I-Airseas, i-Airbus's spin-off, imemezela isivumelwano seminyaka engu-20 nomnikazi wemikhumbi omkhulu u-Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. (“K” Line) sokufaka nokusevisa umkhumbi owodwa nge-Seawing, ikhayithi ezishintshayo esekelwe kubuchwepheshe be-parafoil. I-Seawing izosetshenziselwa ukudonsa imikhumbi yezentengiselwano futhi yehlise ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 ngo-20% ngokuqhutshwa komoya. Ngemva kokuhlolwa kokuqala emkhunjini owodwa, “K” Line lizothola amaSeawings angafika kwangu-50.
“Ukuthungatha izilwandle kubonisa impumelelo embonini yethu nakwezemvelo. I-“K”LINE ibilokhu izibophezele ekuboniseni ukuthi abanikazi bemikhumbi babeka eqhulwini ubuchwepheshe ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukusebenza kahle kwemikhumbi kanye nokuxazulula inkinga ewumnyombo yokukhipha umoya olwandle. Ngokusebenzisa amakhono okundiza, i-Seawing inciphisa indawo ezungezile yemikhumbi ye-Capesize ngamathani angu-5,200 we-CO2 ngonyaka kuye ngomzila wohambo lomkhumbi. Lokhu kuzoba nomthelela ekufinyeleleni umgomo wethu wokunciphisa ukukhishwa kwe-CO2 ngesigamu ku-"K" Line Environmental Vision 2050, "kusho uMnu. Misaki, Isikhulu Esiphethe se-"K" Line.
I-Airseas yethula ukuthuthukiswa kwe-Seawing ngo-2016, yahlola i-prototype yayo olwandle ekupheleni kuka-2017 futhi izoletha i-Seawing yayo engamamitha-skwele angama-500 ekupheleni kuka-2020 emkhunjini we-ro-ro wamamitha angu-150 ubude osebenza phakathi kwe-Saint-Nazaire, eFrance, kanye ne-Mobile, Alabama, US. Ngenxa ka-“K” Line, i-Airseas inweba ukufinyelela kwayo ngisho nangokwengeziwe emkhakheni wasolwandle womthengisi. Umnikazi womkhumbi wase-Japan uzofaka i-Seawing yokuqala entsha engu-1,000 sqm ngo-2021, futhi lokhu kuzoqala ukukhuphuka kwezimboni ze-Airbus spin-off, ngenhloso yokugcina yokufinyelela amakhulu okudiliva ngonyaka kusukela ngo-2025.
Le nkontileka iqinisekisa ukubandakanyeka kwe-Airbus ukwenza ezokuthutha eziluhlaza zibe ngokoqobo hhayi kuphela emkhakheni we-aerospace, kodwa kuzo zonke izindlela zokuhamba. I-Airseas iyisibonelo esiphelele sendlela umkhiqizi wendiza esebenzisa ngayo ulwazi lwakhe lwezindiza kweminye imikhakha, umkhakha wezasolwandle kulesi simo, ngendlela entsha nesheshayo. Ngaphezu kokufaka isandla ekuthuthukiseni izinhlelo ezilungele imvelo, i-Airbus izophinde ibe neqhaza elisebenzayo ekumoshweni kokungcola. Impela, inkampani izofaka i-Seawing eqoqweni layo lemikhumbi yokuthutha ukuze kuncishiswe indawo yayo yemvelo.
