“Yeyona nto ihlekisayo endakha ndeva ngayo”

I-WASHINGTON-Amagosa aseburhulumenteni asebenzela ukugqiba umthetho ocetywayo osongela ukutshintsha kakhulu iindlela zohambo lweenqanawa zamanye amazwe, ezinjengezo ziqhutywa yiCarnival Cruise Lines, iRoyal Caribbean nabanye, ngokufuna ukuhlala ixesha elide kwizibuko.

Olu tshintsho lucetywayo luya kufuna ukuhlala iiyure ezingama-48, endaweni yotyelelo lwesiqhelo lweeyure ezine ukuya kwezili-12, kumazibuko angaphandle okutsalela umnxeba, okunokwenzeka ukunciphisa inani lokumisa ngexesha lohambo lweveki okanye ngaphantsi.

Ijolise ekuncedeni iinqanawa ezineflegi yase-US eziqhutywa yiNorwegian Cruise Lines yaseMelika kwiihambo zaseHawaii zikhuphisana nemizila yokuhamba ngenqanawa eneflegi yangaphandle esuka eCalifornia. Phantse zonke iinqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa ezisebenza ukusuka kumazibuko ase-US zibhaliswe kumazwe angaphandle ukuphepha iindleko zokuhlangabezana nemigangatho yabasebenzi base-US, impilo, ukhuseleko kunye nokusingqongileyo.

Kodwa impembelelo inokuba nefuthe elibanzi, ukuhamba ngenqanawa ukusuka e-US ukuya eAlaska, eCanada, eNew England nakwamanye eCaribbean, ngokutsho kwabagxeki.

Abakhenkethi abahamba ngeenqanawa banokufumana iinkampani ezinikezela ngeendlela ezilinganiselweyo kunye nohambo oluncinci lweentsuku ezintathu nezine.

“Yeyona nto ihlekisayo endakha ndeva ngayo,” watsho uSusan Aft, umongameli weDiscount Travel and Cruise eAtlanta. Akukho mntu ufuna ukuhlala kwezinye zezi zibuko (zangaphandle) ixesha elide."

Olu tshintsho luya kuba sisohlwayo, utshilo uKurt J. Nagle, umongameli weAmerican Association of Port Authorities.

"Ukuba isetyenziswe ngokufanayo kulo lonke elase-United States ... imigaqo ingajika imakethi yokuhamba ngenqanawa yase-US entloko, ekhokelela ekuphulukaneni namawaka emisebenzi kwiindawo zamazibuko," utshilo.

Kodwa igqiza leCongress yaseHawaii, amagosa aselwandle kunye nemibutho yabasebenzi kunye nabanye bayawuxhasa lo mgaqo ucetywayo. Bathe iinqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa ezineflegi yangaphandle zisiya eHawaii zibaleka umthetho wangoku ngokumisa kancinci, ngamanye amaxesha iyure kuphela, eMexico, ngaphambi kokuba babuyele kwizibuko zabo zaseCalifornia.

“Aba bantu abawuthobeli umthetho, kwaye bakwenza ngokuphandle,” watsho uRep. Neil Abercrombie, wase-D-Hawaii, umthetheleli owomeleleyo woshishino lwaselwandle lwase-US. Abandwendweli izibuko lokwenyani.

Kodwa amanye amagosa anyuliweyo, abameli bezokhenketho kunye nemigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa eneflegi yangaphandle bayasigxeka isindululo somthetho. Bathe inokuqhuba iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kude kwamanye amazibuko ase-US kwaye inyanzelise imigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuba yehlise uhambo olufutshane kwiishedyuli zabo.

"IFlorida yayiza kulahlekelwa izibuko zokuhamba ngeenqanawa e-Fort Lauderdale, eMiami kwaye yayiza kuphelisa zonke iifowuni kwi-Key West," watsho uFlorida Gov. Charlie Crist.

UJames P. Walsh, igqwetha elimele i-Holland America Line, i-Princess Cruise Line kunye ne-Carnival Cruise Lines, uthe iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa kuya kufuneka zitshintshe zonke iindlela zohambo ukuhlangabezana nomgaqo ocetywayo.

"Umzekelo, iinqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa ezifowuna okwethutyana kumazibuko aseAlaska kuya kufuneka zifudukele eVancouver, eBritish Columbia, kwaye kude neSeattle," utshilo uWalsh, owaqikelela impembelelo yezoqoqosho yeHolland America eSeattle kwiidola ezingama-400 ezigidi ngo-2006.

Utshintsho lomthetho, olucetywayo nguCustoms kunye noKhuseleko lweBorder, luya kufuna uninzi lweenqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa ezibiza ngaphezulu kwezibuko elinye laseMelika ukuba zihlale iiyure ezingama-48 kumazibuko angaphandle xa kuthelekiswa nokumisa okufutshane abakwenzayo phantsi komgaqo okhoyo.

Iinqanawa nazo kuya kufuneka zichithe ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sexesha lazo kumazibuko angaphandle kwaye abakhweli kufuneka banikwe ithuba lokuya elunxwemeni.

Njengoko kucetyiwe, lo mgaqo unokukhokelela ekuhlaleni okufutshane kumazibuko ase-US okanye uwalahle kuluhlu lohambo ngokupheleleyo.

UGlen Vereb, umphathi wezothutho ojongene neshishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa, uthe ngaphezulu kwe-1,000 leempendulo malunga nesindululo somthetho ezifunyenweyo ngexesha leentsuku ezingama-30 zamagqabaza. Umgaqo wokugqibela unokwamkelwa nanini na.

UVereb uthe injongo yolu tshintsho lucetywayo kukuxhasa injongo yomthetho wangoku ukukhusela iinqanawa ezineflegi yase-US “kangangoko kunokwenzeka.”

Kodwa iarhente ibiqhubeka ngononophelo, utshilo uVereb.

“Asifuni kulijikela phantsi lonke ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa,” utshilo. “Siwuvile lo myalezo ukhwaza kwaye ucacile yile nto siza kuyenza esi siphakamiso, ukuba asitshintshwanga okanye asilungiswanga.”

Yiloo nto i-shishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa, amagosa karhulumente kunye nasekhaya, abasemagunyeni bezibuko kunye nabanye abaninzi abalumkisayo.

"Ukuthobela umgaqo onjalo, iRoyal Caribbean Cruises Limited iya kufuneka ihlengahlengise iindlela zayo, ibeke iinqanawa kumazwe angaphandle endaweni yamachweba ase-US, isuse ixesha kwizibuko zase-US kwaye ithathe indawo yeefowuni zase-US kunye namachweba angaphandle," kusho uBradley H. Stein, jikelele. ingcebiso kumgca wokukhenketha.

Kodwa amagosa aselwandle athi utshintsho luyimfuneko ukukhusela iinqanawa ezimbini zaseNorway ezisebenza kwiZiqithi zaseHawaii. Zizo kuphela iinqanawa zase-US ezihamba ngenqanawa ezisebenza kwinkonzo yaselwandle.

Umlawuli wezolwandle wase-US uSean T. Connaughton uthe ukuziqhelanisa nokuhamba ngenqanawa ngoku sele kunyanzele umNorwegian ukuba alahle inqanawa enye esuka kwindawo yobhaliso lweenqanawa zase-US kwaye useluphelweni lokwenza okufanayo nezinye ezimbini.

"Iinqanawa ezimbini eziseleyo zase-US, ezimele imisebenzi eyongezelelweyo ye-1,700 yase-US yasemanzini kunye nengqesho ecaleni konxweme, kufuneka ikhuthazwe ukuba ihlale kwirejista yase-US," kusho uConnaughton.

ISebe lezoRhwebo lwaseLwandle le-AFL-CIO lithe umdla weenqanawa zamazwe angaphandle akufuneki uvuzwe “ngokuphepha ngabom” imfuneko yomthetho yokufowunela izibuko langaphandle.

U-Alan T. Yamamoto, usekela mongameli wemisebenzi yaseNorway yaseHawaii, uthe uhambo lwenqanawa lutyale imali eyi-1.3 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwiinqanawa zalo kwaye ukusukela ngo-2004, inkampani ilahlekelwe ngaphezulu kwe-250 yezigidi zeedola kwimisebenzi yayo, ngokuyintloko ngenxa yokhuphiswano lwangaphandle lwexabiso eliphantsi elivela kwi. Kwinxweme LASENTSHONA.

"Ukhuphiswano lwangaphandle olungenabulungisa lubeka isoyikiso esisondeleyo kwiinqanawa eziseleyo ze-US-flag ezisebenza kurhwebo lwaseHawaii," watsho.

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