I-Costa Crociere igubhe ukwethulwa kobuchwepheshe kwe-flagship entsha i-Costa Smeralda endaweni yemikhumbi yase-Meyer e-Turku, e-Finland.
Ngesikhathi somcimbi, umkhumbi uthinte ulwandle okokuqala ngqa. Lo mgubho, owabona ukubamba iqhaza kwabaphathi abaphezulu beCosta Cruises kanye nezindawo zemikhumbi zaseMeyer, kulandele umthetho olandelwayo osungulwe isiko lasolwandle, ngokukhukhula komcengezi lapho umkhumbi usuthathe khona isimo ezinyangeni zamuva.
Ukwethulwa kobuchwepheshe kwe-Costa Smeralda I-Costa Smeralda, ezongena enkonzweni kusukela ngo-Okthoba 2019, kuzoba umkhumbi wokuqala wase-Costa oxhaswe yigesi yemvelo ewuketshezi (Lng), uphethiloli wezinsalela ezihlanzekile kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Ukusetshenziswa kwayo kumelela ukuguqulwa kwemvelo okuzokwenza ngcono izinga lomoya, cishe kugwenywe ngokuphelele ukukhishwa kwezinhlayiya ze-particle nama-sulfur oxides, olwandle nasechwebeni.
I-Lng izophinde yehlise i-nitrogen oxide kanye nokukhishwa kwe-CO2. Ngale ndlela i-Costa Smeralda kanye newele layo, elizolethwa ngo-2021, lizofaka isandla ekufinyeleleni izinjongo zokusimama ezibekwe yi-Costa Crociere kanye ne-Carnival Corporation & plc, ezihlinzeka ngokunciphisa ngo-25% ku-carbon footprint ngo-2020.
“Kungesasasa elikhulu ukuthi sigubhe umzuzu obaluleke kangaka,” kusho uNeil Palomba, umphathi jikelele weCosta Crociere. “I-Costa Smeralda imele ukuqanjwa okuhle kwemakethe yamazwe ngamazwe kanye nesinyathelo esibalulekile ekuchazeni izindinganiso ezintsha zawo wonke umkhakha. Kungumkhumbi wesizukulwane esisha futhi kuzoba ukuhlonipha okuhle kakhulu kwe-Italy kanye nokwenza kwethu okuhle. Yakhelwe ngothando nokunaka imininingwane ukuze inikeze okuhlangenwe nakho kweholide engingasoze ngakukhohlwa.”
Igama lomkhumbi likhumbuza enye yezindawo ezinhle kakhulu zokuvakasha eSardinia. Amagama amabhuloho nezindawo zomphakathi anikezelwe ezindaweni ezidumile nezikwele e-Italy.
I-Costa Smeralda izophinde ibe nomnyuziyamu wayo, i-CoDe - Costa Design Museum, enikezelwe ebuhleni bomklamo wase-Italy. “Ukuklama nokwakha i-Costa Smeralda kanye nozakwabo base-Costa Crociere kuyinto ejabulisayo,” kuphawula u-Jan Meyer, oyi-CEO yeNdawo yemikhumbi yaseMeyer eTurku. "Ngikholwa ukuthi kuzoba umkhumbi oyingqayizivele futhi oqanjwe kabusha, ngokombono wobunjiniyela kanye nesakhiwo, ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi izivakashi zizothokozela zonke izinto ezikhangayo nezinkonzo ezikhona."
Ukwethulwa kobuchwepheshe yisikhathi lapho umkhumbi ufinyelela isici sawo semvelo, amanzi. Ukwakhiwa kuzoqhubeka nesigaba sokugcina sokufakwa kwangaphakathi ». Umkhumbi ongudade, nawo owakhiwe endaweni yemikhumbi yase-Meyer e-Turku, uhlelelwe u-2021. I-Costa Smeralda debut ihlelelwe u-Okthoba20, 2019.
