I-Montréal Cruises kunye namaqabane ayo baya kubhiyozela ukufika komkhweli we-Holland-America Line wama-500,000 kulo Mgqibelo kwiPort of Montreal's Grand Quay. Indlela yokuhamba ngenqanawa U-MS Veendam inqanawa yaqala ukutyelela eMontreal ngo-1996. Inkampani yenze i-196 yokukhwela kunye nokwehla e-Montreal ukusuka kwi-1996 ukuya kwi-2018, kubakhweli be-480,750 bebonke. Ngeli xesha lonyaka, iHolland-America Line yongeza iindawo zokumisa ezili-14 eMontréal.

Xa iZaandam ifika Agasti 10th, iya kube ithwele umkhweli we-500,000 we-Holland-America Line. Ukumakisha lo msitho, iMontréal Cruise imema uluntu ukuba luhlanganisane eGrand Quay, apho kucwangciswe imisebenzi emininzi yosapho ukuqala ngo. 11 am Kwangaxeshanye, iindwendwe ziya kuba nakho ukufumana ulwazi malunga neenqanawa zamazwe ngamazwe ezisuka eMontréal naseQuébec City. Umbutho des Croisières du eSaint Laurent iyakubonelela ngeentetho ezintathu ngaphakathi kwetheminali e 11 am, 1 ntambama kwaye 3 ntambama

“IHolland-Umgca waseMelika ibisiza eMontréal iminyaka engama-23. Ndingathanda ukubulela inkampani ngokuthembeka kwayo kunye neengcebiso ezixabisekileyo ezinikileyo malunga noyilo lwetheminali yethu entsha yokuhamba ngenqanawa. Namhlanje, iGrand Quay yenye yeendawo ekufuneka zibonwe yiMontreal kwaye sonwabe kakhulu kukubhiyozela umkhweli we-Holland-America Line wama-500,000 apha, ”utshilo. USylvie Vachon, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO ye-Montréal Port Authority.

“Egameni lokhenketho lwaseMontréal lulonke, sonwabe ngokwenene ukwamkela iinqanawa zaseHolland-America Line, utyelelo lwazo oluphindaphindiweyo negalelo elikhulu kuqoqosho lwasekhaya. Sikwavuyiswa kukuba neendawo zamazibuko akumgangatho wamazwe ngamazwe ukunika umgangatho ophezulu wokwamkela abakhweli nabakhweli ngenqanawa,” utshilo uYves Lalumière, uMongameli kunye neCEO yeTourisme Montréal.