Mbiri ya sitima yapamadzi yomwe ikuyembekezeka ku New England ports

Madoko a New England akuwona malo owala pomwe akukonzekera zomwe akuyembekezera kuti zombo zambiri zapaulendo pazaka zokopa alendo chaka chino.

New England ndi kum'maŵa kwa Canada zakhala zikuchulukirachulukira pakati pa maulendo apanyanja, ndipo chaka chino chikhoza kukhala chotanganidwa kwambiri ndi apaulendo omwe amakopeka ndi kukongola, chikhalidwe ndi mbiri ya derali.

Madoko a Maine akuyembekeza kuyimba kwa sitima zapamadzi 335 chaka chino, kuchokera pa 281 chaka chatha. Madoko ku Canadian Maritimes ndi ku Newfoundland akupanga mafoni 467, 84 kuposa mu 2009. Boston ikuyembekeza mbiri yopitilira 300,000-kuphatikiza okwera sitima zapamadzi kuti adutse doko lake.

"Zaka ziwiri kapena zitatu zapitazi takhala tikuchita bwino kwambiri," atero a Charlie Phippen, woyang'anira doko ku Maine's Bar Harbor, yemwe amayembekeza maulendo 119 a sitima zapamadzi, poyerekeza ndi 39 chaka chomwe Phippen adayamba ntchito yake zaka 11 zapitazo. "Ili liyenera kukhala dera lokhazikika la sitima zapamadzi."

Makampani opanga maulendo apanyanja akhala akukula padziko lonse lapansi kwa zaka zambiri, kuchokera pansi pa 4 miliyoni okwera mu 1990 kufika oposa 13 miliyoni mu 2008, malinga ndi Cruise Lines International Association Inc. The Caribbean ndi malo apamwamba kwambiri, akutsatiridwa ndi Mediterranean, Europe. ndi Alaska.

Kupambana kumayesedwa mu “masiku ogona,” kuchuluka kwa masiku okwera sitimayo, ndipo masiku amenewo akhala athyathyathya kapena otsika m’zaka zaposachedwapa ku Caribbean, Alaska, kumadzulo kwa Mexico ndi Hawaii.

Nthawi yomweyo, kuchuluka kwa masiku ogona paulendo wapamadzi kudera la New England-Maritimes kudalumpha 60 peresenti, kuchokera pa 1.17 miliyoni mu 2005 mpaka 1.87 miliyoni mu 2009, malinga ndi bungweli.

Derali likuyimirabe gawo laling'ono lamakampani onse. Poyerekeza, okwera mu 2009 adakhala masiku pafupifupi 31 miliyoni paulendo wapamadzi ku Caribbean, 17 miliyoni ku Mediterranean komanso pafupifupi 7 miliyoni ku Alaska, bungwe loyendetsa sitimayo likutero. Komabe, New England-Canada patapita nthawi yadzipangira dzina ngati malo otchuka oyenda panyanja.

Karen Laverdiere waku Acworth, Ga., Wayenda maulendo apanyanja ku Caribbean kwa zaka zambiri, koma iye ndi mwamuna wake adaganiza zoyenda ulendo wapamadzi ku New England Okutobala watha kuti asinthe. Sitima yapamadzi ya Princess Cruises idanyamuka ku New York ndikuyima ku Maine, New Brunswick ndi Nova Scotia.

"Ndimakonda kupita ku Caribbean, koma gawo lina linkafuna kuwona china chatsopano," adatero Laverdiere.

Masiku ano, madoko a New England ndi Canada amalandira maulendo okhazikika ndi zombo zazikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi - mamita 1,000 kutalika ndi okwera 3,000 - kuchokera ku makampani akuluakulu apanyanja, monga Royal Caribbean ndi Carnival.

Zombo zambiri zazikulu zimayamba ulendo wawo ku New York - ndi Boston pang'ono - ndikuchezera madoko ku Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland ndi Prince Edward Island. Ena amadutsa mumsewu wa St. Lawrence Seaway kupita ku Quebec City ndi ku Montreal.

Makampani opanga sitima zapamadzi akhala akukulitsa zombo zawo, kuwalola kutumiza zombo zambiri ku New England, adatero Amy Powers wa CruiseMaineUSA. Mwinanso chofunikira kwambiri, malo okwerera zombo zawonjezedwa ndikuwongoleredwa ku New York ndi Boston.

Mzinda wa New York posachedwapa waika ndalama zokwana madola 250 miliyoni kuti akulitse ndi kukweza malo ake ochitira sitima zapamadzi ku Manhattan komanso kumanga ina ku Brooklyn. Boston yawononga mamiliyoni kukweza madoko ake.

Kusinthaku ku New York kwakopa zombo zapamadzi ndi apaulendo ochokera Kumpoto chakum'mawa omwe amatha kupita kumeneko kuti ayambe ulendo wapamadzi ku New England, kupulumutsa paulendo wandege womwe angatenge kuti apite kwina.

"Pali msika waukulu womwe ukuyembekezeka kugulitsidwa popanda mtengo komanso zovuta zaulendo wa pandege," atero a Bob Sharak, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wamkulu wotsatsa za Cruise Lines International Association.

New York ikuyembekeza kuyimba kwa sitima zapamadzi 195 kumalo ake a Manhattan chaka chino, kuchokera pa 135 chaka chatha, atero a Thomas Spina, woyang'anira ntchito zapamadzi mumzindawu. Chiwerengerochi chikuyembekezeka kukula mpaka 225 chaka chamawa.

"Msika wa New England-Canada ndi gawo lalikulu la kukula kumeneku," adatero Spina.

Seputembala ndi Okutobala amakhalabe miyezi yapamwamba kwambiri pamaulendo apanyanja, koma zombo zambiri tsopano zikuwonekera m'derali mu Julayi ndi Ogasiti komanso koyambirira. Holland America Line ikufuna kutumiza sitimayo, Maasdam ya 720-foot, kupita ku Bar Harbor mu Epulo, sitima yoyamba yapamadzi yomwe idayenderapo.

Ndipo apaulendo amawononga ndalama akafika pamtunda, zomwe zimapindulitsa mabizinesi akumaloko.

Kafukufuku wokhudza zachuma wawonetsa kuti apaulendo amawononga $80 mpaka $110 aliyense zombo zawo zikayima ku Portland, atero mneneri wa mzinda Nicole Clegg. Pakadali pano, okwera 75,000 omwe abwera chaka chino akuyembekezeka kulimbikitsa chuma cha $ 6 miliyoni mpaka $ 9 miliyoni.