TSHD / Aggregates Carrier “AVON” Deadweight: 6,300 tons

Draft loaded: 6.7 m
Draft empty: 3.8 m
GT/NT: 3498 / 1049
Dimensions: 98.3 / 92.74 × 17.35 × 7.9 m
Class: Bureau Veritas
Class due: 11.2026
Last drydock: 3.2024 (including hull and antifouling)
Hopper volume: 2750 cbm
Sand intake capacity: 4500 tons
Dredging depth: 45 m
Dredging pipe diameter: 700 mm
Dredge pump type: IHC submersible
Dredge pump power: 1100 kW electric motor
Discharge system: 2 drag scrapers, approx. 8 m³ each, with conveyor belts port and starboard aft
Emergency bottom doors/valves diameter: 750 mm
Main engine: Mirrlees Blackstone MK III, 6-cylinder, 3226 kW
Shaft generator: 2250 kVA (usable for sailing and dredging)
Auxiliary engine: Mirrlees Blackstone MK II, 1321 kW to 1525 kVA generator
Additional generator: Caterpillar 3408, 309 kW to 390 kVA
Emergency generator: included
Propeller: Variable pitch
Speed: 10–12 knots
Bow thruster: 294 kW
Accommodation: Refurbished and upgraded 2022
Sisterships: Operating in Holland, Turkey, and the Middle East