I-Holland America Line Imaka iminyaka engu-150 eRotterdam

I-flagship ye-Holland America Line i-Rotterdam ifike e-Port of Rotterdam, e-Netherlands, namhlanje ekuseni kulandela ukuwela uMgubho Weminyaka eyi-150 eyasuka e-Fort Lauderdale, eFlorida, ngo-April 3. Ukufika komkhumbi ngosuku oluqondile lokuzalwa lwe-Holland America Line lweminyaka eyi-150 luqale usuku lonke. imigubho ebihlanganisa abasebukhosini, izicukuthwane zendawo, izikhulu zechweba kanye nezihambeli ebezikhumbula lolu suku olukhethekile.

UMongameli we-Holland America Line u-Gus Antorcha ujoyinwe yi-Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet yase-Netherlands, iMeya yase-Rotterdam u-Ahmed Aboutaleb kanye nenzalo yabasunguli bokuqala be-Holland America Line emcimbini owawuse-Hotel New York, ikhaya lekomkhulu lokuqala le-Holland America Line kusukela ngo-1901 kuya ku-1977.
“Umgubho weminyaka engu-150 cishe ungaphezu komlando wethu, umayelana nendlela esakhela ngayo phezu kwefa lomkhiqizo osezingeni eliphezulu ukulenza libe wusizo kule minyaka engu-150 ezayo,” kusho u-Antorcha. “Kusukela ngalezo zinsuku zokuqala, sakha idumela lethu ekunakekeleni kwethu wonke umuntu ogibelayo. Futhi phakathi namashumi eminyaka, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lowo muntu uyisifiki, umpetha ezimbonini, isosha noma isivakashi, ngamunye wabo wayephathwa njengokungathi uyisivakashi emzini wethu. Kusewuphawu lomkhiqizo wethu.
“Indwangu yomlando yalukwa ngezigidigidi zezindaba, futhi enhliziyweni yalezo zindaba umuntu,” kuqhuba u-Antorcha. “Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ziningi izahluko ezisazobhalwa. Futhi ngithemba ukuthi emashumini eminyaka kusukela manje, labo abeza ngemva kwethu bazohlangana khona kanye kule ndawo e-Hotel New York ukuze babelane ngazo.”

Kusukela ekufikeni komkhumbi ngokuhlala ubusuku bonke, izikhathi ezikhumbulekayo zaziphawula ingqopha-mlando. Ngaphakathi kwegumbi elake laqoqa imithwalo yabokufika ekuqaleni kwawo-1900, i-Holland America Line yethule insimbi yesikhumbuzo Yokugubha iminyaka engu-150 ezokhonjiswa unomphela e-Hotel New York. U-Royal Highness Princess Margriet uthele i-champagne phezu kwensimbi, okuyisiko lase-Holland America Line ngokuvamile eligcinelwe ukwethulwa komkhumbi omusha.

I-Holland America Line isebenze eduze ne-PostNL, ihhovisi leposi lase-Netherlands, ukuklama isitembu segolide sokugubha iminyaka engu-150 esavezwa u-Bob van Ierland, umqondisi weposi, e-Netherlands, emcimbini. Isitembu, esiklanywe uFrank Janse, sinomfanekiso wemikhumbi emibili eyisakhiwo sodumo evela emlandweni omude wenkampani: i-Rotterdam VII, umkhumbi omusha we-Holland America Line, kanye ne-Rotterdam I, umkhumbi wayo wokuqala. Isitembu sohlobo olukhawulelwe siyatholakala ukuze sithengwe kulo lonke elase-Netherlands.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, amalungu omunye wemindeni yabasunguli be-Holland America Line athule isabelo senkampani sangempela esizogcinwa njengengxenye yeqoqo elikhethekile ku-Rotterdam City Archives. Abahambele umcimbi we-Hotel New York bahlanganisa amalungu eqembu le-Holland America Line kanye nabaseMariners abaphezulu abangaphezu kuka-60, izihambeli ezihambe okungenani izinsuku ezingu-1,400 emikhunjini yolayini.

Ngemva kwesidlo sakusihlwa seGala ebhodini i-Rotterdam VII, u-Antorcha umeme izihambeli zomkhumbi ephathini ezungeze i-Lido Pool lapho enze khona ithosi emcimbini wesikhumbuzo se-Holland America Line kanye noCaptain Bas van Dreumel womkhumbi kanye no-Mai Elmar, umqondisi omkhulu we-Cruise Port Rotterdam kanye ne-madrina yomkhumbi. “Kubakhi, abadwebi bezakhiwo, ababonisi bemibono nabahloli bamazwe abasilethe namuhla. Ezizukulwaneni zethu zabasebenzi ababone izivakashi zethu ukusuka ogwini kuye ogwini. Futhi okubaluleke kakhulu, kubo bonke abagibeli nezihambeli ezisithembile endleleni. Sijabule ngeminyaka engu-150 neminye eminingi ezayo,” kuthobisa u-Antorcha.

Njengesiphetho semicimbi yakusihlwa, idolobha lase-Erasmus Bridge lase-Rotterdam lakhanyiswa ngesibonisi esikhethekile sokuhlonipha Umgubho Weminyaka eyi-150 we-Holland America Line. Ngemva kokukhanyiswa kwebhuloho, u-Antorcha walibangisa e-Amsterdam, e-Netherlands, futhi wajoyina i-Zuiderdam nezivakashi ze-Grand World Voyage ezungeze i-Lido Pool ukuzokhumbula usuku lokuzalwa lwe-Holland America Line. Imikhumbi eyengeziwe eyisishiyagalolunye emikhumbi ye-Holland America Line iphinde yabamba amaphathi okugubha usuku lwesikhumbuzo ezivakashini.