- I-Carnival Cruise Line izokhansela uhambo lomkhumbi lwe-Glory oluhlelelwe ukuhamba ngoSepthemba 12.
- ICarnival Glory izohlalisa abasebenzi basesibhedlela abangafika ku-2,600, abaphenduli bokuqala kanye nabanye abasebenzi bezimo eziphuthumayo.
- I-Carnival Cruise Line ihlela ukuqala kabusha ukusebenza kwayo ukusuka eNew Orleans ngoSepthemba 19.
ICarnival Cruise Line imemezele namuhla ukuthi inesivumelwano nedolobha laseNew Orleans kanye neFederal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) sokuhlinzeka ngeCarnival Glory yabaphenduli bokuqala izindlu kuze kube uSepthemba 18.
Okuhlobene nalesi simemezelo, i-Carnival izokhansela uhambo luka-Glory oluhlelelwe ukuhamba ngo-September 12 futhi izohlela ukuqala kabusha ukusebenza kwayo kwezivakashi nge-Carnival Glory kusukela eNew Orleans ngeSonto, ngo-September 19. I-Carnival yayisivele ikukhanselile ukusuka ngo-September 5 ukuya e-Carnival Glory.
Inkazimulo yeCarnival ifike echwebeni laseNew Orleans ngoLwesihlanu futhi yahlolwa i-US Coast Guard edingekayo. Umkhumbi waqala ukuhlinzeka ngokudla, amanzi nezinto zokwakha ukuze ulungiselele abasebenzi basesibhedlela abangafika ku-2,600, abaphenduli bokuqala, abasebenzi basemadolobheni nabasizayo kanye nabanye abezimo eziphuthumayo ukuthi bajoyine umkhumbi. Umkhumbi uzohlala ethekwini futhi usebenze njengezindlu eziphuthumayo zabasebenzi abaphambili ababambe iqhaza ngqo ekubuyiselweni kwengqalasizinda yedolobha kanye nezidingo zokunakekelwa kwempilo.
"Nakuba sifuna ukuhlinzeka idolobha laseNew Orleans ngokuthuthukiswa komnotho ngokuqala kabusha ukusebenza kwezivakashi, sifuna ukuhlinzeka ngosizo olubalulekile lwezindlu ukuze sibhekane nezidingo eziphuthumayo kanye nokubuyisela amandla esifundeni," kusho uChristine Duffy, umongameli we I-Carnival Cruise Line. "Siyakwazisa ukuqonda kwezivakashi zethu, esaziyo ukuthi zithanda iNew Orleans njengoba senza."
Kwengezwe uBrandy D. Christian, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO Port NOLA kanye ne-CEO ye-New Orleans Public Belt Railroad. “I-Port NOLA iyakuthokozela ukuthunyelwa kweCarnival kweCarnival Glory eNew Orleans. Amakamelo akhe azohlalisa abaphenduli bokuqala abasebenza ngokuzikhandla kanye nabasebenzi ababalulekile abasebenza emizamweni yokulungisa isimo sezulu esifundeni sethu. I-Port NOLA, i-Federal, state, kanye ne-ejensi ebambisene nabo bendawo bonke basekela labo ababuyisela ngokushesha ingqalasizinda ebalulekile edolobheni futhi basize ukuhambisa impahla futhi. "
