Itheminali entsha yomkhumbi wokuhamba ngomkhumbi izovulwa e-Charleston

Columbia, SC - Isikhulu esiphezulu seSouth Carolina State Ports Authority uthe ngoLwesine ucele abaklami bezakhiwo ukuthi balethe iziphakamiso zokuklama kwesikhumulo esisha sabagibeli ngomkhumbi esizovulwa kungakapheli iminyaka emibili eCharleston.

"Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kuhle kuCharleston, futhi kuhle echwebeni," kusho uJim Newsome, umongameli wePorts Authority kanye ne-CEO, esitatimendeni sezindaba. "Sizibophezele ngokuqinile ukuphatha ibhizinisi lethu lokuhamba ngomkhumbi ngendlela evikela futhi ivikele lowo mlingiswa."

NgoFebhuwari, i-Ports Authority yethula izinhlelo zayo zokuvuselela isakhiwo esivele sisetshenziswa yi-BMW ekusebenzeni kwayo njengesikhumulo semikhumbi esizovala isikhala sesakhiwo esidala esicishe sibe ngu-40. Lesi sakhiwo sinendawo yokupaka nokwehlisa abagibeli, sigwema ukuthuka okwenzeka ngezinye izikhathi lapho kufika imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi.

Ngaphandle kwetheminali enegumbi elilodwa, icebo lamahektha angu-63 endaweni engaseceleni kwamanzi lidinga ukufinyelela kwamanzi omphakathi okwengeziwe, okuvumela umuntu ukuthi ahambe cishe amamayela amane ehle ngolunye uhlangothi lwenhlonhlo yeCharleston akhuphuke ngolunye futhi, ngaphandle kokumbalwa, ahlale ewabona amanzi. .

"Leli yithuba elibaluleke kakhulu lokwakhiwa kabusha endaweni yaseCharleston," kusho uNewsome. "Futhi kuncike ngokuphelele ekuthuthweni kwesikhumulo sabagibeli."

Lena kube yisizini yokuqala yonyaka wonke yokuhamba ngomkhumbi isuka eCharleston. NgoMashi, i-Celebrity Mercury, yaphoqeleka ukuthi ibuye ngaphambi kwesikhathi ohambweni ezintathu eziqondile isuka e-Charleston, ihlaselwe ukuqubuka kokugula kwamathumbu. Ezinyangeni ezimbili kamuva, i-Carnival Fantasy enabagibeli abangu-2,056 yafika edolobheni, yaba umzila wokuqala wokuhamba ngomkhumbi ukuba uzinze unomphela ogwini lwaseNingizimu Carolina.

Ngokocwaningo olujutshwe yiziphathimandla, ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kulo nyaka kuzosho ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-37 emnothweni waseNingizimu Carolina, lapho ezokuvakasha seziyimboni eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama- $ 18.4. Lolu cwaningo luthi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kusekela imisebenzi engama-400 endaweni yaseCharleston ngamaholo namaholo ayizigidi ezingama- $ 16.2 futhi kungenisa imali yentela eyizigidi ezingama- $ 3.5.

Abezemvelo bazwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi imikhumbi eminingi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi eCharleston ingasho ukungcoliswa okwengeziwe kwechweba elinomlando wedolobha, elizobona isibalo semikhumbi engama-67 namakhonteyina neminye imikhumbi engaphezu kuka-2,000 XNUMX kulo nyaka.

Ikhathazekile ngokuthi imikhumbi iletha abantu abaningi ngokushesha okukhulu, okubangela ukuminyana nokungcoliswa komhlaba, iSouth Carolina Coastal Conservation League iphakamise ukuthi izikhulu zigunyaze imithetho efana nokunciphisa imikhumbi yokuhamba ngomkhumbi ukuthi ifike kanye kanye kanye nokuvala isibalo sabagibeli nokuphakama kwemikhumbi. .

“Wonke amanye amabhizinisi asebenza e-Charleston, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ihhotela, indawo yokudlela, inkampani yenqola, noma isitolo sokudayisa, athobela imithetho ebanzi elawula izakhiwo, ubukhulu besakhiwo, izinhlobo zemisebenzi engenzeka, imithelela yethrafikhi kanye ngaphezulu,” uDana Beach, umqondisi omkhulu waleli qembu, ubhale ngoMsombuluko esihlokweni se-op-ed. "Ukuvumela imigqa yokuhamba ngomkhumbi, engasekelwe e-Charleston noma efakwe e-US, ukuthi isebenze ngaphandle kwesijeziso, ngaphandle kohlaka lokulawula kwendawo olusebenza kwamanye amabhizinisi ezentengiselwano, akulungile futhi kungaba yingozi ekusaseni ledolobha lethu."

I-Newsome nabanye bathi imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi ithobela izindinganiso eziqinile zemvelo futhi ayilahli indle echwebeni.

INewsome iphinde yaphawula ukuthi iPorts Authority isisungule umkhandlu wokweluleka nabahlali ezindaweni ezisenkabeni yedolobha eduze kwendawo yokugcina. Izikhulu zinethemba lokuthi lesi sikhumulo esinegumbi elilodwa sizovulwa eminyakeni emibili.