Ua hoʻokipa ʻo Peel Ports Group i kahi dredger LNG ikaika hou no ka manawa mua no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka hoʻomau ʻana o kāna hana dredging.
Ua hoʻohana ka lua o ke awa nui loa o UK i ka ʻaelike moana Dutch ʻo Van Oord's groundbreaking Vox Apolonia no ka mālama ʻana i ka dredging o ke awa o Liverpool a me King George V Dock ma Glasgow.
ʻO ia ka manawa mua i hoʻohana ʻia ai ka LNG trailing suction hopper dredger ma kekahi o nā awa o ka hui, a ʻo ka lua wale nō ia i hana ai i ka hana ma UK.
Hoʻohana ka Vox Apolonia i ke kinoea kūlohelohe (LNG) a he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka trailing suction hopper dredgers.ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka LNG e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka nitrous oxide ma 90 pākēneka, a me ka hoʻopau loa ʻana i nā hoʻokuʻu sulfur.
ʻO Peel Ports Group - ka mea i kūpaʻa e lilo i net zero port operator ma 2040 - ua hoʻokipa mua i ka moku i ke awa o Liverpool i kēia mahina, ma mua o ka hana ʻana i ka hana ma Glasgow, a hoʻi mai no ka hana hou ma kona kahua ma Liverpool.
I ka manawa like, ua hāʻawi pū ʻo Van Oord i kāna pahu wai-injection hou ʻo Maas i ke awa, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka manawa mua me kahi hui biofuel.Manaʻo ka hui i kēia manawa e hoʻokuʻu ʻo ia i ka 40 pākēneka haʻahaʻa CO2e ma mua o kāna mea i hana mua ʻia ʻoiai ʻo ka dredging no ka hui awa ma Liverpool.
Hele mai ia i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka ʻoihana i ʻehā mau moku kaʻawale e hoʻokō i ka dredging koʻikoʻi o ke kahawai ʻo Liverpool a me nā pahu i ka manawa like.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Garry Doyle, Group Harbour Master ma Peel Ports Group;"Ke ʻimi mau nei mākou i nā ala e hōʻemi ai i ko mākou hopena i ka ʻona ma waena o kā mākou ʻāina awa.Ke hoʻoikaika nei mākou e lilo i net zero ma waena o ka hui ma 2040, a ʻo ka Vox Apolonia kahi pae i mua o kāna mau hōʻoia hoʻomau.
"He mea koʻikoʻi ka mālama ʻana i ka dredging no ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka hana o kā mākou mau awa, a e hāʻawi i kahi hoʻokele palekana no nā moku e hele ana i loko o ko mākou mau wai," wahi a Doyle."He mea nui iā mākou ke hoʻohana i nā ʻano hana e like me ka ikaika e like me ka hiki ke hana i kēia hana, a ʻo ia ke kumu i koho ai mākou i ka Vox Apolonia no kēia papahana koʻikoʻi."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Marine Bourgeois, Luna Hoʻokele ma Van Oord: "Ke noiʻi mau nei mākou a hoʻopukapuka kālā e lawe i kā mākou mau ʻauwaʻa i kahi pae aʻe e pili ana i ka hoʻomau.Loaʻa iā mākou ko mākou kūpaʻa ponoʻī e hoʻokō i ka net-zero emissions ma 2050 a ʻo ka Vox Apolonia ka hana aʻe i kēlā pahuhopu.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka dredging e pili ana i ka wehe ʻana i nā sediment i kūkulu ʻia i loko o nā kahawai i loaʻa, nā berth, nā ala kokoke, a me nā kīʻaha koʻi pili.Kōkua ka hana i ka mālama ʻana i ka hohonu palekana o ka wai no nā moku e hele ana ma kona mau awa.