Cutter suction dredger “Al Seddiek” (see note below) under tow in the Malacca Strait, May 1980
Owner: Suez Canal Authority
Manager: Dredging Department
Flag: Egypt
Port of registry: Port Said
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hiroshima (Hull-306)
Gross tons: 2,893
Deadweight: 793
Length overall: 121.3 m
Max. draft: 4.5 m
2 x dredging pumps, (total 14,000 m3/hr) + 1 x booster pump (raising the total to 16,000 m3/hr)
Completed April 1980.
Note: several websites give the first part of the name as “Al”, as seems to have been my observation at the time, but dredgepoint.org & dredgingtoday.com both use “El”; confusingly, the owner's current website (the vessel is still in service) uses both “Al” & “El” on different pages