10JAN2019 - NEWS - Tian Kun Hao Asia's largest dredging vessel returns to Qidong City in East China after completing sea trails

The cutter suction dredger Tian Kun Hao, Asia’s largest and most advanced dredging vessel has recently returned to Qidong City in East China’s Jiangsu Province today, after completing sea trials of nearly three months. The dredger set sail off the Qidong’s coast in October for a mud-dredging trial, during which it dredged a maximum of 7,501 cubic meters per hour, delivered the excavated mud approx. 15 km away, and realized unmanned automatic dredging. The cutter suction dredger, built for China Communications Construction Co. Ltd. (CCCC), was designed by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard as well as the China Merchants Industry, and was constructed by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries.

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