U-De Hoop Terneuzen ulethe i-dredger entsha yenkampani elandela umkhondo, i-Krakesandt.
Ngokusho kwenkampani, abakwaKrakesandt bathole izingidi zaseTerneuzen ekuqaleni kukaJuni.I-dredger yahlala lapho izinsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokuya esabelweni sayo sokuqala iNorth Sea.
Le TSHD yesimanje yaklanywa ngabakwa-Barkmeijer Shipyards - ingxenye yeThecla Bodewes Group - futhi yakhiwe endaweni yabo yaseKampen eNetherlands.
Njengomkhumbi kadadewabo i-Anchorage, i-Krakesandt eyi-105m ubude ifakwe uhlelo lukagesi lukadizili oluhlakaniphile, olwakhiwe ngokubambisana phakathi kweThecla ne-D&A Electric, olulawula kahle ukuhlinzekwa kwamandla okuthutha ngomkhumbi, ukudonsa nokuthulula umkhumbi.
Ngaphezu kokuphathwa kwamandla okukhaliphile futhi okuzinzile, ukusetshenziswa kwe-E-prop propulsion kagesi kukhulisa ukusebenza kahle kophephela ngesikhathi sokudonsa, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi nokuqondisa, ukwandisa amandla nokusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli futhi kunciphisa kakhulu ukukhishwa komkhumbi.