Dodi Princess

Dodi Princess jirgin ruwa ne a kan Tafkin Volta a Kudancin Ghana .  Hukumar Kogin Volta ce ta mallake shi kuma a karkashin kulawar Otal din Volta. Ita ce kawai jirgin ruwa a Ghana. An gina shi azaman jirgin ruwa kuma daga baya aka canza shi zuwa jirgin fasinja a 1991.

An maye gurbin jirgin da jirgin gidan cin abinci na fasinjoji 176, Dodi Princess II, wanda Onur Makina na Istanbul, Turkiyya ya gina a Akosombo, Ghana.

 Tarihi 
An gina jirgin ne a 1977 a Tema Shipyard kuma an yi masa baftisma Grains Maid .  An yi amfani da jirgin ne galibi don jigilar kaya da kayan aikin gona ciki har da taki. Wani tafiye-tafiye na yau da kullun zai ɗauki kaya daga Akosombo zuwa Yeji a Yankin Brong-Ahafo da Buipe a arewacin Ghana kuma tafiyarsa ta ƙasa zai dawo tare da yam da hatsi zuwa kudancin ƙasar. Grains Maid ya tashi a kan tafkin daga kwamishinansa a ƙarshen 1970s zuwa ƙarshen 1980s lokacin da ayyukan kasuwanci suka ragu saboda matsalolin kuɗi. Bayan watanni na karancin tallafi na ayyukanta, an watsar da jirgin a Tashar Jirgin Ruwa ta Akosombo.

 Juyowa 
A cikin 1991, Shugaban Ghana na lokacin, Jerry John Rawlings ya ba da izini ga injiniyan Jamus, Hans Hein don canza jikin jirgin zuwa Jirgin ruwa na yawon shakatawa ga masu yawon bude ido. Ma'aikatan Maritime Services Unit (MSU) na Hukumar Kogin Volta sun kafa ƙungiya tare da Hein don kammala aikin da aka ba da izini a cikin 1991, kuma an sake masa suna Dodi Princess. Jirgin shine kawai jirgin ruwa a kan Tafkin Volta . 

Jirgin yana da wurin zama don fasinjoji 400, waɗanda aka ba su abinci mai cin abinci da nishaɗi a cikin jirgin.

 Tsarinsa 
Jirgin yana da bene uku. Gidan farko (ƙananan) yana da iska mai sanyaya, wanda ba a shan sigari ba, don baƙi su ji daɗin tafiya mai nutsuwa. An bude bene biyu na sama kuma ya ba fasinjoji damar jin daɗin shimfidar wuri na Tafkin Volta yayin da ake kula da su don wasan kwaikwayo na raye-raye. Tsakanin bene yana da wani asibiti tare da bene na sama yana da babban gridiron don barbecue.

 Jirgin Ruwa na Mace 
Dodi Princess ta yi tafiya ta farko a shekarar 1991 yayin bikin taron Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) wanda Ghana ta shirya.

 Gudanarwa 
The day-to-day management of Dodi Princess upon its commissioning was done by the Marine Division of the Volta River Authority. In 2005, the Division handed over the ship's management to Volta Hotels Limited because the tour business was one of the core objectives of the hotel. Dodi Princess generated 40 percent of the total revenue of Volta Hotels.

 Jirgin ruwa 
Jirgin ya yi tafiya a Tafkin Volta. Wani jirgin ruwa na yau da kullun ya ɗauki fasinjoji ta hanyar shimfidar wuri kuma ya sauka a Tsibirin Dodi, wanda ke da nisan kilomita 5 (3 nmi; 3 mi) daga bakin tekun Volta.

 Farkawar wuta 
A ranar 4 ga Mayu 2013, wuta ta lalata jirgin. Binciken farko ya nuna cewa gobarar ta fara ne a cikin kicin a cikin gidan cin abinci na jirgin. A lokacin barkewar gobarar, babu wanda ke cikin jirgin. An kiyasta lalacewar ta shiga cikin daruruwan dubban Cedi.  

 Canja wurin 
Bayan lalacewar Mayu 2013, Volta Hotels Limited ta yi kwangila da Bluefone Marine Company, kamfanin gine-ginen ruwa na Ghana, don sake gina jirgin a farashin dala miliyan 1.3. Bluefone Marine ya ba da shawarar cewa jirgin zai kasance mai dacewa a cikin watanni shida.

Rahoton Shekara-shekara na 2013 na VRA ya bayyana cewa reshen sa na Akosombo Hotels Ltd na neman tara kudade sama da $ 10,000,000 don kammala ginin dakuna 65-100 da sake gina Dodi Princess.  Koyaya, rahoton 2014 ya bayyana cewa ana buƙatar kuɗi sama da $ 20,000,000 don kammala ginin ɗakuna 65 da sabon jirgin ruwa, Dodi Princess. Rahoton 2015 ya bayyana cewa VRA ta kashe kusan dala miliyan 1.5 akan gina sabon jirgin ruwa mai kujeru 176, Dodi Princess II . 

A ƙarshe, an maye gurbin Dodi Princess da aka ƙone da Dodi Princess II. Akosombo Hotels Ltd ta yi kwangila da Onur Makina na Istanbul, Turkiyya don gina da isar da jirgin gidan cin abinci na fasinjoji 176 a Akosombo, Ghana. Bayan kammala ginin, Dodi Princess II ta ci gaba da aiki a Tafkin Volta a watan Yulin 2019. 

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