UCrystal Symphony kaCrystal Cruise kanye nama-Crystal Serenity cruise liners ashaqwe yiziphathimandla Bahamas ngemuva kokubaleka ngenxa yezikweletu ezinkulu zikaphethiloli ezingakhokhiwe.
Imikhumbi emibili ebibalekile ivalelwe esitokisini ngaseFreeport, ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba.
"Umkhumbi uboshelwe iziphathimandla zendawo ngenxa yezikweletu ezingakhokhiwe, futhi kubi njengoba kuzwakala kuyinto enhle impela ukuthi kwenzeke," kusho ukaputeni weCrystal Symphony ngesikhathi etshela amatilosi akhe ngokuboshwa komkhumbi. .
Ukuquleka “kwakukubi,” kodwa “empeleni bekulindelekile,” kusho ukaputeni, enezela ngokuthi ngeke kuphazamise ukunyakaza kwabasebenzi nganoma iyiphi indlela.
Kwakunabasebenzi kuphela ababegibele ngesikhathi sokuquleka, njengoba amakhulu abagibeli ayekade ehle emikhunjini eBimini, okuyindawo eseduze kakhulu Bahamas ezweni lase-US.
Umqhubi wemikhumbi okhathazekile, ICrystal Cruises, ithe ngeke ikwazi ukuphawula “ezindabeni zomthetho ezisalindile njengamanje” ngesikhathi ibuzwa ngokuboshwa kwephephandaba iThe Insider.
Le nkampani yavele yathi bobabili abagibeli bemikhumbi sebeluqedile uhambo lwabo futhi nabasebenzi ababegibele “banakekelwa” futhi sebekhokhelwe ngokugcwele.
ICrystal Symphony bekumele ime eMiami ngoJanuwari 22 ngemuva kohambo lwezinsuku eziyi-14 eCaribbean. Kodwa umkhumbi wachezuka endleleni yawo wabhekisa amabombo eBimini ukuze ugweme incwadi egunyaza ukuboshwa kwe-US.
Ngasekuqaleni kukaFebhuwari, iCrystal Serenity nayo yangena eBahamas ngemuva kokunqatshelwa ukungena e-Aruba.
Ijaji laseMelika phambilini lalikhiphe umyalelo wokuthi kuthathwe imikhumbi ngemuva kwecala elifakwe yiPeninsula Petroleum Far East ngokumelene nabaqhubi bayo, ICrystal Cruises kanye ne-Star Cruises, ephethwe yiGenting Hong Kong Ltd.
Le nkampani yathi iGenting Hong Kong iyikweleta u-$4.6 wezigidi zezindleko zikaphethiloli ezingakhokhiwe, kanti u-$1.2 wezigidi kule samba ubhekise ekusebenzeni kweCrystal Symphony.
ICrystal Cruises yamemezela ngoJanuwari ukuthi izohlehlisa zonke izikebhe zasolwandle kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-Ephreli "ngenxa yesimo sebhizinisi esikhona kanye nentuthuko yakamuva nenkampani yethu yabazali, iGenting Hong Kong."
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “The ship has been placed under arrest by the local authorities over some unpaid bills, and as bad as it sounds it's actually quite a good thing to happen,” the captain on the Crystal Symphony said while informing his sailors about the detention of the vessel.
- There were only crew members aboard during the seizures, as hundreds of passengers had earlier disembarked the ships in Bimini, which is the closest point in the Bahamas to the mainland US.
- Crystal Symphony and the Crystal Serenity cruise liners were seized by the authorities in the Bahamas after being on the run due to massive unpaid fuel bills.
