Njengempendulo kumhlaba oqhubekayo i-coronavirus ukubheduka, I-Hurtigruten, umzila omkhulu wokuhamba ngomkhumbi emhlabeni, uzokwandisa ukumiswa okwesikhashana kokusebenza kusuka esigxotsheni kuya esigxotsheni.
Lesi simo sithinta cishe wonke umuntu ngandlela thile. I-Hurtigruten iyathinteka. Lokhu kungukuhlehla kithina, emiphakathini yasendaweni esisebenza nayo kanye nezezivakashi zethu. Kepha ukubuyela emuva okwesikhashana, kusho isikhulu esiphezulu seHurtigruten uDaniel Skjeldam.
UHurtigruten akakaze abe namacala aqinisekisiwe noma asolwayo kunoma yimiphi imikhumbi. Kepha ngenxa yesimo esingajwayelekile, uHurtigruten ukwelule ukumiswa okwesikhashana kokusebenza emhlabeni jikelele.
Ngokuthuthuka kwakamuva, kufaka phakathi imingcele nezeluleko zokuhamba zendawo nezomhlaba wonke, uHurtigruten uthathe isinqumo sokunweba isikhathi sokumiswa okwesikhashana:
- Zonke izikebhe zokuhambela eHurtigruten zizomiswa kuze kube uMeyi 12. Ngaphezu kwalolu hambo olukhanseliwe, lokhu kufaka phakathi ukuhamba kwe-MS Fridtjof Nansen eHamburg, eJalimane ngo-Ephreli 29 kanye nokusuka kukaMS Spitsbergen eLongyearbyen Meyi 6.
- Ngaphezu kwalokho, uHurtigruten's Alaska expedition cruise season uzohlehliselwa uJulayi ngenxa yemikhawulo emisha yokuhamba yeziphathimandla zaseCanada. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ukuhamba ngoMeyi 17, Meyi 31, Juni 12, Juni 24 noJulayi 1 MS Roald Amundsen Alaska ngeshwa kuzokhanselwa.
- Ukusebenza ogwini lwaseNorway kuzomiswa kuze kube nguMeyi 20. Kusukela manje, uhambo lokuqala lokuhlelela uhambo lokuya nokubuya eBergen luzoba ngoMeyi 21.
Ngokuvumelana noMnyango Wezokuthutha waseNorway, uHurtigruten uthumele imikhumbi emibili esimisweni esichitshiyelwe sasekhaya. I-MS Richard With ne-MS Vesterålen esanda kwenziwa ngcono iletha izimpahla nezimpahla ezibucayi emiphakathini yasendaweni yaseNorway ehlaselwe kakhulu yimikhawulo yezokuvakasha.
Ukubona imikhumbi yethu ilele isikhathi eside esikhundleni sokuhlola kunzima. Lezi yizikhathi ezingavamile nezingokomzwelo kulo lonke iqembu leHurtigruten. Kodwa ngikholwa ngokuqinile ukuthi ukuphela kwesinqumo esinesibopho enhlekeleleni engajwayelekile umhlaba obhekene nayo njengamanje, kusho uSkjeldam.
Ayikho into ebesingayithanda ukwedlula ukwamukela izivakashi zethu zibuye zizohlola umhlaba nathi ngokushesha lapho isimo sikuvumela lokho. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uHurtigruten kanye nabahloli bamazwe bethu bazoshaya phansi ngonyawo lonwabu ngokushesha nje lapho siqala ukusebenza - siqala uhambo oluguqula impilo ngawo wonke umehluko weHurtigruten, kusho uSkjeldam.
