Trailing suction hopper dredger, RIO - IMO 8613047, loading sand at Nieuwpoort, Vlananderen, Belgium on August 29, 2019. Rio is being loaded from sand dock using its own suction loader and an additional hydraulic shovel loader from shore.

Info at DredgersNL (http://www.dredgers.nl).
Name:Rio
IMO number:8613047
Type:Trailing suction hopper dredger
Owner:Group De Cloedt / DC Dredging
Built by:Chantier de Normandie, Grand Quevilly
Year:1987

Total installed power:kW
Hopper capacity:2.432m3
Length o.a.:82,4m
Length b.p.:77,5m
Breadth:16,3m
Draught:5,9m
Speed:10,0kn
Suction pipe:1 x 550mm
Dredging depth:35,0m

History:
-Originally built under the name Opale in 1987.
-Renovated and renamed Rio in 2004.