"Olu lusuku lokubhiyozela iFerries del Caribe njengoko siba ngabokuqala kwihlabathi ukufaka iivenkilana zokulawula umda kwinqanawa yabakhweli," utshilo uNéstor González García, uMongameli weFerries del Caribe.
Namhlanje, isikhululo seenqwelomoya iVancouver International Airport (YVR) Innovative Travel Solutions (ITS) kunye neFerries del Caribe babhiyozela ukufakelwa kweendawo ezimbini zeBorderXpress ezazisemkhombeni wenqanawa, iMV Kydon. Oku kuphawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo kwishishini njengoko iFerries del Caribe iba ngumqhubi wenqanawa wokuqala emhlabeni ukufaka ii-kiosks zokulawula umda ngaphakathi kwinqanawa okanye kwisikhephe.
Isibhengezo sanamhlanje silandela inkqubo yokulingwa kweenyanga ezintlanu kusetyenziswa iiBossoXpress Automated Passport Control (APC) kiosks. Inkqubo yokulinga ibonakalise ukusebenza kwe-BorderXpress kiosks ekukhawuleziseni ukwenziwa kwabakhweli, ngelixa ikwaphucula amava abakhweli ngokubanzi ngokwenza lula nokwenza lula inkqubo yokucoca umda ngaphandle kokubeka esichengeni ukhuseleko.
"Namhlanje luphawu lomsitho obalulekileyo kwishishini leenqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa, kwaye siyazingca ngokuba umgca wethu weeBorderXpress zokuzenzela iivenkile zikhethwe njengenxalenye yolu shishino kuqala," utshilo uChris Gilliland, uMlawuli we-ITS, iVancouver Airport Authority. "Nokuba zenziwa phi na, ii-BorderXpress kiosks zenza ukuba amagosa okungena kwamanye amazwe akwazi ukuqhubekeka abakhweli ngaphezulu ngeyure, ukunciphisa amaxesha okulinda abakhweli kunye neendleko zokusebenza ngokubanzi, kunye nokukhulula amagosa emida ukuba agxile kukhuseleko, ubuntlola kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwemisebenzi."
I-MV Kydon yaseFerries del Caribe ibonelela ngeenkonzo ukusuka eSanto Domingo kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseDominican ukuya eSan Juan, ePuerto Rico. Ii-BorderXpress kiosks zinokusetyenziswa ngabemi base-US, abahlali baseMelika abasisigxina, abemi baseCanada, abahambi abasebenzisa i-ESTA (iNkqubo yokuNqanda iVisa), kunye nabahambi abangena nge-B1 / B2 okanye i-D visa.
"Kuyasivuyisa ukusebenzisana ne-Innovative Travel Solutions ukumilisela ii-BorderXpress kiosks, ezisivumela ukuba siphucule inkqubo yethu yokucoca umda kwaye siqinisekise ukuba abakhweli bethu banamava amnandi kwaye angenamthungo kuhambo lwabo nathi," wongeze watsho uGarcia.
Umahluko omkhulu phakathi kweendawo zokulawula umda ezifakwe kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya kunye neenqanawa zabakhweli kukuba iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zinokunxibelelana ngesathelayithi kunye neVLAN ekhuselekileyo yonxibelelwano lwekhiyoski. Abakhweli abasebenzisa iBorderXpress bagqibezela isibhengezo sesiko labo kwiscreen kwaye baskene ipasipoti yabo kwivenkilana ethi ithumele ulwazi lwabo olufihliweyo kwiarhente yolawulo lwemida ebuyisela impendulo kurhulumente ngemizuzwana. Irisithi emva koko ishicilelwa kwivenkilana leyo umhambi ayisa kummeli weenkonzo zomda oqinisekisa uxwebhu kwaye enze imvume yokugqibela yokuvumela umhambi angene kweli lizwe.
“KwiYVR, izinto ezintsha ngundoqo kwimpumelelo yethu. Siyaqhubeka nokuzisa ubuchwepheshe bethu kwintengiso ukunceda ukuphucula amava abakhweli, nokuba kungokuhamba ngenqwelomoya okanye ukuhamba elwandle, ”utshilo uGilliland.
Ngaphezulu kwe-1,300 BorderXpress kiosks ngoku zisetyenziswa kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sama-39 nakwiindawo eziselunxwemeni. Ukusukela nge-Disemba ka-2017, ii-BorderXpress kiosks ziye zasebenza ngaphezulu kwesigidi se-160 sabahambi ngeelwimi ezingama-36.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- This marks a milestone for the industry as Ferries del Caribe becomes the first-ever cruise operator in the world to install border control kiosks onboard a cruise ship or ferry.
- A receipt is then printed from the kiosk which the traveller takes to a border services agent who verifies the document and makes the final approval to allow a traveller into the country.
- "Olu lusuku lokubhiyozela iFerries del Caribe njengoko siba ngabokuqala kwihlabathi ukufaka iivenkilana zokulawula umda kwinqanawa yabakhweli," utshilo uNéstor González García, uMongameli weFerries del Caribe.
