Ibhodi yabaKhomishinala baseCanaveral Port Authority (CPA) ithathe inyathelo lokugqibela namhlanje kwaye ivotele ngamxhelo mnye ukuba yamkele imiqathango yesivumelwano sexesha elide kunye KwiCarnival Cruise Line, ivula indlela yokuba iCarnival igoduke eyona nqanawa yayo intsha nenkulu ePort Canaveral.
“Ndichulumancile kakhulu ngesi sahluko silandelayo sePort Canaveral, kwaye ndiyazingca kakhulu ngeqela lobunkokeli beBhayi, abasebenzi kunye namahlakani ethu okukhenketha athe asizise kule ndawo sikuyo namhlanje. Ukuzibophelela kweCarnival kwiZibuko lethu kunye namashumi eminyaka emininzi isebenza apha kukunika imbeko kuluntu lwethu lonke lweZibuko,” utshilo uWayne Justice, uSihlalo, weBhodi yabaKhomishinala baseCanaveral Port.
Isivumelwano esitsha sokusebenza, esiqala ngomhla woku-1 kweyoMsintsi ngowama-2018 size sithabathel’ indawo isivumelwano seminyaka emithandathu esikhoyo esimiselwe ukuphela kulo nyaka uzayo, sibonelela ngekota yeprayimari yeminyaka engama-25 eneenketho ezine ezongezelelweyo zokuhlaziya iminyaka emihlanu. Phantsi kwemiqathango yesivumelwano, ubuncinci besiqinisekiso sonyaka seCarnival sinyuka ukusuka kumrhumo omiselweyo wezigidi ezisisi-7 zeedola ukuya kwi-14.5 yezigidi zeedola ngezinyusi zonyaka.
“Esi sivumelwano sisiganeko esibalulekileyo kushishino lokuhamba ngenqanawa eZibukweni kwaye siyimpumelelo ephambili kuqoqosho lwale ngingqi iphela. Intsebenziswano yethu neCarnival iqhubekile ikhula kule minyaka idlulileyo ngenxa yempahla yoluntu, ukuzibophelela kwethu kwinkonzo, kunye nogxininiso olungagungqiyo ekugcineni amandla ethu emali kutyalo-mali kwikamva leZibuko,” utshilo uTom Weinberg, unobhala/uNondyebo, waseCanaveral Port Authority. Ibhodi yabaKhomishinala.
I-Canaveral Port Authority kunye neCarnival Cruise Line iya kutyala imali ekwakhiweni nasekuxhobiseni indawo entsha enemigangatho emibini eyi-185,000-sq. Itheminali ukuhlalisa inqanawe yeCarnival Cruise Line engekabizi gama-toni ezi-180,000, eyenziwe ngobuchwephesha beCarnival Corporation yeqonga loyilo le-LNG “lohambo oluluhlaza” lokuyila. Inqanawa entsha yokuhamba ngenqanawa iya kuba ne-5,286 yomthamo osezantsi webhedi enomthamo omkhulu malunga neendwendwe ezingama-6,500.
“Esi sivumelwano siya kuba nenzuzo ehlala ihleli kwiPort kunye neCarnival Cruise Line,” utshilo uKapteni John Murray Port CEO. "Siyavuya, sonwabile, kwaye sinelunda ngokungena kwesi sizukulwana sitsha sobudlelwane obukhethekileyo neCarnival Corporation."
“Ngendawo yayo efanelekileyo, izibonelelo ezibalaseleyo kunye nabasebenzi abanobubele, iPort Canaveral yenye yezona zikhululo zethu zidumileyo nezikhula ngokukhawuleza kwaye siyakuvuyela ukuzisa le nqanawa inomdla, yohlobo olunye kwi-Space Coast ngo-2020, ” utshilo uChristine Duffy, umongameli weCarnival Cruise Line.
“Owona mba uchulumancisayo, kwaye isizathu sokuba i-terminal entsha iyimfuneko, kukuba olu didi lutsha lwenqanawa - elona likhulu kwezakha zakhelwa iCarnival Cruise Line - liza kuba likhaya ePort Canaveral xa liziswa ngo-2020. inokuthwala ukuya kuthi ga kwi-6,500 abakhweli iya kuba yinqanawa yokuqala yokuhamba ngenqanawa eqhutywa yi-LNG eseMntla Melika, utshilo uKapteni Murray.
Ukwakhiwa kwetheminali entsha ye-CT-3, kunye nendawo yokupaka ephakamileyo emeleneyo ukuze ikwazi ukumelana nezithuthi eziphantse zibe li-1,800, kunye nesikhululo seenqwelomoya esinxulumeneyo, uphuculo lwendlela nokufikelela kuya kuxabisa i-150 lezigidi zeerandi – kuqikelelwa ukuba yeyona projekthi inkulu kwimbali yeZibuko. Itheminali entsha icwangciselwe ukugqitywa ngoJuni ka-2020.
Ukufika kwenqanawa entsha yeCarnival ngo-2020 kuya kuphawula iminyaka engama-30 iCarnival Cruise Line isuka ePort Canaveral, eyona inde kuwo onke amaqabane ePort.
