I-cutter suction dredger (CSD) iDubuque yemka kwiZibuko laseVicksburg kwiveki ephelileyo isiya kwiphulo elibalulekileyo lokukhuthuza ecaleni koMlambo iRed ngokusabela kwiimeko zamanzi aphantsi.
Iimeko zembalela kulo lonke i-Mississippi River Valley zibangele isiganeko samanzi aphantsi kuMlambo osezantsi we-Mississippi kunye neentlupheko zawo.Ngokuthe ngqo, iindawo ezinenkathazo zixelwe kufutshane neLindy C. Boggs Lock kunye neDama loku-1.
Ifumaneka kuMlambo iRed River kumgama oziikhilomitha ezingama-43.8 malunga neekhilomitha ezili-11 kumntla we-Marksville, eLouisiana, sisitshixo sokuqala kunye nedama kuMlambo iRed kunye nenxalenye yenkqubo yoMgwaqo waManzi we-J. Bennett Johnston (JBJ).
I-Dubuque iye yabekwa ukuze igcine umjelo wokuhamba we-9-ft ngokususa intlenga eyandayo ethe yavela kutsha nje ngenxa yokunyhashwa kwamanzi.
Umqhubi weDubuque uCharlie Hansford uthe: "Ishishini lokutsala liphantse lamiswa ngokupheleleyo, ke silapha sisika iindawo eziphezulu ukuze iinqanawa ezilayishiweyo ziqhubeke ukudlula."
Iimpembelelo eziphambili kushishino lokuqhuba lubandakanya izithintelo zobungakanani bomthwalo kunye noyilo lwenqanawa, ulibaziseko ngenxa yokuvalwa kwetshaneli okwexeshana ngexesha lomsebenzi wokugrumba okanye ukumisa, kunye nokulahleka kofikelelo kwamanye amazibuko.
IDubuque, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi "Ugly Betty" ngabasebenzi bayo, luhlobo olusikiweyo lwedredge.
Ixhotyiswe ngesixhobo sokusika esijikelezayo esikhulula kwaye sikhuphe intlenga ukusuka kumjelo wokukhangela othi emva koko ufunxe kumbhobho we-12 "diameter kwaye ukhutshwe kwindawo enzulu yejelo ebonwa ifanelekile ngabasebenzi besaveyi.
Abasebenzi bayo baquka umntu osebenza, injineli yedizili, iideckhands, kunye nomsebenzi wecrane kwaye bakhatshwa ziithenda ezimbini ezinkulu zesikhephe, uEvie Kate kunye noClinton.