I-LONDON-Kuqala inqanawa yaxela ukuba ihlaselwe emanzini asuka eSweden. Yandula ke yahamba ngaphandle kwengxaki ibonakala inqumla kwenye yezona ndlela zixakekileyo zeenqanawa ehlabathini. Kwaye emva koko yathi shwaka. ULwandle lweArctic, inqanawa yempahla eneflegi yaseMalta, bekufanele ifike eAlgeria nemithwalo yayo yamaplanga ngo-Agasti 4. Ngaphezu kweveki kamva, akukho mqondiso wenqanawa okanye abasebenzi bayo baseRashiya.
I-piracy iqhume kunxweme lwaseSomalia engekho mthethweni - kodwa ngaba le nto iphantse ibe yinto engaqhelekanga yokuphangwa kolwandle emanzini aseYurophu?
"Ukuba esi sisenzo solwaphulo-mthetho, kubonakala ngathi silandela imodeli entsha yeshishini," ingcali yezobuntlola zaseLwandle uGraeme Gibbon-Brooks uxelele iSky News ngoLwesithathu.
Umongameli waseRussia uDmitry Medvedev uyalele umphathiswa wezokhuselo welizwe ngolwesiThathu ukuba athathe "onke amanyathelo ayimfuneko" okufumana inqanawa yempahla elahlekileyo kwaye, ukuba kuyimfuneko, ukukhulula abasebenzi bayo, utshilo uKremlin. Abafazi nezinye izalamane zabasebenzi balapho babongoza urhulumente waseRashiya ukuba aphumeze iphulo lokuhlangula, esebenzisa zonke iinkonzo ezikhethekileyo zaseRashiya.
Imfihlakalo yaqala ngoJulayi 24, xa abasebenzi be-15 be-Arctic Sea bathi baboshwe kwaye babethwa liqela lamadoda angama-10 akhwela inqanawa esuka kwisiqithi saseSweden saseOland. La madoda azigqubutheleyo azichaze njengamapolisa- kodwa amapolisa aseSweden athi ebengakhange akhangele iinqanawa kule ndawo.
Umphandi wamapolisa aseSweden u-Ingemar Isaksson uthe abasebenzi emva koko bathi la madoda ashiye inqanawa kwiiyure ezili-12 kamva ngesikhephe esinesantya esiphezulu.
“Sasibhideke kakhulu ukuqala kwethu ukuva ngale nto,” utshilo u-Isaksson ngoko. Andizange ndive nantoni na enje emanzini aseSweden.
NgoJulayi 28, uLwandle lweArctic lwaqhagamshelana nabaphathi baselwandle baseBritani njengoko lwaludlula kwiEnglish Channel exakekileyo. Inqanawa yenza ingxelo yesiqhelo, enyanzelekileyo - ixela ukuba bangoobani, basuka phi, bayaphi kwaye yintoni imithwalo yabo. Kubonakala ngathi yinto eqhelekileyo, utshilo uMark Clark we-Arhente yaseBritane yaseMaritime kunye neCoastguard.
Uthe i-arhente "inomdla kakhulu" malunga nokuba kwenzeke ntoni enqanaweni.
“Iyamangalisa,” watsho. "Akukho mlindi wonxweme endimaziyo onokukhumbula into enje yenzeka."
Indawo eyabonwa kuyo inqanawa ngokulandelayo akuqinisekwanga. Iingxelo zeendaba zaseRashiya zithi uqhagamshelwano lokugqibela lwalukwi-30 kaJulayi xa inqanawa yayikwi-Bay of Biscay, kwaye yabonwa kamva yinqwelomoya yasePortugal, kodwa kwakungekho qhagamshelwano.
Kodwa isithethi saManzi asePutukezi uJoao Barbosa uthe "sinokuqinisekisa ukuba inqanawa ayikho kumanzi asePortugal kwaye ayizange idlule kumanzi asePortugal."
Umthwalo wathunyelwa ngumthengisi weenkuni waseFinnish i-Rets Timber, kwaye ixabisa i-1.3 yezigidi ze-euro (i-1.84 yezigidi zeedola), inkampani yathi.
“Asazi ukuba iphi na inqanawa,” umlawuli olawulayo wenkampani uKari Naumanen uxelele i-AP eHelsinki.
Iingcali zixhalabile kakhulu malunga nenqanawa kunye nabasebenzi, kodwa kwangaxeshanye bayakulumkela ukunyamalala kubaphangi abaxhobileyo.
UPottengal Mukundan, umalathisi weInternational Maritime Bureau eseLondon uthi: “Akukhange kubekho zihlaselo kumanzi aseYurophu. “Ayisiyondawo apho abaphangi banokufumana lula ukusebenza kuyo.”
U-Nick Davis, umphathi oyintloko we-Merchant Maritime Warfare Centre, uxelele i-BBC ukuba ukuba kukho into eyenzekayo kwinqanawa, imithwalo yayiza kufunyanwa.
“Ndirhanela kakhulu ukuba le yingxabano yorhwebo kunye nomnini wayo kunye nomntu wesithathu kwaye bagqibe kwelokuba bathathele ezandleni zabo lo mba,” utshilo uLwesithathu.
Uhlaselo lwabaphangi kunxweme lwaseSomalia olungenamthetho sisiganeko esiqheleke kakhulu. AmaPirates aqalise uhlaselo olungaphezulu kwe-100 kulo nyaka kwiGulf of Aden, enye yezona ndawo zixakekileyo kwiinqanawa zehlabathi, kwaye kungoku nje zibambe malunga neshumi elinesibini lenqanawa.
