type of cargo vessel. Damen builds these highly technical dredging vessels ensuring to maximise their dredging efficiency – whatever their job is. Therefore, a comprehensive range of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers is available, which can all be tailored to their dredging job by adding the available options.

  • Dredging independency

    Dredging conditions in local harbours and fairways have become more unpredictable due to heavy winds and substantial rainfall. A rapid reaction to sudden sedimentation is vital for the economic wellbeing of an entire region. The Port of Otago is flourishing; it uses a 40-year-old dredger to keep the harbour accessible. To ensure reliable future operations, the Port has acquired a TSHD1000. This hopper dredger vessel is larger than the port’s previous one, and dredges deeper.

  • Effortless port maintenance

    The Ports and Maintenance series of hopper dredgers includes vessel sizes from 1000 to 2500 m³ hopper volume. The compact self-propelled dredgers have been designed to easily access all corners of the harbour. Due to its thrusters and bow thruster the dredger is highly maneuverable. The vessel has been designed with practical maintenance and safe operations in mind.

  • Fit for purpose all-round dredger

    A hopper dredger with many talents: designed for both maintenance duties and capital dredging projects, the Multi-Purpose dredger series fits any job. Its clean V-shaped hopper allows for effortless discharging and the controllable pitch propellors ensure efficient operation. The TSHD can be easily adapted to your particular dredging requirements.

Customised Hopper Dredgers

A continuous flow

Damen built the TSHD650 hopper dredger Tommy Norton for Australia’s Gippsland Ports, ensuring safe and reliable ocean access for commercial vessels, oil & gas suppliers, and the local fishing fleet.

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Damen design package

The 2,500 m³ Damen Hopper Dredger was the first of its kind built in Indonesia. The Damen design was constructed locally using a complete TSHD design package. The TSHD2500 Barito Equator enables vital cargo transport on Borneo’s busy Barito River.

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Hopper dredger for Port of Otago

At present a TSHD1000 is under construction for the Port of Otago, New Zealand. The 1000 m³ Hopper Dredger is fitted out with truster propulsion and a bow truster for excellent manoeuvrability and practical maintenance.

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Damen solutions

Finance your vesselA reliable partner from start to finish. Explore solutions of Damen Financial Services.Learn more
Lifecycle supportFrom delivery onwards, Damen Services supports you, every step of the way.Learn more
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Trade-in your current vesselExplore our options for vessel trade-in at Damen Trading. Our in-house shipbroker.Learn more

Let’s discuss your dredging requirements

Each dredge job requires a different approach. Our hopper dredgers will match your dredging demands.

Hopper Dredgers: versatile vessels for any job

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers