page_title: Dredging
section_title: Suction dredgers
hierarchical_section_title: Dredging / Types / Suction dredgers
caption_attribution_description: English: Geopotes 14 lifting its dredge Nederlands: Sleephopperzuiger Geopotes 14 aan het werk op het Noordzeekanaal. For ship details and history see her Category:IMO 8316780
context_page_description: Dredging is the operation of excavating material from a water environment. Possible purposes of dredging include: improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing dams, dikes, and other controls for streams and shorelines; and recovering valuable mineral deposits or marine life having commercial value. In all but a few situations the excavation is undertaken by a specialist floating plant, known as a dredger. Dredging is carried out in many different locations and for many different purposes, but the main objectives are usually to recover material of value or use, or to create a greater depth of water. Dredges have been classified as suction or mechanical.
context_section_description: These operate by sucking through a long tube like some vacuum cleaners but on a larger scale.
  A plain suction dredger has no tool at the end of the suction pipe to disturb the material. This is often the most commonly used form of dredging.
caption: The Geopotes 14 lifting its boom on a canal in The Netherlands. (gēopotēs is Greek for "that which drinks earth")
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