I-Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), ngenkampani ephantsi kwayo i-Keppel FELS Limited (i-Keppel FELS), inikezele esesibini kwiidrodi ezintathu zehopper ye-fuel hopper kwinkampani yaselwandle yaseDatshi, iVan Oord.
Ebizwa ngokuba yiVox Apolonia, i-TSHD eyonga amandla ixhotyiswe ngeempawu eziluhlaza kwaye inamandla okuqhuba kwi-liquefied natural gas (LNG).Iyafana nedredger yokuqala, iVox Ariane, eziswe nguKeppel O&M ngo-Epreli walo nyaka.Idredger yesithathu kaVan Oord, Vox Alexia, isendleleni yokuhanjiswa ngo-2023.
Umnumzana Tan Leong Peng, uMlawuli oLawulayo (Amandla amatsha / iShishini), uKeppel O&M, uthe, "Siyavuya ukuhambisa isixhobo sethu sesibini se-fuel-fuel eVan Oord, sandisa irekhodi lethu lokuzisa inqanawa entsha ekumgangatho ophezulu kunye nozinzo.I-LNG idlala indima ebalulekileyo kwinguqu yamandla acocekileyo.Ngobudlelwane bethu obuqhubekayo noVan Oord, siyavuya ukuxhasa inguqu yeshishini ukuya kwikamva elizinzileyo ngokuzisa iinqanawa ezisebenzayo ezineempawu ezihambelana nokusingqongileyo.
Yakhelwe kwiimfuno zemigaqo yeSigaba seSithathu soMbutho wezoLwandle waMazwe ngaMazwe (IMO), iVox Apolonia eneflegi yaseDatshi inomthamo wehopper oyi-10,500 cubic metres kwaye ibandakanya iimpawu ezininzi ezicutha ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha kunye nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni.NjengeVox Ariane, ikwaxhotyiswe ngeenkqubo ezintsha nezizinzileyo kwaye ifumene iPasipoti eGreen kunye neCoca ngeShip Notation yiBureau Veritas.
Umnumzana Maarten Sanders, uMphathi weNewbuilding yaseVan Oord, uthe: “UVan Oord uzibophelele ekwehliseni impembelelo yayo kutshintsho lwemozulu ngokunciphisa izinto ezikhutshwayo kwaye ibe yi-net-zero.Singenza inkqubela phambili ngokutyala imali kwi-decarbonisation yeenqanawa zethu, kuba malunga ne-95% ye-Carbon footprint kaVan Oord inxulunyaniswe nenqanawa yayo.
Ngokutsho kwakhe, ukuhanjiswa kweVox Apolonia sesinye isiganeko esibalulekileyo kule nkqubo.Ekuyileni ii-hopper ze-LNG ezintsha, uVan Oord ugxininise ekunciphiseni i-carbon footprint kunye nokusebenza ngokufanelekileyo ngokusebenzisa amandla kwakhona kunye nokusebenzisa ngokufanelekileyo iinkqubo ezizenzekelayo ngokudibanisa nokuqhuba umbane.
I-Vox Apolonia ye-state-of-the-art ixhotyiswe ngeqondo eliphezulu lokuzenzekelayo kwiinkqubo zayo zaselwandle kunye ne-dredging, kunye nokufumana idatha ye-onboard kunye nenkqubo yokulawula edibeneyo yokuphucula ukusebenza kakuhle kunye nokugcinwa kweendleko zokusebenza.
I-TSHD inombhobho wokufunxa omnye onempompo ye-e-driven dredge entywilweyo, iimpompo ezimbini zokukhupha idredge elunxwemeni, iingcango ezingaphantsi ezintlanu, amandla afakiweyo ewonke ayi-14,500 kW, kwaye inokwamkela abantu abangama-22.