Umzi mveliso weenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa uvumile ngemithetho emitsha yezokhuseleko eyenza ukuba kube lula ukufumanisa ukuba ngubani onkqonkqoza emnyango wekhabhathi.
Umthetho osayilwayo ogunyazisa i-peepholes kunye ne-latches yokhuseleko yeekhabini zabakhweli iphumelele ukuxhaswa yi-Cruise Lines International Association kule veki, isivumelwano esinqabileyo esivela kumzi mveliso esaziwa ngokuchasa imigaqo emitsha evela eWashington.
"Luphuhliso oluyimbali," utshilo uKendall Carver, umongameli wamaxhoba oLwandle ngenqanawa, umgxeki ophambili weerekhodi zokhuselo lwelwandle.
Ngelixa ii-peepholes kunye ne-latches ziqhelekile kwiihotele, izixhobo azikho mgangatho kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa. Ukuvala lo msantsa kwaba yinto ephambili kwabagxeki bokuhamba ngenqanawa emva kothotho lokupapashwa okwaziwayo kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho kwizikhephe zolwandle kule minyaka idlulileyo.
Abasekeli bemizi-mveliso babonakalise impikiswano njengokuphendula okungaphaya, besithi iindawo ezizimeleyo zenqanawa zikhuseleke kakhulu kuneehotele kunye nezinye iindlela zeholide.
Kodwa uSen.John Kerry, D-Mass., Utyhalele imithetho engqingqwa yezokhuseleko kwiinqanawa ezihlala zisebenza kumazibuko ase-US kodwa zibhaliswe kwamanye amazwe.
Kwileta eyayisiya kuKerry, uTerry Dale, umongameli weFort Lauderdale-based cruise lines association, naye wavuma isibonelelo kumthetho oyilwayo ofuna ukuba abaqhubi ukuba baxele ngokukhawuleza ulwaphulo-mthetho olubi olwenzeka kwiinqanawa, baqeqeshe abasebenzi bezonyango kwiimviwo zokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo kwaye bagcine ilogo yezehlo ezincinci ezinje ngobusela.
Kodwa uDale wayixhasa inkxaso yakhe ku-Kerry elahla elinye ilungiselelo lebhili yakhe eyayiza kuvumela iintsapho zamaxhoba okufa ngenqanawa ngenqanawa ukuba zimangalele abaqhubi ngeentlungu kunye nokubandezeleka. Umthetho wangoku wokubabhengeza uyabavumela ukuba bamangalele umvuzo olahlekileyo kunye neendleko zomngcwabo ngesehlo esenzeka kwiilwandle eziphakamileyo. Iofisi kaKerry ayinakuthetha emva kwemini yangoLwesibini ukuba le ndlu yeeNgwevu iyakuvuma na ukuvumelana.
Umthetho oxhaswe nguKerry ngenqanawa yokuKhusela iinqanawa kunye noKhuseleko ka-2009 uza kuzisa utshintsho kwiikhabhathi zabakhweli abaninzi. Uyilo lomthetho osayilwayo lufuna imingxunya yokungena kuzo zonke iinqanawa esele zikho kunye neewotshi zokhuseleko kwiinqanawa ezakhiwe emva kokuba umthetho uqalile ukusebenza.
I-Carnival Corp., umqhubi wenqanawa ngobukhulu emhlabeni, sele enemingxunya yokungena emnyango, njengoko kunjalo neRoyal Caribbean, eyona mbangi yayo inkulu, abameli beendaba ngoLwesibini.
IRoyal Caribbean ithe iingcango zayo azinazo ii-latches, ngelixa isithethi seCarnival besingakwazi ukunika impendulo eqinisekileyo ngoLwesibini emva kwemini. INorway Cruise Line ineengcango zeminyango kodwa hayi iipepholes, utshilo isithethi.
UStewart Chiron, oqhuba iwebhusayithi ethi cruiseguy.com, uwuchithile umthetho ocetywayo, esithi awuqwalaseli oonobangela beziganeko ezininzi zeenqanawa: abakhweli abanxilileyo abawela ezinqanaweni kunye nokunxulumana nabasebenzi kude neendawo ezijongwe ziinqanawa.
“Akukho nasinye kwezi ziganeko sisiphumo sokungabinayo lemiqathango yokhuseleko,” utshilo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Kwileta eyayisiya kuKerry, uTerry Dale, umongameli weFort Lauderdale-based cruise lines association, naye wavuma isibonelelo kumthetho oyilwayo ofuna ukuba abaqhubi ukuba baxele ngokukhawuleza ulwaphulo-mthetho olubi olwenzeka kwiinqanawa, baqeqeshe abasebenzi bezonyango kwiimviwo zokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo kwaye bagcine ilogo yezehlo ezincinci ezinje ngobusela.
- Umthetho osayilwayo ogunyazisa i-peepholes kunye ne-latches yokhuseleko yeekhabini zabakhweli iphumelele ukuxhaswa yi-Cruise Lines International Association kule veki, isivumelwano esinqabileyo esivela kumzi mveliso esaziwa ngokuchasa imigaqo emitsha evela eWashington.
- Closing that gap became a top priority of cruise line critics after a series of well-publicized disappearances and crimes on ocean liners in recent years.
