More About Drag Suction Dredger
The WanRun trailing suction hopper dredger is a large self-propelled dredging vessel equipped with a hopper. It uses a draghead to loosen the soil and a hydraulic suction system to suck the slurry into the ship's hopper. This type of dredger can navigate while absorbing the slurry, making it highly efficient.
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High Efficiency
The dredger is highly efficient as it can dredge underwater soil while navigating, and transport the dredged material through mud pumps and discharge pipelines to designated locations.
Flexible Operation
This type of dredger is highly flexible in operation. It does not occupy large water areas during construction, minimizing the impact on passing vessels.
Usage Scope of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers
Trailing suction hopper dredgers are widely used in a variety of dredging projects due to their versatility and high efficiency. They are suitable for both capital and maintenance dredging, such as deepening and maintaining navigation channels, harbors, and berths. Additionally, these dredgers are capable of performing land reclamation by transporting dredged materials to designated areas for creating new land.
Strong Adaptability
These dredgers have strong adaptability, making them ideal for long-distance waterway construction and for the maintenance of harbors and berths.