The grab hopper dredger Cherry Sand undertaking dredging operations at Dundee harbour. Cherry Sand was built in England in 1968, as UKD Cherry Sand. In 2003, she became Cherry Sand. She was specially built to dredge the port of Grimsby. But, she now is employed to dredge ports all over the UK. She is 62.84m long, with a beam of 12.4m. Her maximum draft is 4.02m. She is 1,061grt. Her deadweight tonnage is 2,305 tons. She is propelled by 2 Ruston Paxman diesel engines, which have a combined output of 1,783bhp.
The jack up rig in the background is Rowan Norway.