Bekunabagibeli abangu-299,736 abahamba ngomkhumbi abadabula echwebeni laseBoston ngo-2009, nokunyuke ngo-11% uma kuqhathaniswa nonyaka odlule, kusho iMassachusetts Port Authority.
Ngesizini ka-2009, imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi yavakashela i-Cruiseport Boston's Black Falcon Cruise Terminal, isuka ekuvakasheni okungu-105 ngo-113, kusho uMassport.
Esinye sezizathu esenze isibalo sabagibeli sikhuphuke ngenkathi inani lokuvakashelwa kwemikhumbi yehhashi lehla ukuthi umzila owodwa wokuhamba ngomkhumbi, i-Norwegian Cruise Line, ube ne-Norwegian Spirit yawo entsha ehamba ngohambo lwe-Boston-Bermuda kulo nyaka; I-Norwegian Spirit inkulu ngamaphesenti angu-14 kunomkhumbi owawushintsha ngesikhathi iBoston igijima, kusho iMassport, engeza ngokuthi ezinye izinto ezivelele zesizini zihlanganisa iNdlovukazi uMary 2 ethatha uhambo lwakhe lokuqala lokuwela i-Atlantic esuka eBoston. Futhi ngesizini ka-2009, umkhumbi weNdlovukazi uMary 2 u-Queen Victoria wavakashela okokuqala ngqa eBoston, kusho uMassport.
Ephawula ngezinombolo esitatimendeni, isikhulu esiphezulu seMassport kanye nomqondisi omkhulu uThomas J. Kinton Jr. uthe, “Lokhu kuntengantenga komnotho kwenze abahambi bakhetha kakhulu ukuthi bawasebenzisa kanjani amadola abo okuvakasha, futhi ukuthengisa embonini yezokuvakasha kusize ukukhuthaza abantu abangu-14- ukwanda kwabahambi abaqala uhambo lwabo ngomkhumbi eBoston ngamaphesenti angu-8, nokwanda ngamaphesenti angu-XNUMX kwabagibeli abavakashela eBoston ngalolo suku.”
ICruiseport Boston yaheha abagibeli abangu-234,284 ngo-2007 kanye nabagibeli abangu-269,911 ngo-2008, kusho uMassport.
