Ama-iPhone, iziqholo kubonakala kuntanta olwandle

Ama-iPhone, iziqholo, nezinye izimpahla kubonakala kuntanta olwandle ngemuva kokuthi umkhumbi othwala iziqukathi ubikwe ukuthi ucwile eningizimu yeStrait of Hormuz, ngemuva kokushayisa idwala elingaphansi kwamanzi. Lo mkhumbi kuthiwa ubuthwele iziqukathi ezilinganiselwa ku-2,500, kanti izithombe zibonisa isimo esisele ngemuva kwalesi sigameko.

Izikhulu zezindaba zasolwandle zithe ngoLwesithathu, umkhumbi othwala iziqukathi kanye nomkhumbi othwala impahla eningi (dry bulk carrier) zombili zicwile eduze kweStrait of Hormuz emahoreni angama-24 adlule, ngemuva kokushaywa yizinto ezethulwe ngamandla (projectiles) ezigamekweni ezihlukene.
Ukuhlaselwa kule ndawo yolwandle kwande kakhulu ezinsukwini eziyi-10 ezedlule, kanti i-Iran ithi iqinisa ukuhlasela kwayo njengempendulo ekuvinjelweni kwamachweba ayo ku-US, kanye nezijeziso eziqinile ezethulwe ngenyanga edlule.

Ngokusho kwemithombo yezokuphepha olwandle, umkhumbi i-GFS Pride — onamafulegi aseSingapore futhi othwala iziqukathi (unamandla okuthwala iziqukathi ezingama-TEU ezingama-2,824) — ucwile ngenkathi udlula kule ndawo yolwandle.

“I-GFS Pride ilimele futhi yaqubuka umlilo ngaphakathi, yabe isicwila. Bonke abasebenzi abangama-21 bakwazile ukukhishwa ngokuphepha. Akukho kulimala kwabantu okubikiwe,” kusho isitatimende esikhishwe yi-Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) ngoLwesithathu, yengeza ngokuthi lo mkhumbi wawudlula kule ndawo ngoLwesibili.
Esigamekweni esihlukile, umkhumbi i-Cape Dao — onamafulegi ase-Antigua naseBarbuda — ucwile eduze kwale ndawo, emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokushaywa yinto ethulwe ngamandla ngomhla ka-23 kuMandulo, ngokwedatha evela enhlanganweni ye-UN ebhekele ezokuthutha olwandle, i-International Maritime Organization (IMO), ngoLwesithathu.

Imithombo yezindaba zasolwandle ithe oyedwa wabasebenzi ubulewe, kanti abanye bakwazi ukukhishwa ngokushesha ngemuva kokuhlaselwa. Inkampani eyengamele lo mkhumbi, i-Peonies Shipmanagement FZE (ese-UAE), ayikatholakali ukuze iphawule ngalolu daba.
Ngokuhlaziywa kwedatha ye-IMO mayelana nezigameko zokucwila kwemikhumbi, i-GFS Pride ne-Cape Dao yimikhumbi yesibili neyesithathu ukucwila selokhu kwaqala ukungezwani phakathi kwe-US ne-Iran ngomhla ka-28 kuNhlolanja.

“I-MPA ikhathazeke kakhulu ngokuhlaselwa okuqhubekayo kwemikhumbi yezohwebo eStrait of Hormuz,” kusho iziphathimandla zaseSingapore. “Lokuhlasela kwenzeka ngaphandle kwesizathu, akunakuthethelelwa, futhi kuwukwephula umthetho wamazwe ngamazwe.”
Inkampani ephethe umkhumbi i-GFS Pride, i-GFS Ship Management FZE—ese-United Arab Emirates—ayikwazanga ukutholakala ngokushesha ukuze iphawule ngalolu daba.

“Izehlakalo zakamuva ziqinisekisa ukuthi usongo oluqhubekayo lusekhona emikhunjini yezohwebo edlula e-Strait of Hormuz,” kusho inkampani i-MARISKS, ebhekene nezindaba zobungozi emkhakheni wezasolwandle, ngoLwesithathu.

“Usongo alugcini nje emikhunjini ethwala uketshezi (ama-tanker), kodwa nemikhumbi ethwala iziqukathi kanye nethwala impahla eningi (bulk carriers) nayo ilimele kakhulu.”