IVancouver ithatha i-18 yezigidi zeedola ngenqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa eCarnival ukuya eSeattle

I-Carnival Cruise Lines isusa ukusebenza kwenqanawa ye-Alaska ukusuka eVancouver ukuya eSeattle kulo nyaka uzayo, inyathelo ekulindeleke ukuba lithethe ilahleko yezoqoqosho yonyaka ye-18 yezigidi zeedola ukuya eVancouver.

"Oku kuthetha ukulahleka kweenqanawa ezilithoba eziphuma eVancouver," uGreg Wirtz, umphathi wezorhwebo nophuhliso lwePort of Vancouver, utshilo kudliwanondlebe ngoMvulo.

“Ukuhamba ngesikhephe ngakunye kugalela malunga nezigidi ezi-2 zeerandi kwimisebenzi yezoqoqosho. Ke iVancouver iza kuphulukana malunga ne-18 yezigidi zeedola.

Inkampani yaseMiami ibhengeze kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba i-2,124-passenger Carnival Spirit - inqanawa yayo kuphela esebenza ngaphandle kweVancouver - iya kusebenza ukusuka eSeattle ukuqala ngo-2010 ukusuka ngoMeyi 11 ukuya kwi-31 Aug.

Isithethi seCarnival uVance Gulliksen uthe kudliwanondlebe ukuba le nqanawa ihlala izisa abakhweli abangama-23,000 eVancouver, eya kuthi ibone ukunduluka esixekweni kwehla ukusuka kwiihambo ezili-10 kulo nyaka ukuya kunyaka olandelayo.

Wathi iyonke 17 iveki Alaska cruises ziya kusebenza ukusuka Seattle kwaye izibuko iminxeba kolu hambo ziquka Skagway, Juneau kunye Ketchikan e Alaska kwaye, okokuqala, Victoria.

Ngaphambi kokuqala kwenkqubo entsha, iCarnival Spirit iya kuqhuba iihambo ezimbini ezikhethekileyo - uhambo lweentsuku ezintandathu Ngaphakathi lokuhamba ukusuka eVancouver ukuya eSeattle ukusuka ngoMeyi 5, 2010 kunye neentsuku ezisixhenxe zeGlacier Bay ngenqanawa ukusuka eSeattle ukuya eVancouver Septemba. , 7.

UGulliksen uthe kwi-imeyile kamva ukuba utshintsho luthetha iindlela ezingabizi kakhulu kubathengi babo.

"I-Seattle imele enye izibuko yasekhaya yaseMntla Melika enomdla kuthi eya kuthi iphucule indawo yethu ekhokelayo kwishishini ekuboneleleni iindwendwe zethu ngeyona ndlela ibanzi yokhetho lwasekhaya lwaseMntla Melika.

“Olu hambo lutsha luza kubonelela iindwendwe zethu ezifuna ukuthuthwa ngenqwelomoya ngeendlela ezifanelekileyo zomoya kunye neendleko zomoya eziphantsi kakhulu. Iza kuvumela iindwendwe zethu kwezinye iindawo zentshona ye-US kunye neCanada ukuba ziqhubele eSeattle, zenza ukuba uhambo lwethu lweAlaska lufikeleleke ngakumbi. ”

UWirtz uthe uqoqosho sesona sizathu sotshintsho.

“Imeko yezoqoqosho idale iimeko [apho] iindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa zigxalathelana kwaye zenza izinto ebebengenakuzenza. Iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa eVancouver zithande ukuba yimveliso ephezulu, kuba zinemihlathi evulekileyo. [Oko kuthetha ukuba] abathengi bathatha uhambo lwendlela enye, ukusuka phakathi kweVancouver neAlaska, okanye phakathi kweAlaska neVancouver. Abakhweli bahlawula inqwelo-moya ukuya eVancouver [okanye eAlaska] baze bathabathe uhambo ngenqanawa. Zonke iinqanawa zaseSeattle ziihambo ezijikelezayo. ”

UWirtz uthe ukubeka phantsi imali yokuhamba ngenqanawa kwindawo ephezulu ayiyongxaki, kodwa ngenxa yokudodobala koqoqosho, "bancinci kakhulu abakhweli [abaphezulu] abahambayo kwaye kukho isaphulelo esingaphezulu esiqhubekayo."

Uthe kuya kuba lula kwaye kungabizi kakhulu kubakhenkethi baseMelika ukuphuma eSeattle.

"Kwaye kuya kuba lula kubantu abenza iinqwelomoya ngqo ekhaya."

Wongeze ukuba i-Victoria yeCarnival Spirit's stop ayizukusondela ukwenza umahluko kwilahleko yeVancouver.

UWirtz uthe kukho malunga neefowuni ezingama-270 zokuhamba ngenqanawa eVancouver ngonyaka. UMoya weCarnival ukwayinqanawa yobukhulu obuphakathi, wongeze watsho.

UWirtz uthe akayazi enye imigca yokuhamba ngenqanawa ecwangcisa intshukumo efanayo, nangona kwiiveki ezintandathu ezidlulileyo iRoyal Caribbean Cruise Lines yabhengeza ukuba inqanawa yayo iSerenade yeeLwandle - ngoku eseVancouver - iya kufuduselwa kwiCaribbean.