抽沙船也称作吸沙船。是利用吸沙泵作为取沙主要部件，利用吸沙泵的吸力把水下的河沙或污泥吸引而上后由上排沙管排到指定位置。此机械适用于水库，大江大河，人工湖，沿海港口的清淤和取沙工程。
抽沙船也可叫作抽沙平台,是指利用水力的作用,将高压水枪喷射出的水柱冲起的淤泥(或细沙、海沙等)在吸沙泵的作用下有管道输送到目的地

设计新颖，操作简便，效率高，适用于河道疏浚、湖泊水库清淤、围海造田、港口码头清理、抽砂等。该设备由船体、输送系统、进水系统、排空系统等组成，输送系统包括动力、离合器、泥浆泵等，排空系统包括高压水泵、抽真空装置等。

Also called suction sand pumping vessel. Is the use of sand suction pump as the main components of sand, the use of suction sand pump suction to the attraction water of river sand or mud and after the sand tube row to the specified location. This machine is applicable to reservoirs, rivers, artificial lakes, coastal ports and sand dredging engineering.
Suction dredger can also be called pumping sand platform, is refers to the use of hydraulic and thrust high-pressure water jet out of the water column (or sand, sand, etc.) of silt in the role of sand pump absorption is piped to the destination
Novel design, simple operation, high efficiency for in dredging the river, lake and reservoir dredging, Wai Hoi Zaotian, port and dock cleaning, sand pumping etc.. The equipment consists of the hull, conveying system, water intake system, evacuation system, etc., the transmission system includes power, clutch, mud pump, etc., the evacuation system including high pressure water pump, vacuum pumping equipment, etc..