The Fairway has made the journey to Lyttelton, and arrived in Port around 9am Monday morning. She was an impressive sight emerging from the fog bank just off the heads!

The Fairway will be docked in the Port for the next two days as the crew undergoes custom clearances and inductions.

She will start dredging at first light on Wednesday, and will work 24/7 to deepen, lengthen and widen the channel, as part of stage one of the channel deepening project.

Fairway Captain Marco de Bruin has spent 29 years working with Boskalis, and is leading a crew of 35 for the next 12 weeks as the dredge gets to work.