Ua hoʻopau hou ʻo Orion Marine Group i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kāna cutter suction dredger (CSD) Lavaca hou loa.Ua mālama ʻia ka bapetizo ʻana o ka CSD i nehinei ma Port Lavaca, Texas.
I loko o nā mahina he 15 i hala iho nei, ua hana hou ʻia ka dredger, me ka ʻenehana kikoʻī e The Shearer Group, Inc.
Hoʻohui ʻia, ua hana ʻia nā holomua i nā alapiʻi dredges, nā hale noho, a me nā ʻōnaehana hana i mea e hoʻomau ai i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka lawelawe dredging kūikawā i kāna mau mea kūʻai aku a me nā hoa hana ʻoihana ma ka lehulehu a me nā ʻāpana pilikino ma ke kahakai ʻo Gulf Coast.
Hoʻomaka ka Lavaca e hoʻomaka i ka hana i kēia mahina a e komo i ka mālama mau ʻana i nā ala wai, hoʻonui a hoʻonui i nā papahana no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana.
Ua hoʻolako ʻia ka CSD me nā ʻenehana hou loa e pili ana i nā ʻōnaehana nānā hoʻomau mau ʻana, dredge pump, hana huki, a me nā ʻōnaehana ʻokiʻoki me nā hana huki uila piha a me nā ʻōnaehana spud winch, e ʻae ana i ka dredge e hana ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. ma ka mālama ʻana a me nā papahana waiwai puʻupaʻa.
ʻO nā hoʻolālā hoʻolālā i hoʻokō ʻia i nā hale hoʻokipa ua hōʻemi i ka walaʻau a me nā haʻalulu e pili ana i ka hana dredging a hāʻawi i kahi hoʻomaha no ka poʻe holo i ka wā hoʻomaha.
Eia kekahi, ʻo ka lumi lever open-concept e hiki ai i ka leverman ke nānā a hoʻokele i nā ʻōnaehana dredging āpau mai kahi kahua hoʻokele kūikawā i hoʻolālā ʻia me nā hōʻike touchscreen a me nā puka makani papahele-a-ki-kiʻi e hāʻawi i kahi kahua ʻike 180-degere.
Ua hoʻoikaika hou ʻia ka Lavaca me nā Tier III Marine Gensets i hoʻolako ʻia e Mustang Cat, e hāʻawi i ka hoʻolako mau ʻana o ka mana i nā pahu uila a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele i hāʻawi ʻia e Avid & DSC a me nā uwila uila, kukui, a me nā ʻōnaehana alarm i hoʻolako ʻia a hoʻokomo ʻia e Rio Ka Moana, Nā Mana & Hydraulics.
ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka Lavaca me nā ʻenekini diesel-electric Tier III a me nā winch uila - i hāʻawi ʻia e Nabrico a me Timberland Equipment - he hana ʻē aʻe i mua no Orion e hoʻomau i kāna kūpaʻa i ka pale ʻana i ke kaiapuni ma o ka pale ʻana i nā kahe a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā hoʻokuʻu NOx i loko o nā wahi hana.