Of course, excavators appeared in East Africa much earlier, but the quality of the early products was really not flattering, and naturally there was no need for large-scale promotion.
There are naturally excavators in use in other parts of the world, but they are all mechanical excavators, which are big and bulky and are generally used in mines. Mechanical excavators are also used in some mines in East Africa, the most typical of which is coal mines.
The flexibility of mechanical excavators is far less than that of hydraulic excavators, especially the flexible movement of the bucket, which often can only be carried out in simple up and down movements.
The flexibility of hydraulic excavators is very strong, which also benefits from the rich experience accumulated in tractor and tank manufacturing in East Africa.
The emergence of hydraulic excavators can be said to have changed the model of infrastructure construction in East Africa, which was also a major feature of the construction of Bell Port.
Of course, the application of hydraulic systems in East Africa is obviously not limited to this. Assembling it on trucks can realize the unloading work of transportation vehicles, especially when transporting earthwork, grain, stone and other items, which greatly improves the loading and unloading efficiency.
This is clearly reflected in the construction of Bell Port.
After Robkets finished speaking, the workers of Bell Port started their own performances.
The first step is to drain the lake water. East African workers have enclosed the construction area with a dike, and then use high-power pumps to drain the lake water inside the dike.
Then, under the guidance of the commander, the excavator came in and began to dig out the silt one shovel after another, followed by the transport vehicles.
Excavators pour silt and normal soil into the buckets of vehicles, and these transport vehicles haul the soil away.
Looking at the busy construction site, Robkets couldn't help but sigh, "I can't believe that in just a few years, the current engineering construction model has undergone earth-shaking changes."
"I still remember when I just graduated from school more than 20 years ago, we didn't have the conditions we have now."
"All projects basically depend on people pulling on horses and carrying on shoulders and hands. But now a single excavator can instantly dig out the amount of soil that took several people several minutes to dig. It is even more difficult to do it manually in silt geology like this."
"In the past, when we dug out mud and water, half of it could slip away with just one shovel. The efficiency was very slow, and the aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake were even more difficult to clean."
"And something like an excavator can remove water, mud, and aquatic plants with just one shovel. This is the real aesthetic of violence."
Student Robkets said on the side, "The times have changed so fast. Since entering the 20th century, East Africa can be said to have changed day by day. When I was a child, there were not so many cars and mechanical equipment now."
"I feel that after the completion of Second Five-Year Plan, there has been a huge difference between East Africa and other industrial countries. Whether it is electricity, internal combustion machinery, home appliances, or automobiles and other industries, the empire has entered an explosive period."
"In the 19th century, we were at the forefront of the world in these fields. At that time, there were countries such as United States and Germany that were keeping pace with us. Now in these emerging industries, we are already far ahead."
Although East Africa's layout of emerging industries such as internal combustion engines and electric power was relatively early, it really took off after the 20th century.
After all, in the last century, East Africa's heritage was far inferior to that of the established industrial powers in Europe and the United States. After entering the 20th century, East Africa entered industrial transformation and the focus of economic development completely shifted from agriculture to industry, and the situation quickly changed.
Firstly, investment in education in the last century has entered a period of fruitful output, with a large number of qualified industrial workers and scientific researchers emerging. Secondly, initial accumulation has been sufficient, and East African families are relatively strong in terms of capital. Finally, policy and strategic layout. The two five-year plans have promoted East Africa to the ranks of the world's top industrial powers, and the previously deployed industries have also entered an explosive period in conjunction with the improvement of East Africa's production efficiency.
Robkets said, "The empire is in a period of rapid development. Now the European countries are at war with each other. After the war, the pattern of the world will probably undergo major changes. After the war is over, the European countries will realize that the world has completely changed."
"But these are not issues we should consider. For us now, the most important thing is to complete the renovation and expansion of Bell Port."
"If the renovation and expansion of Bell Port goes smoothly, it will add more content to our resume and experience. You will also have to learn more and accumulate some practical experience this time."
"Although Bell Port is valued by the country, before that, the most important port in Great Lakes Region was still Kisumu port. I just don't know if North Great Lakes Province can turn around under this Great Lakes Economic Belt policy."
There are many cities around Great Lakes Region, and the most famous ones are Kisumu, Mwanza, Kampala and Kagera.
Kisumu belongs to Prussia Province and is located in the territory of Kenya in the previous life. The reason why Kisumu's ability surpasses Great Lakes Region's port cities has become the largest city in the region.
This is mainly due to the geographical location of Kisumu city. Kisumu is the intermediate node connecting the Great Lakes and Mombasa railways. It can be said that in the past, most of the cargo and passenger transportation on Great Lakes Region must have passed through Kisumu city.
Moreover, Kisumu belongs to the east and is close to big cities such as Mombasa and Nairobi, which also facilitates contact and accumulation of industry and technology.
North Great Lakes Province is naturally unwilling to lag behind. After all, apart from the shortcomings of maritime transportation, Great Lake Province's basic conditions are much stronger than Prussia Province.
But the city of North Great Lakes Province is not comparable to Nairobi, even Kisumu, the second-ranked city of Prussia Province, is a bit unreasonable.
In recent years, with the decline of Nairobi's status, North Great Lakes Province has also seen the opportunity to surpass Prussia Province.
In the past, North Great Lakes Province's confidence lay in the development of Lake Albert's oil resources and the rich reserves of other minerals in the province. These are not comparable to Prussia Province's.
And National Canal Plan, railway, highway construction, etc., make North Great Lakes Province's sea access no longer the only one, although in terms of cost, it is still the cheapest to go to sea from the east Mombasa.
Of course, what North Great Lakes Province is most interested in is policy support. With the proposal of Great Lakes Economic Belt, the policy of vigorously developing Great Lakes Region in East Africa during the "Fourth Five-Year Plan" period has been implemented. This can be said to have allowed North Great Lakes Province to see opportunities.
In order to surpass Prussia Province, North Great Lakes Province will focus on the development of the provincial capital Kampala, as well as Entebbe city next to Kampala, thus forming a Great Lakes Region twin star pattern.
At the same time, it is extremely important for North Great Lakes Province to use Lake Albert's oil resources and natural gas resources in the province to build North Great Lakes Province's oil, gas and chemical industry cluster.
After all, northern East Africa is relatively lacking in energy. In the past and now, the world's main energy source is still dominated by coal. This has led to the early industrial bases in East Africa being basically distributed in the southern, central and coastal areas of East Africa.
Emerging energy sources such as oil and natural gas can be said to be North Great Lakes Province's most prominent energy resources. With the support of these emerging energy sources, North Great Lakes Province will be able to build a number of emerging industries.
Of course, due to restrictions on cultivated land and ecological protection, East African government's arrangement for North Great Lakes Province is to focus on the development of medium and large cities in the province and improve land use efficiency.
Therefore, this makes the strategic position of North Great Lakes Province in the development of provincial cities such as Kampala city and Entebbe city more prominent.
The distance between Kampala and Entebbe can actually be regarded as a city. If it develops to the scale of Mbeya or Harare city, the two places will inevitably be connected, which means that Great Lakes Region is likely to emerge as a new East African big city in the future.
Of course, North Great Lakes Province has its own development strategy, and other provinces are naturally not vegetarian. Prussia Province will focus on developing Kisumu city, and Great Lake Province will With the two cities of Mwanza and Kagera being developed at the same time, other cities along the entire Great Lakes Region also want a share of the pie, and economic competition within the region has shown the effect of a hundred flowers blooming.