Berlin – Umkhumbi waseJalimane uhlela ukukhipha abagibeli eYemen ubandize ubayise esikhumulweni sezindiza esilandelayo ngoLwesithathu ukugwema ukuhlangana nezigebengu ogwini lwaseSomalia olungenamthetho.
Abanye abashayeli bemikhumbi abaningi bathi ngoLwesibili bebeshintsha noma bekhansela uhambo obeluzothatha amakhasimende adlule eSomalia, njengoba amazwe nezinkampani emhlabeni jikelele bezidingida ukuthi zingabhekana kanjani nobugebengu obudlangile eGulf of Aden.
I-European Union ithe umkhankaso wayo wokulwa nobugebengu uzomisa onogada abahlomile emikhunjini ethwala impahla engcupheni - okokuqala ngqa ukuthunyelwa kwamasosha ngesikhathi kuqhubeka imisebenzi yokulwa nokudlondlobala emanzini emgwaqeni obalulekile wamanzi.
Kepha lokho kuthunyelwa bekungeke kufake imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi, futhi okungenani izinkampani ezimbili seziyishintshile noma ziyikhanselile imizila ebingalethela abagibeli ukuthi bangafinyeleleki kubaphangi.
I-M/S Columbus, ohambweni lokuzungeza umhlaba oluqale e-Italy, izokwehlisa abagibeli bayo abangama-246 ngoLwesithathu ethekwini laseYemeni eHodeidah ngaphambi kokudabula egulf, kusho inkampani yezikebhe yaseHapag-Lloyd.
Abagibeli bazothatha indiza eqashiwe eya e-Dubai futhi bachithe izinsuku ezintathu ehhotela lezinkanyezi ezinhlanu belindele ukujoyina kabusha umkhumbi wamamitha angu-150 (amafidi angu-490) osethekwini lase-Oman eSalalah ohambweni olusele lohambo. Inkampani ezinze eHamburg ibize lolu shintsho ngokuthi "isinyathelo sokuzivikela."
Ubugebengu sebudlangile ngasogwini lwaseSomalia, futhi muva nje abaphangi basolwandle sebeqalile ukukhomba ama-cruise liner kanye nemikhumbi yezentengiselwano. NgoNovemba 30, izigebengu zadubula i-M/S Nautica - i-cruise liner ethwele abagibeli abangu-650 nabasebenzi abangu-400 - kodwa umkhumbi omkhulu wabadlula abahlaseli bawo. Eminye imikhumbi ayizange ibe nenhlanhla kangako.
Abaphangi bahlasele imikhumbi engu-32 baduna engu-12 kuyo kusukela i-NATO yathumela imikhumbi emine esifundeni u-Oct. Imikhumbi esaboshelwa izihlengo ezinkulu ihlanganisa umkhumbi kawoyela waseSaudi othwele izinto ezingahluziwe zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-24 nomkhumbi wase-Ukraine othwele amathangi nezikhali ezinzima.
UHapag-Lloyd uthathe isinqumo sokuphambukela kwabagibeli bakhona ngemuva kokuthi uhulumeni waseJalimane enqabe isicelo senkampani sokuphelezelwa konogada kuleli chweba, kusho umkhulumeli wenkampani uRainer Mueller.
"Ngeke sidabule eGulf of Aden nabagibeli" inqobo nje uma isexwayiso sokuhamba soMnyango Wezangaphandle waseJalimane sisebenza, kusho uMueller.
Omunye osebenza ngomkhumbi waseJalimane ozinze e-Stuttgart, u-Hansa Touristik, ukhansele uhambo obeluzoletha i-M/S Arion eGulf ngomhlaka-27 Disemba, kusho umkhulumeli wenkampani uBirgit Kelern.
Abaqondisi benkampani yesithathu yabahamba ngezikebhe yaseJalimane, i-Plantours & Partner eseBremen, bebehlangene nokaputeni bemikhumbi eVenice, e-Italy ukuze banqume ukuthi baqhubeke nohambo lokunqamula leli chweba. Abagibeli bazofunda ngoLwesithathu ukuthi iM/S Vistamar izohamba yini ngoDisemba 16 njengoba bekuhlelile, kusho okhulumela uMnyango uSandra Marnen.
Isikhulu samasosha ase-US sithe yize ingozi yokuhlaselwa kwezigcwelegcwele ibalulekile, ibingeluleki imikhumbi ukuthi igweme ukudlula kuleli chweba.
"Seluleka yonke imikhumbi ukuthi idlule emhubheni wezimoto wamazwe ngamazwe eGulf of Aden," kusho uLt. Nathan Christensen, okhulumela i-5th Fleet yase-Bahrain ye-US Navy's XNUMXth Fleet, ekhuluma ngephaseji lezokuphepha eligadwe yinhlangano yamazwe ngamazwe kusukela ngo-Agasti. .
Imikhumbi engaba ngu-21,000 ngonyaka - noma engaphezu kuka-50 ngosuku - inqamula iGulf of Aden, exhuma uLwandle iMedithera, iSuez Canal noLwandle Olubomvu noLwandlekazi i-Indian.
Izinxushunxushu ezikhulayo eSomalia empofu, ebingenahulumeni osebenzayo iminyaka ecishe ibe ngamashumi amabili, ivumele ukuvukela umbuso kwamaSulumane ukuthi kudlondlobale ezweni ngesikhathi esifanayo nezigebengu zezikebhe ezisheshayo zihlasela imikhumbi ngasogwini.
I-EU, ngakolunye uhlangothi, yethule umkhankaso wayo wokulwa nokuphanga ezinsukwini ezinhlanu ekuseni ngoLwesibili, ngaphambi kokuthi ithathe izintambo zemikhumbi ye-NATO ngoMsombuluko ozayo. Umkhankaso we-EU uzobandakanya imikhumbi eyisithupha kanye nezindiza ezifika kwezintathu ezigadayo nganoma isiphi isikhathi, futhi uzomisa onogada abahlomile emikhunjini yezimpahla, njengemikhumbi ethutha usizo lokudla oluya eSomalia, ngokusho komkhuzi wamasosha asolwandle aseBrithani ophethe lo mkhankaso.
"Sizofuna ukubeka izivikelo zemikhumbi emikhunjini yeWorld Food Programme ebheke eSomalia," kusho u-Admiral wasemuva waseBrithani uPhilip Jones etshela ingqungquthela yezindaba eBrussels. "Yimikhumbi engcuphe kakhulu kunayo yonke, futhi ukuvimbela okungcono kakhulu kutholakala ngokuba nethimba elinjalo emkhunjini."
Umkhankaso we-NATO wokulwa nobugebengu usize amathani angu-30,000 osizo lwabantu ukuthi afinyelele eSomalia kusukela ngomhla ka-24 Oct.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, cishe eminye imikhumbi yempi eyishumi nambili evela e-US 5th Fleet ezinze e-Bahrain, kanye neyaseNdiya, eRussia naseMalaysia nezinye izizwe iyazulazula kule ndawo.
Umbutho wamasosha asolwandle waseRussia uthe ngoLwesibili uzowushintsha umkhumbi wawo wezempi endaweni ufake omunye.
I-missile frigate i-Neustrashimy - ejutshwe eNorthern Fleet yaseRussia ngemuva kokuba abaphangi basolwandle beshaqe umkhumbi wezikhali wase-Ukraine ngoSepthemba - isize yabhuntshisa okungenani ukuhlasela kwezigcwelegcwele ezimbili. Izohlala ikulesi sifunda kuze kube uDisemba futhi esikhundleni sayo umkhumbi osuka e-Russian Pacific Fleet.
UJones wamukele isicelo esivela eJapan sokunikela ngomkhumbi emishinini ye-EU yonyaka owodwa, okuwumzamo wokuqala we-European Union wezempi wasolwandle, nakuba le nhlangano isiqhube imisebenzi engu-20 yokugcina ukuthula.
IBrithani, iFrance, iGreece, iSweden, iSpain, iBelgium, neNetherlands izonikela okungenani ngemikhumbi yempi eyi-10 nezindiza ezintathu kulo msebenzi, kanti imingcele izungezisa njalo ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu.
