Kamfanin Peel Ports Group ya yi maraba da sabon LNG dredger mai amfani da makamashi a karon farko yayin da yake ci gaba da inganta dorewar aikin ta.
Babban ma'aikacin tashar jiragen ruwa na biyu mafi girma a Burtaniya ya yi amfani da dan kwangilar ruwa na Dutch Van Oord wanda ya rushe Vox Apolonia don gyaran tashar jiragen ruwa na Liverpool da King George V Dock a Glasgow.
Wannan dai shi ne karo na farko da aka yi amfani da LNG trailing suction hopper dredger a kowane tashar jiragen ruwa na kungiyar, kuma a karo na biyu ne kawai ke gudanar da aiki a Burtaniya.
Vox Apolonia yana amfani da iskar gas mai ruwa (LNG) kuma yana da ƙarancin sawun carbon fiye da na yau da kullun na tsotsa hopper dredgers.Amfani da LNG yana rage hayakin nitrous oxide da kashi 90 cikin ɗari, da kuma kawar da hayaƙin sulfur gaba ɗaya.
Kungiyar Peel Ports - wacce ta kuduri aniyar zama ma'aikacin tashar jiragen ruwa ta sifiri nan da shekarar 2040 - ya fara maraba da jirgin zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na Liverpool a wannan watan, kafin ya gudanar da aiki a Glasgow, kuma ya dawo don ci gaba da aiki a wurinsa a Liverpool.
A lokaci guda kuma, Van Oord ya kuma ba da sabon nau'in allurar ruwa mai ɗorewa Maas zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa, wanda aka buge shi a karon farko tare da gauraya mai.Kamfanin ya kiyasta cewa a halin yanzu tana fitar da kashi 40 cikin 100 na CO2e fiye da wanda ya gabace ta yayin da take neman rukunin tashar jiragen ruwa a Liverpool.
Ya zo ne yayin da kamfanin ya ba da jiragen ruwa daban-daban guda hudu don aiwatar da mahimman rarrabuwar tashar ta Liverpool da docks a lokaci guda.
Garry Doyle, Babban Jagoran Harbor Group a Peel Ports Group, ya ce;“Koyaushe muna neman hanyoyin da za mu rage tasirin mu ga muhalli a fadin tashar tashar mu.Muna ƙoƙari mu zama sifili a cikin ƙungiyar nan da 2040, kuma Vox Apolonia mataki ne na gaba dangane da dorewar sahihancinta."
Doyle ya kara da cewa "cirewa yana da mahimmanci ga duka biyun suna tallafawa ayyukan tashoshin jiragen ruwa, da kuma samar da amintaccen kewayawa ga jiragen ruwa da ke wucewa ta cikin ruwanmu," in ji Doyle."Yana da mahimmanci a gare mu mu yi amfani da hanyoyin da ke da ƙarfi sosai don yin wannan aikin, kuma shi ya sa muka zaɓi Vox Apolonia don wannan muhimmin aiki."
Marine Bourgeois, Manajan Ayyuka a Van Oord, ya ce: "Muna ci gaba da bincike da saka hannun jari don kawo rundunar sojojinmu zuwa mataki na gaba dangane da dorewa.Muna da namu yunƙurin cimma nasarar fitar da hayaƙin sifiri nan da shekarar 2050 kuma Vox Apolonia shine mataki na gaba zuwa wannan buri."
Cirewa mai kulawa ya haɗa da kawar da abubuwan da suka gina a cikin tashoshi na yanzu, berths, hanyoyi, da kuma wuraren da aka haɗa.Aikin yana taimakawa wajen kiyaye zurfin ruwa mai aminci ga tasoshin da ke wucewa ta tashar jiragen ruwa.