I-Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) isandula ukubhengeza unikezelo oluyimpumelelo lwe-double-fuel-fuel Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) yokuqala yokuqala eVan Oord.
Ebizwa ngokuba yiVox Ariane, i-dredger echazwe phezulu inomthamo we-hopper we-10,500 cubic metres kwaye inokubaleka kwi-LNG.Yeyesithandathu idredger eyakhiwe nguKeppel O&M, eSingapore, kwaye yeyokuqala ukuhanjiswa eVan Oord.
I-Keppel O&M ikwangoku yakha iidredger ezimbini ezifanayo zikaVan Oord, ezibizwa ngokuba nguVox Apolonia kunye neVox Alexia.
UMnu. Tan Leong Peng, uMlawuli oLawulayo (uLwakhiwo olutsha) kwi-Keppel O&M, uthe, "Siyavuya ukuhambisa i-dredger yokuqala eyakhiwe eSingapore ukuya eVan Oord. Le yidredger yesithandathu iziswe nguKeppel O&M, sandisa umkhondo wethu. irekhodi kushishino lokucoca."
Yakhelwe kwiimfuno zemigaqo yeSigaba seSithathu soMbutho wezoLwandle waMazwe ngaMazwe (IMO), iVox Ariane eneflegi yaseDatshi ibandakanya iimpawu ezininzi ezicutha kakhulu ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha kunye nokukhutshwa kwekhabhoni.Ikwaxhotyiswe ngeenkqubo ezintsha nezizinzileyo kwaye ifumene iPasipoti yoHlaza kunye neNqanawa yeNqanawa ecocekileyo yiBureau Veritas.
"Silangazelela ukwamkela i-Vox Ariane, i-LNG hopper dredger yokuqala kwiinqanawa zethu. Le dredger, eya kukhulisa icandelo eliphakathi kweklasi yeenqwelo zethu ze-TSHD, ngumzekelo wokuzibophezela kwethu ukwenza iinqwelo zethu zibe noqoqosho kunye namandla asebenzayo, " waphawula uMnu Jaap de Jong, uMlawuli woLawulo lweeNqanawa kwiSebe leVan Oor."I-Keppel O&M ibonakalise ubuchwephesha kunye nobuchule ekujongeni imiceli mngeni ebangelwe yi-COVID-19 ukugqiba lo mgangatho ngokukhuselekileyo, kwaye sijonge phambili ekuqhubekiseni phambili ubambiswano lwethu nokuhanjiswa okuzayo kwezi zimbini zilandelayo."
I-Vox Ariane ye-state-of-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 iyakwazi ukuhlalisa abantu abangama-22.