ROCKHAMPTON, Australia - Ogwira ntchito adathamangira kukatenga mafuta otayika Lolemba kuchokera m'sitima yonyamula malasha yomwe idakhazikika ku Australia's Great Barrier Reef, kutumiza mabwato awiri okokera kuti akhazikitse chombocho kuti chitha kusweka ndikuwononganso ma coral osalimba omwe ali pansi.
Akuyenda pa liwiro lalikulu la 10 mph (12 knots, 16 kph), Shen Neng 1 wolembetsedwa waku China adalowa ku Douglas Shoals kumapeto kwa Loweruka, dera lomwe lili ndi zoletsa zotumizira kuti ateteze chomwe ndi miyala yamchere yayikulu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi komanso yomwe ili. adatchulidwa ngati malo a World Heritage chifukwa cha madzi ake onyezimira komanso kufunika kwa chilengedwe monga kwawo kwa zamoyo zambiri za m'madzi.
Pafupifupi matani a 2 (matani a metric) amafuta atayika kale kuchokera ku matani 1,000 (950 metric tons) amafuta omwe ali m'botimo, ndikupanga mtunda wa 100-yard (mita) womwe umayenda ma 2 miles (3 kilomita), Marine Safety Queensland idatero. mawu.
Prime Minister waku Queensland a Anna Bligh adati chiwongola dzanja chidzayikidwa mozungulira ngalawayo pofika Lachiwiri kuti pakhale mafuta akutuluka kuchokera m'chombocho. Ndege zinapopera mankhwala osokoneza bongo pofuna kusokoneza Lamlungu.
"Chofunika chathu cha 1 ndikusunga mafutawa pa Barrier Reef ndikusunga," adauza atolankhani ku Brisbane.
Bligh adati gulu la salvage lidafika pa sitimayo Lolemba ndipo likuyesera kuti likhazikike.
"Ili m'malo ovuta kwambiri ndipo sitimayo yawonongeka kwambiri, kuyendetsa bwino ntchitoyi kudzafunika ukadaulo wonse womwe titha kubweretsa," adauza wailesi ya Australian Broadcasting Corp. Anati zitha kutenga masabata kuti atulutse sitimayo.
Mwiniwake wa sitimayo, Shenzhen Energy, wothandizana ndi Cosco Group yemwe ndi woyendetsa sitima yayikulu kwambiri ku China, atha kulipitsidwa mpaka $ 1 miliyoni yaku Australia ($ 920,000) chifukwa chosokera panjira yomwe imagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi zombo 6,000 zonyamula katundu chaka chilichonse, adatero Bligh.
"Ili ndi gawo losalimba kwambiri la malo am'madzi amtengo wapatali padziko lapansi ndipo pali njira zotetezedwa zovomerezeka - ndipo ndipamene sitimayi imayenera kukhala," adatero Bligh.
Akuluakulu akuopa kuti ngalawayo idzasweka panthawi yopulumutsa ndikuphwanya ma coral ambiri, kapena kutaya mafuta ake ochulukirapo m'nyanja yomwe ili ndi dzuwa. Komabe, Bligh adati chiwopsezo chakusweka kwa sitimayo chikuwoneka kuti chacheperako kuyambira pomwe mabwato awiri okokera oyamba adafika ndikuchepetsa kuyenda kwake.
Zokoka ziwiri zidafika Lolemba kuti zikhazikitse sitimayo, Marine Safety Queensland adati.
"Chimodzi mwazinthu zodetsa nkhawa kwambiri ndi chakuti sitimayo ikuyendabe pamtunda kupita kunyanja, zomwe zikuwononganso" ma coral ndi chombo, malinga ndi mkulu wa bungweli, a Patrick Quirk. Malipoti oyambira owonongeka adawonetsa kusefukira kwamadzi muchipinda chachikulu cha injini ndikuwonongeka kwa injini yayikulu ndi chowongolera.
Boti lapolisi linali litayimilira kuti litulutse anthu 23 oyendetsa sitimayo ngati itasweka.
Chonyamulira chochulukacho chinali kutenga pafupifupi matani 72,000 (matani 65,000) a malasha kupita nawo ku China kuchokera kudoko la Queensland ku Gladstone pamene anagunda m'mphepete mwa nyanja ku Queensland ku Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
Magulu ambiri oteteza zachilengedwe awonetsa kukwiya kwake kuti zonyamulira zambiri zimatha kudutsa m'matanthwe popanda woyendetsa ndege wapadera. Misewu yapamadzi m'madzi aku Australia nthawi zambiri imafunikira woyendetsa wodziwa bwino kuti akwere sitima yomwe ikubwera kuti athandizire kuyendetsa zinthu zoopsa. Mpaka pano, boma lati sipakufunika oyendetsa ndege ozungulira malo otetezedwa chifukwa zombo zazikulu ndi zoletsedwa kumeneko.
Katswiri wa zamalamulo apanyanja a Michael White wa ku Yunivesite ya Queensland adati mafuta ndiye chiwopsezo chachikulu cha chilengedwe chomwe chimabwera chifukwa cha kukhazikitsa. Ngakhale kuti malasha atha "kuwononga kwambiri malo," amatha kutha mwachangu.
Katswiri wa sayansi ya zakuthambo Greg Webb wochokera ku Queensland University of Technology adati zotsatira za kutaya kwa mafuta ndi malasha zingakhale ndi zotsatira zosadziwika.
"M'mbuyomu tinkangoganiza kuti thanthwe limatha kupirira chilichonse," adauza wailesi ya ABC. "Ndipo ndikuganiza m'zaka khumi zapitazi, tayamba kumvetsetsa kuti mwina sangathe."
