“Chinhu chinosekesa chandati ndambonzwa nezvacho”

WASHINGTON - Vakuru vehurumende vari kushanda kuti vapedze mutemo wakarongwa uyo unotyisidzira kushandura zvakanyanya mafambiro ezvikepe zvakawanda zvine mireza yekunze, senge inofambiswa neCarnival Cruise Lines, Royal Caribbean nedzimwe, nekuda kwekugara kwenguva refu pachiteshi.

Shanduko iyi yaizoda kugara kwemaawa makumi mana nemasere, pachinzvimbo chekushanya kwemaawa mana kusvika gumi nemaviri, pazviteshi zvekune dzimwe nyika zvekufona, zvichigona kuderedza huwandu hwekumira panguva dzenzendo dzevhiki kana zvishoma.

Yakanangana nekubatsira ngarava dzine mireza yeUS dzinoshandiswa neNorwegian Cruise Lines America pahai cruises kukwikwidza nemigwagwa yekunze ine mireza yerwendo kubva kuCalifornia. Zvikepe zvinenge zvese zvinoshanda kubva kuUS zviteshi zvakanyoreswa kune dzimwe nyika kudzivirira mutengo wekusangana neUS vashandi, hutano, chengetedzo uye zvakatipoteredza zviyero.

Asi kukanganisa kwacho kunogona kuve nezvakawanda zvakunoreva, kufambisa ngarava kubva kuUS kuenda kuAlaska, Canada, New England uye kumwe kuCaribbean, sekureva kwevatsoropodzi.

Vafambi vechikepe vanogona kuwana makambani anopa dzimwe nzira shoma uye mashoma matatu nemazuva mana nzendo.

“Ndicho chinhu chinosekesa zvikuru chandati ndambonzwa nezvacho,” akadaro Susan Aft, purezidhendi weDiscount Travel and Cruise muAtlanta. "Hapana anoda kugara mune mamwe eaya (ekunze) zviteshi kwenguva yakareba kudaro."

Kuchinja kwacho kwaizova chirango, akadaro Kurt J. Nagle, purezidhendi weAmerican Association of Port Authorities.

"Kana ikashandiswa zvakafanana kuUnited States yese ... maitiro angashandura musika wekufamba weUS mumusoro, zvichikonzera kurasikirwa kwezviuru zvemabasa munharaunda dzezviteshi," akadaro.

Asi nhumwa dzemuHawaii dzeCongress, vakuru vezvikepe nemasangano evashandi nevamwe vanotsigira mutemo wakarongwa. Vati zvikepe zvekunze zvine mireza yekufamba nechikepe zvichienda kuHawaii zviri kunzvenga mutemo uripo nekumiswa kwenguva pfupi, dzimwe nguva awa imwe chete, muMexico, vasati vadzokera kuCalifornia homeports.

"Vanhu ava havasi kuteerera mutemo, uye vari kuzviita pachena," akadaro Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii, mumiriri akasimba weindasitiri yemugungwa yeUS. "Havasi kushanya chaiko kuchiteshi."

Asi vamwe vatungamiriri vakasarudzwa, vamiriri vezvekushanya uye mitsara yekune dzimwe nyika inoshoropodza chirevo ichi. Vati zvinogona kutyaira zvikepe kubva kune dzimwe chiteshi cheUS uye kumanikidza mitsara yekufamba kuti ibvise nzendo pfupi kubva kumarongwa avo.

"Florida yaizorasikirwa nemafambiro ekufambisa kuFort Lauderdale, Miami uye yaizobvisa nhare dzose kuKey West," akadaro Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.

VaJames P. Walsh, gweta rinomirira Holland America Line, Princess Cruise Line neCarnival Cruise Lines, vakati nzira dzekufamba nechikepe dzinofanira kushandura mafambiro ese kuti asangane nemutemo wakarongwa.

"Semuyenzaniso, ngarava dzinofona kwenguva pfupi paAlaska ports dzinofanira kuenda kuVancouver, British Columbia, uye kure neSeattle," akadaro Walsh, uyo akafungidzira kukanganisa kweHolland America paSeattle pamadhora mazana mana emamiriyoni muna 400.

Kuchinja kwemutemo, kwakarongwa neCustoms uye Border Protection, kunoda kuti ngarava dzakawanda dzinofamba nechikepe dzinofona pachiteshi chimwe chete cheUS kuti dzigare maawa makumi mana nemasere pazviteshi zvekunze zvichienzaniswa nekumira kupfupi kwavanoita pasi pemutemo uripo.

Zvikepe zvakare zvaizofanira kupedza inopfuura hafu yenguva yavo yechiteshi mumateshi ekunze uye vafambi vanofanirwa kupihwa mukana wekuenda kumahombekombe.

Sezvakarongwa, mutemo unogona kuguma nekugara kwenguva pfupi pazviteshi zveUS kana kuvabvisa kubva parwendo zvachose.

Glen Vereb, mukuru wetsika anoona nezve indasitiri yezvikepe, akati mhinduro dzinopfuura chiuru pachikumbiro chemutemo dzakagamuchirwa mukati memazuva makumi matatu ekutaura. Mutemo wekupedzisira unogona kugamuchirwa chero nguva.

Vereb vakati chinangwa cheshanduko idzi ndechekutsigira chinangwa chemutemo chiripo chekuchengetedza ngarava dzine mireza yeUS “nepazvinogoneka.”

Asi sangano iri raienderera mberi nehungwaru, Vereb akadaro.

"Hatidi kushandura indasitiri yese yezvikepe pasi," akadaro. "Takanzwa meseji zvine mutsindo uye zvakajeka ndizvo zvichaitwa nechikumbiro ichi, kana chisina kuchinjwa kana kugadziridzwa."

Ndizvo zviri kunyevera indasitiri yezvikepe, vakuru vematunhu nevenzvimbo, zviremera zvechiteshi uye nevamwe vazhinji.

"Kuti iite maererano nemutemo wakadai, Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited yaizofanira kugadzirisa mafambiro ayo, kuisa ngarava kune dzimwe nyika panzvimbo yezviteshi zveUnited States, kubvisa nguva muzviteshi zveUnited States uye kutsiva nhare dzechiteshi cheUnited States kune dzimwe nyika," akadaro Bradley H. Stein, mukuru. zano rekufamba rwendo.

Asi vakuru vezvikepe vakati shanduko inofanirwa kuchengetedza ngarava mbiri dzeNorway dziri kushanda muHawaiian Islands. Ndidzo chete mureza weUS ngarava dzinofamba nechikepe dziri kushanda mugungwa.

Mukuru weUS Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton akati maitiro ekufamba nengarava atomanikidza vanhu vekuNorway kudonhedza ngarava imwe kubva kunzvimbo inonyoreswa ngarava dzeUS uye vave kuda kuita zvimwe chete nedzimwe mbiri dzayo.

"Zvikepe zviviri zvakasara zvakavakwa neUS, zvinomiririra mamwe mabasa emugungwa eUS pamwe neapamahombekombe egungwa, zvinofanirwa kukurudzirwa kuti zvirambe zviri muRegistry yeUS," akadaro Connaughton.

Dhipatimendi reMaritime Trades reAFL-CIO rakati zvido zvezvikepe zvekunze hazvifanirwe kupihwa mubairo we "kunzvenga nemaune" zvinodiwa nemutemo zvekufona pachiteshi chekunze.

Alan T. Yamamoto, mutevedzeri wemutungamiri weNorwegian's Hawaii operations, akati rwendo rwacho rwakaisa $1.3 bhiriyoni muzvikepe zvaro uye kubva muna 2004, kambani yakarasikirwa nemari inodarika madhora mazana maviri nemakumi mashanu emamiriyoni mumabasa ayo, kunyanya nekuda kwemakwikwi ekunze emutengo wakaderera anobva ku. West Coast.

"Makwikwi asina kunaka ekunze anoisa njodzi kune vasara ngarava dzeUS-mureza dzinoshanda mukutengeserana kweHawaii," akadaro.

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