Regarding the problems such as poor construction adaptability of the large cutter suction dredgers developed in China under medium and long-term wave sea conditions,and limited row spacing in long row spacing projects. In this study,taking the “Tianshan” ship as a research object,through the theoretical analysis,numerical simulation,finite element analysis and calculation,real ship verification and other methods,we upgrade a series of the performance improvement,including the positioning system,the conveying system,and the power system.The technologies for large cutter suction dredgers,which has been successfully applied. It provides a reference for the performance improvement and transformation of the large cutter suction dredger developed at the early stage in China.