Umphathi oyintloko we-MSC Cruises uPierfrancesco Vago uye wavuma isidingo sengxoxo-mpikiswano ebanzi kushishino malunga nokuthunyelwa kwemipu kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa emva kohlaselo lwangoMgqibelo lwepirate kwi-MSC Melody.
Inqanawa ye-35,000 gt, enabagibeli abangama-991 kunye nabasebenzi abangama-536 ababekhwele, yahlaselwa ngabaqhubi be-180 yeekhilomitha kumantla eSeychelles ngoMgqibelo njengoko yayisiya kwiGulf of Aden.
Abasebenzi benqanawa kunye noonogada babagxotha abaphangi besebenzisa imibhobho yomlilo kwaye, ngokuphikisanayo, imijikelo ephilayo evela kwimipu ekhweliswe ebhodini.
Umnumzana Vago unyanzelise ukuba inkampani iphethe izixhobo kuphela phantsi kweemeko ezingaqhelekanga, echaza ukugcinwa “kwemipu nje embalwa” kwi-MSC Melody kuhlaselo lwamva nje lwaseAfrika.
Ukwavakalise ukuba, ngokuchaseneyo nezinye iingxelo zeendaba, oonogada ababekhwele inqanawa abanakho ukufikelela ngokuzimeleyo kwizixhobo. Iipistoli zazigcinwe kwindawo ekhuselekileyo kwibhulorho kwaye zakhululwa kuphela ngokubona kwenkosi.
Kwangaxeshanye, wavuma ukuba umba ophikisanayo wokuthumela imipu kwiinqanawe zabakhweli, abanye bakholelwa ukuba ziya kukhokelela ekunyukeni kobundlobongela bamasela, kufuneka kuxoxwe ngazo.
Akayi kutsalwa kwiimfanelo okanye ngenye indlela yomgaqo-nkqubo wenkampani kulo mba. “Kukamsinyane emva komsitho ukuba ndivakalise izimvo zam ngoku, nangona ngokuqinisekileyo andicingi ukuba ngekunjani ukubanjwa kwabantu abayi-1,000 XNUMX. Bekuya kuba yintlekele.
"Kodwa kufuneka sihlale phantsi sixoxe ngale nto ngaphakathi, kwaye kufuneka siyixoxe njengeshishini."
Uchaze intlanganiso yeBhunga leenqanawa zaseYurophu kwinyanga ezayo eRome njengendawo efanelekileyo yeentetho ezinjalo.
Ngeli xesha, uMnu Vago uthe i-MSC iza kukhupha iinqanawa zayo kumanzi asempuma Afrika ngoko nangoko. Ukusukela ngoku, uthe, inkampani iza kufikelela eMzantsi Afrika idlula kwiMeditera nasentshona Afrika, ifowunela eMorocco, eSenegal naseNamibia xa isendleleni eya eKapa naseThekwini.
Umnumzana Vago ukwagxininise ukuba inkampani ayithathanga mngcipheko ngokungeyomfuneko kubakhweli bayo.
“Asinakuze sizibeke emngciphekweni ngolo hlobo,” watsho. “Sithengisa iiholide, hayi iiholide.”
Uthe le nkampani isandula ukuguqula iindlela zayo ezimbini zokuya eMzantsi Afrika ngokuchanekileyo ngenxa yokwanda kobuqhetseba kulo mmandla, nasemva kothethathethwano neZiko lezoKhuseleko lwaseLwandle kuphondo lwe-Afrika, eliqhutywa ngu-Eunavfor, kunye noMbutho weHlabathi wezoLwandle.
Indlela entsha yathatha i-MSC Melody kakhulu ukusuka kunxweme lwaseSomalia, yongeza iimayile ezingama-400 kuhambo kwaye inyanzela inqanawa ukuba yehlise izibuko lase-Egypt eSafaga. Ngembuyekezo, i-MSC yongeza umnxeba ngobusuku ePort Victoria eSeychelles. I-MSC Rhapsody ilandele ikhosi efanayo ngo-Matshi ngaphandle kwesiganeko.
Umnumzana Vago ukwancome ukusebenza kakuhle kwenkosi kunye nabasebenzi be-MSC Melody ekuthinteleni intlekele, kunye nokusebenza koonogada bayo abangaphakathi. I-MSC Cruises inekhontrakthi yexesha elide kunye nefemu yokhuseleko yakwa-Israel.
Uthe abaphangi babhengeze ubukho babo malunga ne-1945 hrs GMT ngokujolisa izixhobo ezizenzekelayo zomlilo enqanaweni. Ngokukhawuleza inkosi yayalela iindwendwe kwiikhabhinethi zazo, iyalela ukuba zicime izibane.
Inkosi yaphinda yayalela ukuba imibhobho yomlilo yoxinzelelo oluphezulu iqeqeshwe kwicala elingasemva, indawo ekuphela kwayo enokwenzeka yokufikelela kwi-MSC Melody njengoko isiya ngasentla kwiilwandle ezinzima. Emva kokuba ibhulorho itshatyalalisiwe, wanika oonogada imipu, utshilo uMnu Vago.
Emva koko waqhuba inqanawa emva naphambili ukwenzela ukunyusa impembelelo yamaza, ngelixa abasebenzi basebenzisa imibhobho yomlilo kunye noonogada badubula amaninzi emoyeni.
“[Abaphangi] babemanzi, kumaza amakhulu, phakathi kwayo yonke le ngxushungxushu, emva koko baqonda ukuba sixhobile,” utshilo uMnu Vago. Ndicinga ukuba bothukile yile nto.
Njengoko abahlaseli besimka, i-MSC Melody yasinga empuma izibane zayo zicinyiwe.
Ngokwahlukileyo, inkonzo yocingo ye-AFP icaphule u-Mohamed Muse, owayeyintloko yeqela leepirate, njengekhalaza ngokusilela kwabo ukuthatha inqanawa ngenxa "yezizathu zobugcisa."
“Ukubanjwa kwenqanawa enkulu ngolo hlobo bekuya kubonisa inyathelo elikhulu eliya phambili kubaphangi kunxweme lwaseSomalia, kodwa ngelishwa amaqhinga abo ebelungile kwaye asikwazanga ukukhwela.
“Besingesosihlandlo sokuqala sihlasela olu hlobo lwesikhephe kwaye besikufutshane kakhulu ukuba siyibambe,” utshilo uMnu Muse uxelele i-AFP. “Siyihlambe ngeembumbulu ngenene.”
