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Umgangatho wamanzi wePanama Canal uya kuncipha ngakumbi
2023-11-30 15:05:00
Ukuze kuthotywe ifuthe lembalela emandla, iPanama Canal Authority (ACP) isandula ukuhlaziya umyalelo wayo wothintelo lokuhambisa. Inani leenqanawa zemihla ngemihla ezidlula kulo mjelo mkhulu worhwebo lwaselwandle kwihlabathi liphela liya kuncitshiswa ukusuka kuma-32 ukuya kwiinqanawa ezingama-31 ukuqala ngoNovemba.
Ngenxa yokuba kunyaka ozayo kuya kubalela ngakumbi, kusenokubakho ezinye izithintelo.
Imbalela yomjelo iya iqatsela.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezedlulileyo, i-ACP yathi njengoko ingxaki yokunqongophala kwamanzi ayizange incitshiswe, i-arhente "yafumanisa ukuba kuyimfuneko ukuphumeza uhlengahlengiso olongezelelweyo, kwaye imimiselo emitsha iya kuphunyezwa ukususela ngoNovemba 1." Iimeko zembalela kulindeleke ukuba ziqhubele phambili kulo nyaka uzayo.
Iingcali ezininzi zilumkise ngelithi urhwebo lwaselwandle lungaphazamiseka xa kujongwe imbalela enkulu kulo nyaka uzayo. Ikholelwa ukuba ixesha elomileyo lasePanama lingaqala kwangoko. Amaqondo obushushu angaphezulu kunomndilili anokunyusa umphunga, abangele amanqanaba amanzi asondele kumaqondo asezantsi ngo-Epreli wonyaka ozayo.
Ixesha lemvula ePanama lihlala liqala ngoMeyi kwaye lihlala kude kube nguDisemba. Nangona kunjalo, namhlanje ixesha lemvula lifike emva kwexesha kakhulu kwaye imvula ibina manqaphanqapha.
Abalawuli beCanal bakhe bathi iPanama iya kuba nembalela rhoqo emva kweminyaka emihlanu okanye njalo. Ngoku kubonakala kusenzeka rhoqo emva kweminyaka emithathu. Imbalela ekhoyo ngoku ePanama ngowona nyaka wembalela ukusukela oko kwaqaliswa iirekhodi ngo-1950.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, uVazquez, umlawuli wePanama Canal Authority, uthe kudliwanondlebe neentatheli ukuba izithintelo zendlela zingakhokelela kwilahleko ye-US $ 200 yezigidi kwingeniso yomjelo. UVazquez uthe kwixesha elidlulileyo, ukunqongophala kwamanzi kumjelo kwenzeka rhoqo emva kweminyaka emihlanu okanye emithandathu, nto leyo yayiyinto eqhelekileyo yemozulu.
Imbalela yalo nyaka iqatsele, yaye njengoko imozulu isiya iqatsela, ukunqongophala kwamanzi kwiPanama Canal kunokuba yinto eqhelekileyo.
Nciphisa umthamo wokuthumela kwakhona
Kungekudala, i-Reuters ibike ukuba i-ACP iphumeze inani lezithintelo zokuhamba kwiinyanga zakutshanje ukugcina amanzi, kubandakanywa nokunciphisa idrafti yeenqanawa ukusuka kwi-15 yeemitha ukuya kwi-13 yeemitha kunye nokulawula umthamo wokuhambisa imihla ngemihla.
Ngokuqhelekileyo, umthamo oqhelekileyo wokuthuthwa kwemihla ngemihla unokufikelela kwiinqanawa ze-36.
Ukunqanda ukulibaziseka kweenqanawa kunye nemigca emide, i-ACP iya kubonelela ngeethayimthebhile ezintsha zePanamax kunye nezitshixo zePanamax ukuvumela abathengi ukuba bahlengahlengise iindlela zabo zokuhamba.
Ngaphambi koku, iPanama Canal Authority yachaza ukuba ngenxa yembalela enzima, ebangele ukuhla okukhulu kwamanzi, amanyathelo okulondoloza amanzi amkelwa ekupheleni kukaJulayi kwaye kuya kuthintela okwethutyana ukuhamba kweenqanawa zePanamax ukusuka ngo-Agasti 8. ukuya ku-Agasti 21. Inani leenqanawa ngosuku lehla ukusuka kwi-32 ukuya kwi-14.
Ayisiyiyo loo nto kuphela, iPanama Canal Authority icinga ukwandisa izithintelo zendlela ukuya kutsho ngoSeptemba kulo nyaka uzayo.
Kuyaqondwa ukuba i-United States lilizwe elisebenzisa iPanama Canal rhoqo, kwaye malunga ne-40% yempahla yeebhokisi kufuneka idlule kwiPanama Canal minyaka le.
Ngoku, nangona kunjalo, njengoko kuya kusiba nzima ukuba iinqanawa zidlule kwiPanama Canal zisiya kuNxweme oluseMpuma lwase-US, abanye abarhwebi banokucinga ngokuphinda basebenzise iSuez Canal.
Kodwa kwamanye amachweba, ukutshintshela kwi-Suez Canal kunokongeza i-7 kwiintsuku ze-14 kwixesha lokuthumela.