Izinkampani ezine ezinkulu zokuthutha imikhumbi sezimemezele kakade ukuthi ziyayimisa indlela yokudlula oLwandle Olubomvu ebalulekile ekuhwebeni komhlaba wonke ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kokuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi.
Ukungabaza kwakamuva kwezinkampani zemikhumbi zomhlaba wonke ukudlula eSuez Canal kuzothinta ukuhweba phakathi kweShayina neYurophu futhi kufake ingcindezi ezindleleni zokusebenza kwamabhizinisi kuzo zombili izinhlangothi, kusho ochwepheshe kanye nabaphathi bebhizinisi ngoLwesibili.
Ngenxa yokukhathazeka ngokuphepha okuhlobene nokusebenza kwabo kwemikhumbi esifundeni saseLwandle Olubomvu, okuyindlela ebalulekile yokungena nokuphuma eSuez Canal, amaqembu amaningana emikhumbi, njengeMaersk Line yaseDenmark, iHapag-Lloyd AG yaseJalimane kanye neCMA CGM SA yaseFrance, muva nje amemezele ukumiswa kohambo lwemikhumbi kule ndawo kanye nokulungiswa kwezinqubomgomo zomshuwalense wasolwandle.
Uma imikhumbi yezimpahla igwema iSuez Canal bese idlula endaweni yayo izungeze ingxenye eseningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Afrika — iCape of Good Hope — kusho ukwanda kwezindleko zokuhamba ngomkhumbi, isikhathi eside sokuthunyelwa kanye nokubambezeleka okuhambisanayo ezikhathini zokulethwa.
Ngenxa yesidingo sokuzungeza iCape of Good Hope ukuze kuthunyelwe izimpahla eziya eYurophu naseMedithera, isilinganiso samanje sohambo oluya eYurophu siyandiswa ngezinsuku eziyi-10. Okwamanje, izikhathi zohambo eziya eMedithera ziyanda kakhulu, zifinyelela cishe ezinsukwini eziyi-17 kuya kweziyi-18 ezengeziwe.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba-29-2023