Kogin Magdalena shine kogin mafi mahimmanci kuma mafi girma a Colombia, kuma yana da sauƙin fahimtar dalilin da yasa yake da mahimmanci don kewayawa da kuma dalilai na tattalin arziki da muhalli. Kogin Magdalena yana da tsayin kilomita 1500, ya samo asali daga Kudancin Colombia Andes kuma yana tafiya zuwa arewa har zuwa Tekun Caribbean. Tun daga shekarun 1800, kogin Magdalena yana da matukar mahimmanci ga Colombia, saboda ana jigilar kayayyaki ta jiragen ruwa mara zurfi. Har wala yau, kogin na ci gaba da zama muhimmin hanyar sufuri ga kasar. An tabbatar da mahimmancin kogin Magdalena, kamar yadda a cikin shekara ta 2021, jimillar kaya tan miliyan 3 aka kwashe tare da kogin.
Manufar aikin kogin Magdalena shine don tabbatar da zirga-zirga daga manyan wuraren kasuwanci na cikin gida na Colombia zuwa Tekun Caribbean. Wannan aikin zai rage farashin sufuri da kuma bunkasa tattalin arzikin Colombia ta fuskar samar da kayayyaki, kasuwanci da yawon bude ido.
"El Brazo de Mompox," ko reshe na Mompox wani yanki ne na kogin Magdalena wanda ya yi tasiri musamman a cikin shekaru saboda sare bishiyoyi, yashewar gangarensa, zubar da ruwa mai yawa da kuma ambaliya. Musamman ma, wuce gona da iri ya lalata kewayawa. A cewar Cormagdalena, hukumar kula da kogin Magdalena, wannan bangare na kogin ya ma bushe saboda abubuwan da aka ambata a sama. Dabbobin daji ma sun sha wahala, saboda haifuwar kifin ya shafi yawan zubar da ruwa.
An riga an fara aiwatar da mafita yayin da Ellicott dredges uku ke aiki yanzu a Mompox. Ana sa ran rijiyoyin guda uku za su cire jimlar 1,700,000 cubic mita na laka, aiki 24/7 a cikin watanni 7 masu zuwa. Ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan dredge guda uku, Ellicott Series 1270, an samo shi musamman don wannan aikin kuma an ƙaddamar da shi a ranar 8 ga Yuli, 2022. Ellicott Series 1270 mai ƙarfi ne kuma mai ƙarfi 18" dredge sanye take da zurfin tono har zuwa 50' (15m) tare da babban injin HP 800 da injin taimako na HP 375, jimlar HP 1175. Wannan dredge ya dace don yanayi da buƙatun wannan aikin.
Tare da sake dawo da kewayawa, ɗayan burin shine don jiragen ruwa don samun damar isa Mompox. Wannan zai bunkasa ayyukan yawon bude ido kuma zai yi tasiri mai matukar muhimmanci a tattalin arzikin yankin.
Ingantacciyar ingancin Ellicott, dogaro da kasancewarsa mai ƙarfi a Colombia suna da mahimmanci ga wannan muhimmin aikin. Tabbatar da zirga-zirga a cikin kogin Magdalena shiri ne mai tsayi wanda zai amfana da kasuwancin tattalin arzikin Colombia da yawon shakatawa, kuma Ellicott dredges sune kayan aikin da ya dace dashi.