Maulendo oyambira ndikutha ku Liverpool

LIVERPOOL, England - Ulendo woyamba woyambira ku Liverpool Pier Head kuyambira 1972 udanyamuka kuchokera kokwerera.

Ma Liners amangololedwa kuyimitsidwa pamalo ochitira masewerawa mpaka sabata yatha, pomwe boma lidapereka chilolezo kuti maulendo apanyanja ayambe ndikutha mumzinda.

Ocean Countess wa Cruise and Maritime Voyages adafika mumzinda kuchokera ku Holyhead nthawi ya 07:00 ndikunyamuka kupita ku fjords yaku Norway nthawi ya 16:00 BST.

Meya wa Liverpool Joe Anderson adati linali "tsiku lofunikira".

Anati: "Uwu ndi m'bandakucha wanyengo yatsopano yamakampani oyenda panyanja ku Liverpool.

"Ndamenyera nkhondo molimbika kuti ndisinthe mzinda wathu, chifukwa ndikudziwa kufunikira kwake - pachuma chathu, pazantchito zathu zokopa alendo komanso mbiri yathu yosayerekezereka ngati mzinda waukulu wapamadzi.

"Ndili wokondwa kuti kugwira ntchito molimbika kwapindula ndipo tsiku lofunika kwambiri pomwe Liverpool ilandila ulendo wake woyamba wapaulendo wafika."

'Kulimbikitsa kwakukulu'

Malo omwe angomalizidwa kumene onyamula katundu osakhalitsa pa Princes Parade adzapereka cheke, kugwetsa katundu ndi kubweza, komanso miyambo ndi malire panyengo yapanyanja kuyambira 2012-2015.

Malo opangira ma Cruise liner akuyembekezeka kupititsa patsogolo chuma chamzindawu, ndipo ulendo uliwonse umakhala wokwana £ 1m kupita mumzinda.

"Kusintha" kudaperekedwa potengera kuti Liverpool City Council ibweza ndalama zokwana £8.8m za thandizo lomwe idaperekedwa poyimitsa poyimitsa.

Chris Coates, Woyang'anira Zamalonda ku Cruise and Maritime Voyages, adati: "Ndife okondwa kukhala woyamba kuyenda panyanja kuchokera ku Pier Head.

"Ndife odzipereka kukulitsa bizinesi yathu ku Merseyside komanso dera lonse la North West."