Ma Commissioner a Canaveral Port Authority avomereza mgwirizano wamaulendo atsopano apaulendo

A Canaveral Port Authority (CPA) Board of Commissioners lero adavota kuti avomere chigamulo chopereka ma bond angapo mpaka $117 miliyoni kuti apereke ndalama zothandizira polojekiti ya Port Canaveral Cruise Terminal 3. Malo atsopanowa adzakhala doko la sitima yapamadzi ya Carnival Cruise Line yatsopano kwambiri komanso yayikulu kwambiri, monga gawo la mgwirizano wanthawi yayitali pakati pa Port Authority ndi Carnival.

"Ndimanyadira CFO wathu Mike Poole, ndi gulu lazachuma Port, amene anagwira ntchito mwakhama ndi bwinobwino ndi mabungwe ratings kuti apereke ndondomeko ndalama kuti kuchepetsa mtengo wathu," anatero Port CEO Capt. John Murray. "Zochita zathu, komanso kudzipereka kwathu kwa Carnival ku Port yathu ndi mgwirizano watsopano wanthawi yayitali, ndiye maziko akukonzekera bwino komanso mizati yachipambano chandalama."

Ndalama zomwe zavomerezedwa lero ndi Port's Board of Commissioners zikuphatikiza kuperekedwa kwa $ 80 miliyoni m'ma bond azaka 30 (Series 2018 A & B) mpaka $ 37 miliyoni mu bond (Series C) yoperekedwa ngati ngongole yazaka 20 ndi Malingaliro a kampani SunTrust Bank. Kuphatikiza apo, ma Commissioner adavomereza kukweza ngongole ya Port ndi PNC Bank kuchoka pa $25 miliyoni kufika $50 miliyoni ndikubweza ndalama zilizonse zomwe Doko limapeza.

A Canaveral Port Authority ndi Carnival Cruise Line aziyika ndalama pomanga ndi kukonzekeretsa malo atsopano okhala ndi nsanjika ziwiri 185,000-sq. ft. terminal kuti alandire sitima yapamadzi ya Carnival Cruise Line ya matani 180,000 yomwe sinatchulidwebe, yopangidwa ndi nsanja yaukadaulo ya Carnival Corporation ya LNG "green cruising". Sitima yapamadzi yatsopanoyi ikhala ndi mwayi wofikira alendo pafupifupi 6,500.

"Gulu la utsogoleri wa Port Canaveral lakhala lothandizana nawo kwambiri pamene tikuyesetsa kubweretsa sitima yatsopano ya XL pa intaneti mu 2020. Tidzakhala tikulengeza za sitimayo m'milungu ndi miyezi ikubwerayi ndipo tili otsimikiza kuti nkhaniyi idzachititsa chidwi kwambiri. ponena za sitimayo ndi kuzindikira zambiri za malo aakulu amene akumangidwa,” anatero Christine Duffy, pulezidenti wa Carnival Cruise Line.

Malo atsopano okwera anthu oyenda panyanja, kuphatikiza malo oimikapo magalimoto oyandikira pafupi ndi magalimoto 1,800, komanso kukonza mayendedwe apanyanja, misewu ndi njira zolowera kudzakwana $150 miliyoni - yomwe ikuyerekezedwa kukhala ntchito yayikulu kwambiri m'mbiri ya Port. Carnival ipereka ndalama zokwana $50 miliyoni pantchito yomanga malo oyendamo. Malo atsopanowa akuyembekezeka kumalizidwa pakati pa 2020.

Mgwirizano watsopano wa Carnival, womwe udayamba pa Seputembara 1, 2018, umapereka mwayi wazaka 25 wokhala ndi zosankha zinayi zowonjezera zaka zisanu ndikuphatikizanso zitsimikizo zapachaka ponseponse.

"Mgwirizanowu uli ndi phindu lokhalitsa pazachuma ku Port ndi Carnival Cruise Line," adatero Capt. John Murray, CEO wa Port. "Chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, komanso chifukwa chomwe malo atsopano amafunikira, ndikuti gulu latsopanoli la sitimayo - lalikulu kwambiri lomwe linamangidwapo Carnival - lidzatengedwera kunyumba ku Port Canaveral ikadzaperekedwa mu 2020. Ndipo, ndife okondwa ndipo wonyadira kwambiri kuti ikhala sitima yoyamba yapamadzi yoyendetsedwa ndi LNG ku North America. ”

Kufika kwa sitima yapamadzi yatsopano ya Carnival mu 2020 kudzakhala zaka 30 zomwe Carnival Cruise Line yakhala ikuyenda kuchokera ku Port Canaveral, yomwe ndi yayitali kwambiri kuposa onse omwe amayenda nawo ku Port.