Ua kiʻi ʻo Curtin Maritime, Corp. i kēia kiʻi nani o ka DB Avalon e huki ana i ke kahawai ʻo Houston Ship Channel.
"Nani ka puka ʻana o ka lā i kēia kakahiaka ma Texas, kahi e huki ai ʻo DB Avalon i ke kahawai ʻo Houston Shipping Channel," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Curtin Maritime i ka nehinei.
ʻO DB Avalon kahi moku dredge mua loa, hybrid-powered dredge i hoʻolālā ʻia a kūkulu ʻia e ka ʻoihana e lilo i moku kalapona ʻoi loa a haʻahaʻa loa o kāna papa.
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka moku me ka ʻenehana dredging piha piha, ʻelua spuds paʻa a me ʻelua spuds hele wāwae, a me nā winch mooring hydraulic āpau.
Hiki iā ia ke hana i nā hana uila āpau me kahi pili mana kahakai e hiki ai iā ia ke hana ma ke ʻano he dredge zero-emissions maoli i ka wā e hana ana i nā awa me nā ʻōnaehana kākoʻo.
Ua lanakila ʻo Curtin Maritime, Corp. i ka $99.8 miliona Houston Ship Channel dredging contract ma waena o 2022.Aia ka hana i ka dredging ma kahi o 4.1 miliona cy o nā mea mai ke Channel me ka waiho ʻana o nā mea i loko o ka Ocean Dredged Material Disposal Site (ODMDS).
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo DB Avalon, kekahi o nā dredge clamshell nui loa ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, i ka huki ʻana ma ka Barbours Cut Container Terminal i ʻOkakopa 2022.