Izinkampani ezine ezinkulu zemikhumbi sezimemezele ukuthi ziyakumisa ukudlula oLwandle Olubomvu olubalulekile ekuhwebeni komhlaba wonke ngenxa yokuhlaselwa kwemikhumbi.
Ukungabaza kwakamuva kwezinkampani zemikhumbi emhlabeni wonke ukuhamba ngeSuez Canal kuzothinta ukuhweba kweChina-Europe futhi kube nengcindezi ezindlekweni zokusebenza kwamabhizinisi nhlangothi zombili, kusho ochwepheshe nabaphathi bebhizinisi ngoLwesibili.
Ngenxa yokukhathazeka kwezokuphepha okuhlobene nomsebenzi wabo wokuthutha esifundeni soLwandle Olubomvu, umzila oyinhloko wokungena nokuphuma e-Suez Canal, amaqembu amaningana okuthumela imikhumbi, njenge-Denmark's Maersk Line, i-Hapag-Lloyd AG yaseJalimane kanye ne-CMA CGM SA yaseFrance, asanda kumemezela. ukumiswa kohambo lwemikhumbi endaweni kanye nokulungiswa kwemishwalense yasolwandle.
Lapho imikhumbi ethwala impahla igwema i-Suez Canal futhi esikhundleni salokho izulazula emaphethelweni aseningizimu-ntshonalanga ye-Afrika - iCape of Good Hope - kusho ukukhuphuka kwezindleko zokuhamba, ubude besikhathi sokuthumela kanye nokubambezeleka okuhambisanayo ezikhathini zokulethwa.
Ngenxa yesidingo sokuzungeza i-Cape of Good Hope ukuze kuthunyelwe izimpahla eziya e-Europe nase-Mediterranean, uhambo lwamanje oluya ngendlela eyodwa oluya e-Europe lunwetshwa ngezinsuku eziyi-10. Ngaleso sikhathi, izikhathi zokuhamba ezibheke eMedithera ziyakhula, zifinyelele cishe ezinsukwini eziyi-17 kuye kweziyi-18 ezengeziwe.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Dec-29-2023