Muva nje, njengoba ichweba laseManzanillo lithintekile emibhikishweni, umgwaqo omkhulu oholela ethekwini ubugcwele isiminyaminya, ubude bemigwaqo engamakhilomitha ambalwa.
Lo mbhikisho udalwe ngabashayeli bamaloli abebekhala ngokuthi side kakhulu isikhathi sokulinda ethekwini kusukela emizuzwini engu-30 kuya kwamahora ama-5, nokudla kungekho ngesikhathi kulayini, abakwazi nokuya endlini yangasese. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, abashayeli bamaloli base bexoxe isikhathi eside namasiko aseManzanillo mayelana nezindaba ezinjalo. Kodwa ayikaxazululwa, okwenza lesi siteleka.
Ethintwe ukuminyana emachwebeni, ukusebenza kwamachweba kuma isikhashana, okuholele ekwandeni kwezikhathi zokulinda kanye nenani lemikhumbi efikayo. Emahoreni ayi-19 edlule, imikhumbi engama-24 ifikile echwebeni. Njengamanje, kunemikhumbi engu-27 esebenza echwebeni, kanti eminye engu-62 kulindeleke ukuthi ifike eManzanillo.
Ngokusho kwedatha yentela, ngo-2022, iPort of Manzanillo izophatha iziqukathi ezingu-3,473,852 20-foot (TEUs), okukhuphuke ngo-3.0% esikhathini esifanayo ngonyaka odlule, lapho i-1,753,626 TEUs iziqukathi ezivela kwamanye amazwe. Phakathi kukaJanuwari no-April kulo nyaka, itheku libone ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwama-TEU angu-458,830 (3.35% ngaphezu kwenkathi efanayo ngo-2022).
Ngenxa yokwanda kwenani lezohwebo eminyakeni yamuva nje, ichweba laseManzanillo seligcwele. Ngonyaka odlule, ichweba kanye nohulumeni wasekhaya bebehlela izinhlelo ezintsha zokuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle.
Ngokombiko we-GRUPO T21, zimbili izinto ezibalulekile ezibangela ukuminyana kwamachweba. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isinqumo seNational Port System Authority ngonyaka odlule sokuqasha indawo engamahektha angama-74 eduze kwedolobha laseJalipa ukuze isetshenziswe njengeyadi lokuqondisa izimoto siholele ekuncipheni kwendawo yesiza lapho izimoto zokuthutha zipakwe khona.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kwa-TIMSA, esebenza echwebeni, enye yamatheminali amane abhekele ukulayishwa nokuthuthwa kwamakhonteyna ibingasebenzi, kanti kuleli sonto kufike “imikhumbi” emithathu ngaphandle kokuhlela, okuholele ekutheni kube nesikhathi eside sokulayisha nokuthulula. Nakuba ichweba ngokwalo selivele lilusukumele lolu daba ngokunyusa amazinga okusebenza.
Isiminyaminya esiqhubekayo echwebeni laseManzanillo sidale ukubambezeleka ekuqashweni kwabantu, njengoba kuthintekile “ukukhokha” kanye nokulethwa kwamakhonteyna.
Nakuba amatheminali aseManzanillo akhiphe izimemezelo ezisho ukuthi amaloli angenayo ayabalwa ukuze kubhekwane nesiminyaminya nokuthi asheshise ukukhishwa kwempahla ngokwelula izikhathi zokuqokwa kwamakhonteyna kuyilapho kwandisa izikhathi zokusebenza (isilinganiso sengezwe amahora angama-60).
Kubikwa ukuthi sekunesikhathi eside le nkinga yomgwaqo ethekwini ikhona, futhi kunolayini omkhulu ongenela etheminali yamakhonteyna. Uma kunesigameko esincane, ukuminyana komgwaqo kuzoba yinsakavukela, futhi ukuqhubeka kokujikeleza kwempahla angeke kuqinisekiswe.
Ukuze kuthuthukiswe isimo somgwaqo, uhulumeni wasekhaya kanye nezwe sebethathe isinyathelo sokwakha umzila wesibili engxenyeni esenyakatho yechweba. Lo msebenzi waqala ngoFebhuwari 15 futhi kulindeleke ukuba uphothulwe ngoMashi 2024.
Le phrojekthi yakha umgwaqo onemizila emine ubude obungu-2.5 km onomhlaba othwala ukhonkolo osebenza nge-hydraulic. Iziphathimandla zithole ukuthi okungenani amaphesenti angama-40 ezimotweni ezingu-4,000 ezingena ethekwini ngosuku olujwayelekile lokuhamba emgwaqeni.
Ekugcineni, ngingathanda ukukhumbuza abathumeli bemikhumbi abasanda kuthumela izimpahla eManzanillo, eMexico, ukuthi kungase kube nokubambezeleka ngaleso sikhathi. Kufanele baxhumane nenkampani ethumela izimpahla kusenesikhathi ukuze bagweme ukulahlekelwa okubangelwa ukubambezeleka. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, sizoqhubeka nokulandela.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: May-30-2023
