I-Curtin Maritime, i-Corp. ibambe le foto intle ye-DB Avalon ikhupha i-Houston Ship Channel.
"Ukuphuma kwelanga okumnandi ngale ntsasa eTexas, apho iDB Avalon is dredging the Houston Shipping Channel," utshilo uCurtin Maritime kuhlaziyo lwayizolo.
I-DB Avalon sisikhephe sokuqala sentengiso, esine-hybrid-powered dredge eyilwe yaza yakhiwa yinkampani ukuba ibe sesona sikhephe sisebenza kakuhle nesisezantsi sekhabhoni yodidi lwayo.
Inqanawa yenzelwe itekhnoloji yokucoca ezenzekelayo, i-spuds ezimbini ezizinzileyo kunye ne-spuds ezimbini zokuhamba, kunye nazo zonke ii-winches ze-hydraulic mooring.
Iyakwazi ukusebenza ngombane wonke ngoqhagamshelo lombane oluselunxwemeni oluya kumvumela ukuba asebenze njenge-zero-emission dredge xa esebenza kumazibuko aneziseko ezixhasayo.
U-Curtin Maritime, Corp. uphumelele ikontraka yokuchitha i-99.8 yezigidi zeedola kwi-Houston Ship Channel embindini ka-2022.Umsebenzi uquka ukugrunjwa malunga nezigidi ezi-4.1 zemathiriyeli ukusuka kwiShaneli kunye nediphozithi yemathiriyeli kwiSiza sokuLahla iMathiriyeli ye-Ocean Dredged Material (ODMDS).
I-DB Avalon, enye yezona ndawo zikhulu ze-clamshell dredges kuMntla Merika, yaqala ukurhweba kwi-Barbours Cut Container Terminal ngo-Okthobha wama-2022.