On September 13, 2024, the Cochin Shipyard Limited laid the keel of India’s largest dredger, for the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI).
To be named as DCI Dredge Godavari, the trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) has a hopper capacity of 12,000 cubic metres. Built under collaboration with Royal IHC, Netherlands, the vessel is 127 metres long and 28 metres wide.
Once commissioned, this dredger will be the most sophisticated and technologically advanced dredger ever built in India. It would significantly enhance the capability of the DCI, thereby increasing the capabilities of all major ports in India as envisaged under Maritime India Vision 2030.