I kēia mau pule e hiki mai ana, ʻo Boskalis ' trailing suction hopper dredge (TSHD) Gateway e paʻa loa i ke awa o Melbourne, wahi a Warwick Laing, Harbour Master – Port of Melbourne.
E alakaʻi ka dredger nunui i ka mālama koʻikoʻi o nā kahawai o ke awa, nā kīʻaha swing a me nā ʻeke moe.
"Laki wau i ka holo ʻana i kēia lā me ka loea dredge kamaʻāina ʻo Ports Victoria ʻo Daren Korwa e ʻike mua i kā lākou hana," wahi a Laing.
"Ua hōʻike ka poʻe Boskalis, i alakaʻi ʻia e Kāpena Kaido Kaja i ka nui o nā mākau kūikawā, ka hana hui a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana e pono ai e hana i kahi hana paʻakikī e like me kēia."
Loaʻa i ka Gateway kahi mana hopper ma kahi o ʻehā mau manawa ka nui o nā dredger maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia no nā hoʻolaha mālama.ʻO ka hopena, e holo ana ka hoʻolaha dredging 2023 no ʻehiku mau pule i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 20 mau pule no kahi papahana mālama maʻamau o ka pae like.
ʻO ka 2023 mālama dredging e hana ʻia i loko o nā kahawai ʻo Port of Melbourne ma nā wahi aʻe:
ʻĀkau o ka muliwai ʻo Yarra nā lawelawe e pili ana me nā pahele lepo a me ke kīʻaha koʻi Swanson Dock,
Ma ka hema o ka muliwai Yarra nā lawelawe e hele ana me nā pahele lepo a me Webb Dock,
Station Pier me ke kīʻaha koʻi a me nā ala hoʻokokoke,
ʻO Williamstown a me Port Melbourne Channels,
South Channel a me kahi palena palena o ka Entrance.