ROCKHAMPTON, Australia - Abasebenzi baphuthume ukuyochitha uwoyela ngoMsombuluko emkhunjini owawuthwele amalahle owawuseGreat Barrier Reef yase-Australia, bathumela izikebhe ezimbili zokudonsela phansi ukuze uzinze lo mkhumbi ukuze ungabhidliki uphinde ulimaze amakhorali entekenteke ngaphansi.
Ukuhamba ngesivinini esigcwele se-10 mph (amafindo ayi-12, i-16 kph), iShen Neng 1 ebhaliswe eChina yangena eDouglas Shoals ngasekupheleni kukaMgqibelo, indawo enemikhawulo yemikhumbi ukuze kuvikelwe ukuthi yiluphi ugebhezi olukhulu lwamakhorali emhlabeni nolunye ibhalwe njengendawo eyiGugu Lomhlaba ngenxa yamanzi akhazimulayo nenani lezemvelo njengekhaya lezinkulungwane zezinhlobo zasolwandle.
Cishe amathani ama-2 ka-oyela asevele echithekile kusuka kumathani ayi-1,000 950 (100 metric tons) kaphethiloli abesesikebheni, nokwakha indawo yamamitha ayi-2 (amamitha) ayi-3 miles (XNUMX kilometres), kusho abakwaMarine Safety Queensland ku isitatimende.
UNdunankulu Wombuso waseQueensland u-Anna Bligh uthe kuzobhebhetheka uzungeze umkhumbi ngoLwesibili ukuze kuqukathe uwoyela ovuzayo kulesi sikebhe. Izindiza zifafaze izihlakala zamakhemikhali ngomzamo wokuqeda iSonto elishubile.
"Okusemqoka kithi ukuthi la mafutha angangeni eBarrier Reef nokuwagcina ekhona," utshele izintatheli eBrisbane.
UBligh uthe iqembu labasindisi lifike kulo mkhumbi ngoMsombuluko futhi bezama ukuwuzinzisa.
"Kusengxenyeni ebucayi kangaka yomthombo futhi umkhumbi usesimweni esonakele kakhulu, ukuphatha le nqubo kuzodinga bonke ubuchwepheshe esingabuletha," utshele umsakazo we-Australian Broadcasting Corp. Uthe kungathatha amasonto ukukhipha umkhumbi.
Umnikazi womkhumbi, uShenzhen Energy, inkampani engaphansi kweCosco Group okuyiyona ehamba phambili ngemikhumbi eChina, angahlawuliswa imali efinyelela ezigidini ezi-1 zamadola ase-Australia ($ 920,000) ngokulahleka emzileni wemikhumbi osetshenziswa imikhumbi yezimpahla engu-6,000 unyaka nonyaka, kusho uBligh.
"Le yingxenye ebucayi kakhulu yezindawo zasolwandle eziyigugu kakhulu emhlabeni futhi kunemigudu yokuphepha egunyaziwe ephephile - futhi kulapho kwakufanele lo mkhumbi ube khona," kusho uBligh.
Iziphathimandla zesaba ukuthi umkhumbi uzophuka phakathi nomsebenzi wokulondolozwa kwezimoto futhi uphahlaze ama-coral amaningi, noma uchithe uwoyela wawo osindayo olwandle olugcwele ilanga. Kodwa-ke, uBligh uthe ubungozi bokuqhekeka komkhumbi kubonakala sengathi banciphile selokhu kwafika isikebhe sokuqala kwezidonsayo sanciphisa ukuhamba kwaso.
Abagibeli ababili bafika ngoMsombuluko ukuzinzisa umkhumbi, kusho abakwaMarine Safety Queensland.
"Enye yezinto ezikhathaza kakhulu ukuthi umkhumbi usaqhubeka nokungena emfuleni uya olwandle, okwenza umonakalo omkhulu" ekhorali nasemkhunjini, ngokusho kwemenenja yale nhlangano, uPatrick Quirk. Imibiko yokuqala yokulimala ikhombise ukugcwala egumbini elikhulu lenjini kanye nomonakalo enjinini enkulu kanye nepini lokuqondisa.
Isikebhe samaphoyisa sasimi eduze ukukhipha abasebenzi abangu-23 uma umkhumbi uphuka.
Umthuthi wenqwaba wayethatha cishe amathani angama-72,000 (65,000 metric tons) amalahle ayiswa eChina esuka ethekwini laseQueensland laseGladstone ngenkathi igadla ezingxenyeni ezisogwini lwaseQueensland eGreat Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Amaqembu amaningi okongiwa kwemvelo aveze ukudinwa ukuthi abathwali benqwaba bangahamba edwaleni ngaphandle komshayeli okhethekile wasolwandle. Imizila yokuthumela emanzini ase-Australia imvamisa idinga ukaputeni onolwazi ukuthi angene emkhunjini ongenayo ukusiza ukuzulazula ezingozini. Kuze kube manje, uhulumeni uthe asikho isidingo sabashayeli bezindiza zasolwandle ezungeze indawo evikelekile ngoba imikhumbi emikhulu ivinjelwe lapho.
Ingcwethi kwezomthetho wasolwandle uMichael White wase-University of Queensland uthe uwoyela uyisongo esikhulu kwezemvelo esibangelwa isisekelo. Ngenkathi amalahle engenza "umonakalo omkhulu wendawo," ayesheshe aqedwe.
Isazi ngokuma kolwandle uGreg Webb waseQueensland University of Technology uthe imiphumela yokuchitheka kukawoyela namalahle ingaba nemiphumela engaziwa.
"Esikhathini esedlule besihlala sicabanga ukuthi umsele ungabekezelela noma yini," utshele umsakazo we-ABC. "Futhi ngicabanga ukuthi kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, sesiqala ukuqonda ukuthi mhlawumbe abakwazi."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Ukuhamba ngesivinini esigcwele se-10 mph (amafindo ayi-12, i-16 kph), iShen Neng 1 ebhaliswe eChina yangena eDouglas Shoals ngasekupheleni kukaMgqibelo, indawo enemikhawulo yemikhumbi ukuze kuvikelwe ukuthi yiluphi ugebhezi olukhulu lwamakhorali emhlabeni nolunye ibhalwe njengendawo eyiGugu Lomhlaba ngenxa yamanzi akhazimulayo nenani lezemvelo njengekhaya lezinkulungwane zezinhlobo zasolwandle.
- “It’s in such a delicate part of the reef and the ship is in such a badly damaged state, managing this process will require all the specialist expertise we can bring to bear,”.
- “One of the most worrying aspects is that the ship is still moving on the reef to the action of the seas, which is doing further damage”.
