OKhomishana Besiphathamandla Sechweba Lase-Canaveral bagunyaza isivumelwano ne-Carnival Cruise Line

Ibhodi laboKhomishana baseCanaveral Port Authority (CPA) lithathe isinyathelo sokugcina namuhla futhi livote ngazwi linye ukugunyaza imigomo yesivumelwano sesikhathi eside no. I-Carnival Cruise Line, evula indlela yokuthi iCarnival ifike ekhaya umkhumbi wayo omusha nomkhulu kunayo yonke ePort Canaveral.

“Ngijabule kakhulu ngalesi sahluko esilandelayo sePort Canaveral, futhi ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngethimba labaholi basethekwini, abasebenzi kanye nozakwethu bokuhamba ngomkhumbi abasifikise lapha esikhona namuhla. Ukuzinikela kweCarnival echwebeni lethu kanye namashumi eminyaka amaningi esebenza lapha kuwukuhlonipha wonke umphakathi wethu wasePort,” kusho uWayne Justice, uSihlalo, Ibhodi Lamakhomishana Lase-Canaveral Port Authority.

Isivumelwano esisha sokusebenza, esiqala mhla lu-1 kuMandulo wezi-2018 futhi singena esikhundleni sesivumelwano seminyaka eyisithupha esizophelelwa yisikhathi ngonyaka ozayo, sihlinzeka ngendawo yokuqala yeminyaka engama-25 enezinketho ezine ezengeziwe zokuvuselela iminyaka emihlanu. Ngaphansi kwemibandela yesivumelwano, ubuncane besiqinisekiso sonyaka seCarnival siyakhuphuka sisuka emalini emisiwe yamanje engu-$7 million siye ku-$14.5 million ngezitebhisi ezizihambelayo zonyaka.

“Lesi sivumelwano siyingqophamlando ebhizinisini lokuhamba ngomkhumbi echwebeni futhi siyimpumelelo enkulu emnothweni wesifunda sonke. Ukubambisana kwethu neCarnival kuqhubekile nokukhula eminyakeni edlule ngenxa yezimpahla zalo mphakathi, ukuzibophezela kwethu ekunikezeni usizo, kanye nokugxila ngokuqinile ekulondolozeni amandla ethu ezezimali ukuze sitshale imali ekusaseni Lechweba,” kusho uTom Weinberg, unobhala/uMgcinimafa, eCanaveral Port Authority. Ibhodi Lokhomishana.

I-Canaveral Port Authority kanye ne-Carnival Cruise Line izotshala imali ekwakheni nasekuhlomiseni indawo entsha enezitezi ezimbili engu-185,000-sq. ft. itheminali ukuze kuhlaliswe umkhumbi ongakaqanjwanga we-Carnival Cruise Line wamathani angu-180,000, onjiniyela we-Carnival Corporation's state-of-the-art iplathifomu ye-LNG “green cruising” design. Umkhumbi omusha ohamba ngomkhumbi uzoba nendawo yokulala ephansi engu-5,286 nomthamo omkhulu wezivakashi ezingaba ngu-6,500.

“Lesi sivumelwano sizoba nenzuzo ehlala njalo yezomnotho kuzo zombili iPort kanye neCarnival Cruise Line,” kusho uCaptain John Murray oyi-CEO yasePort. "Sijabule, sijabule futhi sihloniphekile ukungena kulesi sizukulwane esisha sobudlelwano obukhethekile neCarnival Corporation."

“Ngendawo yayo ekahle, izinsiza ezinhle kakhulu kanye nabasebenzi abanobungane, iPort Canaveral ingesinye sezikhungo zethu zasekhaya ezithandwa kakhulu nezikhula ngokushesha futhi sijabule ukuletha lo mkhumbi othokozisayo, wohlobo olulodwa e-Space Coast ngo-2020, ” kusho uChristine Duffy, umongameli weCarnival Cruise Line.

“Isici esijabulisa kakhulu, nesizathu sokuthi kudingeka isikhumulo esisha, ukuthi lesi sigaba esisha somkhumbi - esikhulu kunazo zonke ezake zakhiwa i-Carnival Cruise Line - sizothuthwa ekhaya ePort Canaveral uma sesilethwa ngo-2020. ungathwala abagibeli abangafika ku-6,500 kuzoba umkhumbi wokuqala ohamba nge-LNG osebenza eNyakatho Melika,” kusho uCapt. Murray.

Ukwakhiwa kwetheminali entsha ye-CT-3, kanye nendawo yokupaka ephakeme eduzane nezindawo zokupaka izimoto ezicishe zibe ngu-1,800, kanye nokuthuthukiswa kwezikhumulo zemikhumbi, umgwaqo kanye nezindawo zokungena kuzofinyelela izigidi ezingu-150 zamaRandi - okulinganiselwa ukuthi iphrojekthi eyodwa enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni wechweba. Itheminali entsha ihlelelwe ukuthi iqedwe ngoJuni 2020.

Ukufika komkhumbi omusha we-Carnival ngo-2020 kuzohlanganisa iminyaka engama-30 iCarnival Cruise Line isuka e-Port Canaveral, okuwuhambo omude kunabo bonke ababambisene nabo be-Port.