Qaphela! Ichweba lasePortland ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-US lizoyeka ukusebenza kwama-container ngo-Okthoba kulo nyaka!

Muva nje, iPort of Portland ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-US imemezele ukuthi izoyeka ukusebenza kokulayisha nokukhipha amakhonteyina kusukela mhla lu-1 kuMfumfu kulo nyaka.

Ichweba lasePortland liqhosha ngesiteshi esisodwa e-Oregon esikwazi ukusingatha imithwalo yamazwe ngamazwe yama-container, kodwa ukusebenza kwaso kwama-container kube nokulahlekelwa minyaka yonke okungu-$13 million eminyakeni emibili edlule, kanye nokubikezelwa okufanayo konyaka ozayo, okwenza singaqhubeki.

UKeith Leavitt, uMqondisi Omkhulu wePort of Portland, uthe ngemuva kokuqedwa kwezingxoxo nabasebenzi bezinkampani zangaphandle, benze isinqumo sokumisa ukusebenza.

Ukhulume ngokuthi babengalindele lo mphumela, kodwa ukulahlekelwa kwezezimali kwaqhubeka nokwanda ngaphandle komqhubi okhona, kanye nokuntuleka kokusekelwa kwezezimali okuvela kuhulumeni wesifundazwe, okwadinga ukumiswa kokusebenza kwamakhonteyina.

Izindawo zokubeka izitsha ePort of Portland zitholakala ku-Terminal 6 (T6), okuwukuphela kwendawo yokugcina izitsha zamanzi ajulile e-Oregon. Inogu lolwandle olungamamitha angu-289 (olungafinyelela kumamitha angu-867 kanye nezindawo ezimbili zokubeka izitsha ezinezinhloso eziningi eziseduze), ukujula okuphezulu kwamamitha angu-12.9, ama-crane ayisikhombisa e-quay (amane awo angama-crane e-post-Panamax gantry), igceke lezitsha elingamamitha-skwele angaba ngu-510,000, futhi likhonzwa yisikhungo se-intermodal esinezitimela eziyisishiyagalombili ezixhunywe ku-mainline rail.

Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yendawo yayo emlonyeni womfula futhi uma iqhathaniswa nezinye izikhumulo zolwandle oGwini olusentshonalanga lwase-US, ibhizinisi leziqukathi zePort of Portland alikathuthuki, futhi alizange lithole inzuzo uma liqhutshwa ngokuzimela yiziphathimandla zechweba.

Njengoba isikhungo sokuthutha izitsha sivaliwe ePort of Portland, abathumeli bangakhetha iTacoma eWashington ngenxa yezidingo zabo zokuhamba esikhathini esizayo.

Ukuze uthole izibuyekezo ezengeziwe zokuthunyelwa ezivela eShayina, eVietnam, ePhilippines, naseSingapore ziya e-United States, hlala ubukele izibuyekezo zamasonto onke ezivela ku-Amasia Group. Uma unemibuzo, sicela ukhululeke uku Xhumana nathi ihora elisha.