The new trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) – currently under construction at Cochin Shipyard for Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) – is expected to be delivered by September 2025, reports The Hindu Business Line .
This is the first Beagle Series 12 TSHD with 12,000 hopper capacity to be built under Atma Nirbhar Bharat Scheme, Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said.
The dredger, based on globally acclaimed Beagle Platform of Royal IHC, will be customised to meet all Indian requirements.
At the moment, DCI’s dredging fleet involves ten trailer suction hopper dredgers of 59,513 cubic meter cumulative hopper capacity, two cutter suction dredgers, one backhoe dredger and other ancillary crafts.
DCI has major market share in the field of maintenance dredging in India.