I-Holland America Line ihambise i-Nieuw Statendam namuhla, okuyenze ngokusemthethweni umkhumbi we-15 emkhunjini. Umcimbi wokunikezela wenzeke e-Fincantieri's Marghera, e-Italy, endaweni yemikhumbi, kanti i-Nieuw Statendam izohamba ngomkhumbi ilibangise e-Venice kusasa ilibangise e-Civitavecchia (Roma), e-Italy, ku-Premiere Voyage enezivakashi ezisuka ngomhla ka-5 Dis.
Ukulethwa bekukhona u-Orlando Ashford, umongameli we-Holland America Line; UMicky Arison weCarnival Corporation, usihlalo webhodi, kanye no-Arnold Donald, umongameli kanye ne-CEO; kanye noStein Kruse, isikhulu esiphezulu seHolland America Group kanye neCarnival UK. UGiuseppe Bono, oyi-CEO ye-Fincantieri, kanye nabanye abaphathi abambalwa abavela kuzo zombili izinkampani nabo babekhona.
“Namuhla umndeni wakwa-Holland America Line ubungaza ukufakwa kuka-Nieuw Statendam emikhumbini yethu, futhi yisikhathi sokuziqhenya kuwo wonke umuntu ohilelekile,” kusho u-Ashford. “Siyabonga kozakwethu e-Fincantieri kanye namalungu eqembu lethu asebenze ngokuzikhandla ukuletha umkhumbi ubukeka umangalisa kakhulu kunalokho ebesikucabanga. I-Nieuw Statendam imele inguquko yethu eqhubekayo yokwengeza okuhlangenwe nakho okusha okujabulisayo kuyilapho sigcina izimpawu ezenze i-Holland America Line yaba umholi kwezokuvakasha okuphambili.”
Ngemva kokuwela i-atlantic esuka e-Civitavecchia, i-Nieuw Statendam izochitha isizini ephelele ogwini lwe-Caribbean ngomkhumbi wokuya nokubuya usuka e-Fort Lauderdale. Umcimbi wokuqamba ngokusemthethweni kuka-Nieuw Statendam uzoba e-Fort Lauderdale, eFlorida, ngo-Feb. 2.
Umkhumbi uzobhekisa amabombo esikhumulweni sawo sasehlobo e-Amsterdam, eNetherlands, ngoMeyi futhi uhambe ngochungechunge lwezikebhe ezisenyakatho yeYurophu, iBaltic ne-Iceland ngaphambi kokuya eMedithera ngoSepthemba ukuze uhambe ngomkhumbi usuka eCivitavecchia.
Umkhumbi wamathani angu-99,902 uhlalisa izivakashi ezingu-2,666 futhi uwukubonakaliswa kokugcina komkhiqizo we-Holland America Line.
