I-Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) isanda kumemezela ukulethwa ngempumelelo kwe-double fuel Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) yokuqala yokuqala e-Van Oord.
Iqanjwe nge-Vox Ariane, i-dredger ecaciswe kakhulu inomthamo we-hopper wama-cubic metres ayi-10,500 futhi ingasebenza ku-LNG.Kuyi-dredger yesithupha eyakhiwe ngabakwaKeppel O&M, eSingapore, futhi ingeyokuqala ukulethwa kwaVan Oord.
I-Keppel O&M njengamanje yakhela amanye ama-dredger amabili afanayo kaVan Oord, aqanjwe ngeVox Apolonia kanye neVox Alexia.
UMnu. Tan Leong Peng, Umqondisi Ophethe (i-New Builds) kwa-Keppel O&M, uthe, "Siyajabula ukuletha umshini wokudonsa uphethiloli wokuqala owakhiwe e-Singapore e-Van Oord. Lesi umshini wokudonsa uphethiloli wesithupha owethulwe ngu-Keppel O&M, welula umzila wethu. irekhodi embonini ye-dredging."
Yakhelwe ezidingweni zemithetho ye-International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Tier III, iVox Ariane ehlatshwe umkhosi yesiDashi ihlanganisa izici ezimbalwa ezinciphisa kakhulu ukusetshenziswa kukaphethiloli kanye nokukhishwa kwekhabhoni.Iphinde ifakwe izinhlelo ezintsha nezisimeme futhi ithole i-Green Passport kanye ne-Clean Ship Notation yi-Bureau Veritas.
"Simagange ukwamukela i-Vox Ariane, i-LNG hopper dredger yokuqala emkhunjini wethu. Le dredger, ezothuthukisa isigaba esimaphakathi semikhumbi yethu yama-TSHD, iyisibonelo sokuzibophezela kwethu ekwenzeni imikhumbi yethu ibe ukonga futhi isebenzise amandla," kuphawula uMnu. Jaap de Jong, uMqondisi woMnyango Wokuphathwa Kwemikhumbi wakwa-Van Oord."I-Keppel O&M ikhombise ubungcweti nekhono lokuzulazula ezinseleleni ezilethwe yi-COVID-19 ukuze iqedele le dredger yekhwalithi ngokuphepha, futhi sibheke ngabomvu ukuqhubekisela phambili ubudlelwano bethu nokulethwa okuzayo kwama-dredger amabili alandelayo."
I-Vox Ariane yesimanje ifakwe ngezinga eliphezulu lokuzishintshashintsha kwezinhlelo zayo zasolwandle nezokudonsa, kanye nokutholwa kwedatha okungaphakathi nohlelo oludidiyelwe lokulawula ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle nokonga kwezindleko zokusebenza.
I-TSHD inepayipi elilodwa lokudonsa elinephampu ye-dredge engaphansi kwamanzi, amaphampu amabili okukhipha amanzi ogwini, izicabha ezinhlanu ezingezansi, amandla afakiwe angu-14,500 kW, futhi iyakwazi ukumumatha abantu abangu-22.