Ua hoʻolaha wale ʻo Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M) i ka hoʻopuka kūleʻa ʻana o ka lua-fuel Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) mua iā Van Oord.
Kapa ʻia ʻo Vox Ariane, ʻo ka dredger kikoʻī kiʻekiʻe he mana hopper o 10,500 cubic mika a hiki ke holo ma LNG.ʻO ia ke ono o ka dredger i kūkulu ʻia e Keppel O&M, Singapore, a ʻo ka mea mua i hāʻawi ʻia iā Van Oord.
Ke kūkulu nei ʻo Keppel O&M i ʻelua mau pahu pahu like ʻole no Van Oord, i kapa ʻia ʻo Vox Apolonia a me Vox Alexia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Tan Leong Peng, Managing Director (New Builds) ma Keppel O&M, "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka pahu pahu pahu lua lua mua i kūkulu ʻia ma Singapore i Van Oord. ʻO kēia ke ono o ka dredger i hāʻawi ʻia e Keppel O&M, e hoʻonui ana i kā mākou ala. hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻoihana dredging."
Hoʻokumu ʻia e like me nā koi o ka International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Tier III hoʻoponopono, ʻo ka Vox Ariane i hōʻailona ʻia e Dutch he mau hiʻohiʻona e hōʻemi nui ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wahie a me nā hoʻoiho kalapona.Ua lako pū ʻia me nā ʻōnaehana hou a hoʻomau a loaʻa iā ia ka Green Passport a me Clean Ship Notation e Bureau Veritas.
"Makemake mākou e hoʻokipa i ka Vox Ariane, ka LNG hopper dredger mua i kā mākou mau'auwaʻa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr. Jaap de Jong, Luna Hoʻokele moku o Van Oord."Ua hōʻike ʻo Keppel O&M i ka ʻoihana a me ka wikiwiki i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā pilikia i hoʻokumu ʻia e COVID-19 e hoʻopau i kēia dredger maikaʻi me ka palekana, a ke kakali nei mākou i ka hoʻonui ʻana i kā mākou hui me ka hoʻopuka ʻana o nā dredger ʻelua e hiki mai ana."
Hoʻolako ʻia ka mokuʻāina ʻo Vox Ariane me kahi kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o ka automation no kāna ʻōnaehana moana a me ka dredging, a me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻikepili ma luna a me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻohui e hoʻonui ai i ka pono a me ka mālama kālā.
ʻO ka TSHD he paipu hoʻoheheʻe hoʻokahi me ka pauma dredge e-driven i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia, ʻelua mau pahu dredge hoʻokuʻu kahakai, ʻelima mau puka lalo, kahi mana i kau ʻia he 14,500 kW, a hiki ke hoʻokipa i 22 mau kānaka.