Malinga ndi chilengezo chodabwitsa kwambiri pa February 13, 2010, Kampani ya Maekhong Cruise Services (Thailand) inayimitsa ntchito zake ndi boti lodziwika bwino la Luang Say mpaka zitadziwikanso. Sitima yapamadzi ya Luang Say inkayenda pafupipafupi pamtsinje wa Mekong pakati pa Chiang Khong m'chigawo cha Chiang Rai (Thailand) ndi Luang Prabang (Laos). Paulendo wake wokhazikika kumapeto kwa sabata yatha, a Luang Say adagunda mwala mumtsinje ndipo okwera ngalawa adayenera kuchotsedwa. Mwamwayi, panalibe anthu ovulala.
Kalata yochokera ku Maekhong Cruise Services (Thailand) Company inafotokoza kuti kutsika kwa madzi mosayembekezereka kwa Mtsinje wa Mekong sikulola kuyenda panjira yovomerezeka ya mabwato apagulu, mabwato oyendera alendo, ndi mabwato a Luang Say. Kampaniyo idawunika momwe zinthu ziliri ndipo idaganiza zoyimitsa ntchito zake kuyambira Lamlungu, February 14.
Mwanjira ina, kampani yaku Germany ya Mekong River Cruises Company idathetsa kale mapulani ake koyambirira kwa Januware 2010 kuti akhazikitse ulendo wamasiku asanu ndi awiri pamtsinje wa Mekong kudutsa kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa Thailand (I-San) ndi sitima yapamadzi ya RV Mekong Sun. , yomwe ikugwira ntchito ku Luang Prabang. Mekong River Cruises ikugwiranso ntchito kum'mwera kwa Laos, kumene sitima yapamadzi yatsopano ya RV Mekong Islands imapereka ulendo wamasiku 7 pakati pa Pakse ndi Siphandon ndi zilumba zake zazing'ono 4 komanso mathithi akulu kwambiri kumwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia. Pambuyo pa chaka choyamba cha bizinesi cha 4,000/2009 choyenda bwino kum'mwera kwa Laos, kampaniyo posachedwapa inalengeza kuti maulendo a m'derali adzapitirira pa nthawi yochepa yomwe ikubwera pakati pa 10 ndi 11.03.2010.
Gwero: Reinhardt Hohler, GMS Consultant
