Iqembu elizinze e-Luxembourg i-Jan De Nul Group libika ukuthi lingumthengi weSixhumi somkhumbi wokwakha wasolwandle kanye nekhebula.NgoLwesihlanu olwedlule, inkampani ephethe umkhumbi i-Ocean Yield ASA idalule ukuthi isiwudayisile umkhumbi futhi izoqopha ukulahlekelwa kwencwadi okungeyona imali engu-$70 million ngokudayiswa.
"I-Connector ibisebenza enkampanini yesikhathi eside yesikebhe esingenalutho kuze kube nguFebhuwari 2017," kusho u-Andreas Reklev, i-SVP Investments ye-Ocean Yield ASA, "Ngenxa yokulindela ukusimama kwemakethe, i-Ocean Yield eminyakeni edlule ihwebe ngomkhumbi ngesikhathi esifushane. term market.Ngalesi sikhundla siye saqaphela ukuthi empeleni ukusethwa kwezimboni kuyadingeka ukuze kusetshenziswe umkhumbi ngendlela ephumelelayo emakethe yekhebula lapho izixazululo eziphelele zinganikezwa khona kuhlanganise namaqembu onjiniyela azinikele kanye nokusebenza.Ngakho-ke, sikholelwa ukuthi u-Jan De Nul uzoba sesimweni esihle sokusebenzisa umkhumbi ngendlela esiwubona uphuma usesimweni esihle kakhulu ngemva kokuqeda iminyaka eyi-10 yokuhlola idokodo nokuvuselela amakilasi.”
U-Jan de Nul akazange adalule ukuthi ukhokheleni umkhumbi, kodwa uthe ukutholwa kuphawula okunye ukutshalwa kwezimali emandleni awo okufaka phesheya kwezilwandle.
I-Norwegian-Built Connector, (esilethwa ngo-2011 njengesixhumi se-AMC futhi kamuva saqanjwa ngokuthi i-Lewek Connector), iyi-DP3 ultra deepwater multipurpose subsea cable- kanye nomkhumbi wokwakha oguquguqukayo.Inomlando ofakazelwe wokufaka izintambo zikagesi kanye nezinkaba isebenzisa ama-turntable ayo amabili anenani elihlanganisiwe lomthwalo okhokhelwayo wamathani angu-9,000, kanye nezikhuphukeli zisebenzisa okhreyini bayo ababili abanxeshezelwa yi-heave 400 t kanye ne-100 t base-offshore.I-Connector iphinde ifakwe ama-WROV amabili akhelwe ngaphakathi angasebenza ekujuleni kwamanzi okungafika kumamitha angu-4,000.
U-Jan de Nul uphawula ukuthi Isixhumi sinokulawuleka okuphakeme kanye nesivinini esiphezulu sokuthutha imisebenzi yomhlaba wonke.Ngenxa yamakhono akhe amahle kakhulu okugcina isiteshi nokuzinza, angakwazi ukusebenza ezindaweni ezinzima kakhulu.
Umkhumbi unendawo enkulu kakhulu yedeski kanye nokufakwa kwe-crane, okwenza ifaneleke njengenkundla yokusebenza kokulungisa ikhebula.
I-Jan De Nul Group ithi itshala imali ngendlela ehlelekile emikhumbini yayo yokufaka phesheya kwezilwandle.Ukutholwa Kwesixhumi, kulandela ukufakwa kwama-oda ngonyaka odlule omkhumbi omusha wokufaka i-jack-up ye-Voltaire kanye nomkhumbi wokufaka u-crane ontantayo i-Les Alizés.Yomibili leyo mikhumbi yayalelwa ngeso lokubhekana nezinselelo zokufaka isizukulwane esilandelayo sezinjini zomoya ezinkulu kakhulu zasolwandle.
U-Philippe Hutse, uMqondisi we-Offshore Division e-Jan De Nul Group, uthi, “Isixhumi sinegama elihle kakhulu emkhakheni futhi saziwa njengomunye wemikhumbi ehamba phambili emhlabeni yokufakwa nokwakhiwa kwemikhumbi engaphansi kolwandle.Uyakwazi ukusebenza emanzini ajule kakhulu aze afike ku-3,000 amamitha ukushona.Ngokuhlanganiswa kwemakethe okubandakanya lokhu kutshalwa kwezimali okusha, manje singabanikazi futhi siphethe imikhumbi emikhulu ezinikele esebenza ngamakhebula.I-Connector izophinde iqinise imikhumbi ye-Jan De Nul ngekusasa lokukhiqizwa kwamandla phesheya kwezilwandle."
U-Wouter Vermeersch, Umphathi Wezintambo Zase-Offshore kwa-Jan De Nul Group uyanezela: “Isixhumi senza inhlanganisela ephelele nomkhumbi wethu wekhebula u-Isaac Newton.Yomibili imikhumbi iyashintshana ngamandla amakhulu afanayo okuthwala ngenxa yezinhlelo ezifanayo eziphendukayo ezimbaxambili, kanti ngesikhathi esifanayo ngasinye sinezici zayo ezithize eziyenza ihambisane.Umkhumbi wethu wesithathu onamakhebula i-Willem de Vlamingh uqedela abathathu bethu ngamakhono awo ayingqayizivele okuhlanganisa yonke indawo kuhlanganise nokusebenza emanzini angashoni kakhulu.”
Imikhumbi ye-Jan De Nul yasogwini manje inemikhumbi emithathu yokufaka ama-jack-up yasolwandle, imikhumbi emithathu yokufaka ama-crane antantayo, imikhumbi emithathu yamakhebula, imikhumbi emihlanu yokufaka amadwala kanye nemikhumbi emibili yemisebenzi eminingi.