Dredging Corporation of India Limited, or DCI, is a Miniratna Indian public sector

Public sector

The public sector, sometimes referred to as the state sector, is a part of the state that deals with either the production, delivery and allocation of goods and services by and for the government or its citizens, whether national, regional or local/municipal.Examples of public sector activity range...

 unit engaged in the business of dredging. DCI does dredging mainly for Indian seaports, though occasionally it dredges at foreign seaports in countries such as Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

 and Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

. It is mainly involved in maintenance dredging; almost all the maintenance dredging in Indian seaports is carried out by DCI. DCI is also involved in capital dredging, beach nourishment, and land reclamation. The main seaports in which DCI does business are Haldia

Haldia

Haldia has a typical moderate climate with winter temperatures ranging from a low of around 7 degrees Celsius to a high of 22 degrees Celsius. Winters are chilly and is when the residents hold the Haldia Utsav festival. Summers can be very hot and humid. Usual summer temperatures in May, the...

 and Paradip

Paradip

Paradip, also spelt Paradeep, is a major seaport town and a designated notified area in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, India.-Geography:Paradip is located at . It has an average elevation of .-Paradip Port:...

. The bulk of the dredging for the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project

Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project

Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project proposes linking the Palk Bay and the Gulf of Mannar between India and Sri Lanka by creating a shipping channel through the shallow sea sometimes called Setu Samudram, and through the chain of islands variously known as Ramar Palam , ram sethu and Adam's Bridge...

 (SSCP) is also being carried out by DCI.

DCI is headquartered at Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam is a major sea port on the south east coast of India. With a population of approximately 1.7 million, it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India after Kolkata and Chennai. According to the history, the city was...

 and has project offices at many seaports in India. It reports to the Indian Ministry of Shipping

Government of India

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Trailer Suction Hopper Dredgers

• DCI Dredge - V
• DCI Dredge - VI
• DCI Dredge - VIII
• DCI Dredge - IX
• DCI Dredge - XI
• DCI Dredge - XII
• DCI Dredge - XIV
• DCI Dredge - XV
• DCI Dredge - XVI
• DCI Dredge - XVII

backhoe / dipper Dredgers

• DCI Dredge BH1

09/11/2010 the DCI Dredge BH1 was launched at shipyard De Donge at Flushing East, Holland.
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Trivia

• DCI is superstitious about the number 13. No dredgers are named with the number 13, nor are any cabins within the ships.

External links

• Dredging Corporation of India Limited

• News story on beach nourishment at Visakhapatnam Beach