URuby Princess umke eGalveston ngale mvakwemini kuhambo lweentsuku ezili-11 oluya eMexico nakwiCaribbean, luphawula uhambo lokuqala lukaPrincess Cruises olusuka eTexas kwiminyaka emithandathu.
Ukuhamba namhlanje kukuqala kokuhamba ngeenqanawa ezili-16 ukusuka eGalveston kwishedyuli yasebusika yaseRuby Princess ebandakanya uhambo lweentsuku ezintlanu ukuya kwezili-11 kunye neentsuku ezimbini ze-16, ulwandle ukuya elwandle lwePanama Canal phakathi kweGalveston kunye neSan Francisco.
Kuqikelelwa ukuba uRuby Princess uya kuthwala abakhweli abangaphezulu kwama-50,000 ukusuka eGalveston ngexesha layo lasebusika/entwasahlobo ka-2022-23, iindwendwe ezininzi zikhetha ukuhlala ngaphambi okanye emva kokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuze zijonge isixeko esiyimbali solwandle.
Ukuphawula ukubuya kweNkosazana eGalveston, uMongameli weNkosazana uJohn Padgett uye wabamba utshintshiselwano lwesiqhelo lwaselwandle kunye noMlawuli waseGalveston Port uRodger Rees ngaphambi kokuba ahambe.
"IGalveston lizibuko elibalulekileyo lePrincess Cruises, kwaye ibonelela ngendlela enika umdla nekulula ukufikelela kuyo kwizigidi zabantu abahlala kumazantsi-ntshona e-US ukonwabela ezona holide zihambayo ziphawulwe yinkonzo yethu yePrincess MedallionClass," utshilo uPadgett. "Siyayibulela inkxaso yePort of Galveston kunye noluntu olukhulu lwaseGalveston ngokunceda ukwenza olu suku lube nokwenzeka."
URees wongeze wathi, “Ukuhamba ngenqanawa ukusuka eGalveston akuzange kube ngcono. Ukongeza iRuby Princess yodidi lokuqala kwishedyuli yethu yokuhamba ngeenqanawa, kunye neendlela zayo ezinomtsalane, inika abathengi bethu abahamba ngenqanawa elinye amava amangalisayo okuhamba ngesikhephe. Olu hambo lulongezelelo oluhle kumazibuko wethu wangoku wokufowuna. Njengechweba lesine elidumileyo lasekhaya e-US, siyavuya ukwamkela le nqanawa intle yaseGalveston. ”
I-113,561-toni i-Ruby Princess ibonelela iindwendwe ngezinto ezininzi ezingaphakathi ezibandakanya phantse iikhabhalkhoni ezingama-900, kunye ne-spa enobutofotofo, uluhlu olumnandi lokutyela, ulonwabo olumangalisayo, iiphuli ezine kunye neehektare zedesika ezineplanga yetek yokutshisa ilanga kunye nokuphumla. .
Inqanawa enabagibeli abangama-3,080 inedekhi yabakhweli abayi-19 kwaye iindwendwe zikhonzwa ngamalungu e-1,100 yabasebenzi.
