The TSHD Sospan Dau is a Dutch trailing suction hopper dredger[1] owned by Sosban BV.

The vessel has worked on dredging projects, including offshore aggregates, port maintenance,[2] land reclamation, coastal defense and beach replenishment.

The ship has a traditional twin propeller stern and bow thruster for manoeuvering and like most trailing dredgers, includes bottom doors for dumping, a dredge engine, a jet water engine, a degassing installation, a suction pipe and associated pipelines and valves.

Unique to most dredgers however, is a very large bulbous bow and spud pole for more efficient use of the dredge pump and heading/position keeping during beaching.

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