The world's largest trailing suction hopper dredger, Jan de Nul's Vasco da Gama, built at German shipyard Thyssen Nordseewerke, and is about to start work. With a capacity of 33,000m~3 - equivalent to 58,000 dwt - Vasco da Gama has a hopper approximately 40 per cent larger and carrying capacity approximately 70 per cent greater than its nearest rivals, Royal Boskalis Westminster's WD Fairway and Queen of the Netherlands, each of which has a capacity of approximately 24,000m~3.
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