The Fairway is one of the world’s largest dredges and is part of Boskalis’ fleet of 30 trailing suction hopper dredges. The Fairway will arrive in Lyttelton/Whakaraupō Harbour in a few short weeks to begin stage one of the channel deepening project. This stage of works will see the channel lengthened by 2.5km and will take approximately 11 weeks to complete.

Fairway Facts
• Built in 1997
• Hopper capacity 35,500 m3
• Maximum dredging depth is 70 m
• Sailing speed loaded is 16.0 kn
• Gross tonnage 33,423
• Length overall 230.71 m
• Breadth 32 m