Ungqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett usemukele isiphakamiso sikaKaputeni uJohnny Faevelen, oyingcweti yomkhumbi omkhulukazi emhlabeni wonke, i-Harmony of the Seas, sokubandakanya abasebenzi emikhunjini yohambo ukuze basize ekukhuthazeni indawo ukuze kuhehwe abagibeli abengeziwe esiqhingini.
Umkhumbi othwala abantu abaningi abangaba ngu-6,780 kanye nabasebenzi abangu-2300, wethulwa ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ezedlule yiRoyal Caribbean futhi wenza ukuvakasha kwawo kokuqala e-Falmouth ngoLwesibili 22 November 2016. Emcimbini wokwamukela owamukelekile, uKaputeni Faevelen waphakamisa kakhulu ukuthi kuyilapho kufanele kugxilwe kubagibeli abasebenzi “bangabantu okufanele ubanakekele kakhulu.”
Uveze ukuthi ngabasebenzi abasize ukukhangisa izindawo ezahlukene kubagibeli, okuyikhona okubazisa isinqumo sokwehla emikhunjini ukuze bazibonele. Uthe yibona abatshela izihambeli ngezindawo ezahlukene kanye nokuphathwa kahle ngabantu abasemhlabeni emachwebeni ahlukene ahlonishwe ngendlela abasiqhakambisa ngayo lesi siqhingi.
“Amalungu ezisebenzi angamakhasimende athembeke kunawo wonke eninawo,” esho, eqinisekisa ukuthi “abantu abathembeke kakhulu yilabo ababuya njalo amasonto ngomkhumbi, hhayi izinyanga ezimbili, hhayi izinyanga ezine kodwa izinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili zomkhumbi. unyaka futhi siyayithanda iJamaica. Siyabuthanda ubungane, injabulo, isimo sengqondo 'somuntu ongenankinga'; siyayithanda iJamaica,” kusho uCaptain Faevelen.
Egcizelela leli phuzu, uNgqongqoshe uBartlett uthe “uKaputeni wasinika isengezo esithakazelisa kakhulu emnyombweni wokuxhumana okubalulekile ebesazi ukuthi ukhona ngaphambili kodwa empeleni akukaqashwa ngendlela uKaputeni enze ngayo namuhla, ukuthi Iqembu liyindawo yakho yokuqala yokuxhumana nesivakashi esifika lapho uya khona.”
Ugunyaze iqiniso lokuthi “iningi lalezi zivakashi, ngenkathi zisemkhunjini, zithola imizwa yazo ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo, zithola isifiso sazo ngendawo okuyiwa kuyo, zithole ukukhangwa kwazo lapho ziya khona ngenxa yezinkulumo nezitatimende zabasebenzi kanye ne indlela le ndawo ethulwa ngayo yibona.”
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wengeze ngokuthi “sithatha isiqondiso asinikeze sona futhi sizozama ukuxoxisana nabasebenzi ngendlela enamasu. Ngifuna ukunxusa abantu baseJamaica ukuthi nomaphi lapho ubona khona ilungu leqembu, uliphathe kahle kakhulu ngoba lelo yindawo yakho yokuqala yokuxhumana lapho uya khona.”
UNgqongqoshe uBartlett ugcizelele ukuthi ukuhamba ngomkhumbi kwakuyingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu yezokuvakasha ezihlinzekwa yi-Destination Jamaica futhi ukubambisana neRoyal Caribbean kwakubaluleke kakhulu, okwaholela ekusungulweni kwe-Falmouth njengechweba elikhulu kunazo zonke e-Caribbean. Lokhu kuthuthukiswa uthe kwenze ukuthi ezokuvakasha ngomkhumbi "zikhuphukele phezulu" njengoba kufike abantu abayizigidi eziyi-1.2 ngonyaka owedlule eFalmouth kuphela ngenkathi iMontego Bay ne-Ocho Rios babelana ngama-500,000.
“Kulo nyaka, kuze kube manje, sikuphokophele ekuhlosweni; empeleni singamaphesenti angu-9 ngaphezu konyaka odlule futhi imali engenayo nayo ikhulile. Isikhathi sikaJanuwari kuya kuSepthemba 2016 sinyuke ngo-9.6% isibalo sabagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi, ngabagibeli abangu-1,223,608 abarekhodiwe, uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule,” echaza.
“Siqophe imali etholwa ngabagibeli abahamba ngomkhumbi elinganiselwa ezigidini ezi-US$111, isuka ku-$98.3 million ngesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule,” kudalula uMnu. Bartlett.
Eminye imikhumbi emibili yaseRoyal Caribbean, okuyi-Oasis of the Seas kanye ne-Allure of the Seas isivele ifika e-Falmouth kanti uKaputeni Faevelen uthe umkhumbi wesine, ongakaqanjwa igama, ubusalungiswa futhi kulindeleke ukuthi uze lapha ngemuva kokuthi usuqashiwe.
Ekwamukeleni i-Harmony of the Seas, waphawula ukuthi yayijoyina imikhumbi yodadewabo futhi i-Jamaica yayijabule ngokuba indawo e-Caribbean ukuze ibe nenjabulo yokwamukela imikhumbi emithathu emikhulukazi emhlabeni. “Ngakho-ke sijabule ngokubambisana okuqhubekayo kanye nobudlelwano neRoyal Caribbean nokubona ukukhula okuqhubekayo. Ukuba nayo yomithathu imikhumbi emikhulu eza lapha kubaluleke kakhulu futhi kuzothuthukisa ukukhula kwemboni yaseJamaica kanye nokwandisa iCaribbean,” kusho yena.
UMnu. Bartlett unikeze isiqinisekiso sokuthi “sizibophezele ekwakheni ulwazi oludingwa izivakashi ngomkhumbi,” wengeza, “sizinikele ekuqinisekiseni indawo ephephile, engenazihibe futhi evikelekile.”
Ngenxa yalokho, “besilokhu sitshala imali ngaleyo ndlela; ozakwethu i-Port Authority yase-Jamaica kanye ne-UDC (I-Urban Development Corporation) bebelokhu besebenzisana ukuze bakhe ulwazi lobuciko oluzokwenza hhayi kuphela abantu abangaphezu kuka-8000, okuhlanganisa nabasebenzi, abeza e-Harmony of the Seas ukuze bajabule ngasechwebeni. kodwa ukwazi ukusakaza kulo lonke idolobha laseFalmouth futhi uzuze emasikweni abantu.”
