Iuthutho lwamazwe ngamazweIxhomekeke kakhulu kwiindlela ezimbini ezibalulekileyo zamanzi: iSuez Canal, echaphazeleke ziingxabano, kunye nePanama Canal, okwangoku efumana amanqanaba aphantsi amanzi ngenxa yeemeko zemozulu, nto leyo echaphazela kakhulu imisebenzi yokuthunyelwa kwemikhumbi yamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngokwezibikezelo zangoku, nangona kulindeleke ukuba iPanama Canal ifumane imvula ethile kwiiveki ezizayo, imvula eqhubekayo isenokungabikho de kube yinyanga ka-Epreli ukuya kuJuni, nto leyo enokubangela ukuba inkqubo yokubuyisela imeko ibuyele esiqhelweni.
Ingxelo kaGibson ibonisa ukuba unobangela oyintloko wokuba amanqanaba amanzi aphantsi ePanama Canal yimbalela ebangelwe yimeko ye-El Niño, eyaqala kwikota yesithathu yonyaka ophelileyo kwaye kulindeleke ukuba iqhubeke kwikota yesibini yalo nyaka. Inqanaba eliphantsi kakhulu kwiminyaka yakutshanje lalingowama-2016, apho amanqanaba amanzi ehla ukuya kwiimitha ezingama-78.3, okubangelwe ziziganeko ezingaqhelekanga kakhulu ze-El Niño ezilandelelanayo.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuba amanqanaba amane aphantsi ngaphambili kumanqanaba amanzi eGatun Lake ahambelana nokuvela kwe-El Niño. Ngenxa yoko, kukho isizathu sokukholelwa ukuba lixesha lemvula kuphela elinokunciphisa uxinzelelo kumanqanaba amanzi. Emva kokuphela kwesiganeko se-El Niño, kulindeleke isiganeko saseLa Niña, apho lo mmandla unokuthi ukhululeke kumjikelo wembalela phakathi konyaka ka-2024.
Iziphumo zolu phuhliso zibalulekile kwiShishini laMazwe ngaMazwe. Ukuncipha kwamanqanaba amanzi kwiPanama Canal kuphazamise iishedyuli zokuthunyelwa kwempahla, nto leyo ekhokelele ekulibazisekeni nasekunyukeni kweendleko. Iinqanawa kuye kwafuneka zinciphise imithwalo yazo yempahla, nto leyo echaphazela ukusebenza kakuhle kwezothutho kwaye inokunyusa amaxabiso kubathengi.
Ngenxa yezi meko, kubalulekile ukuba iinkampani zokuthutha imikhumbi kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba kurhwebo lwamazwe ngamazwe bahlengahlengise amaqhinga abo kwaye balindele imingeni enokubakho. Ukongeza, amanyathelo asebenzayo kufuneka athathwe ukunciphisa impembelelo yokunciphisa amanqanaba amanzi kwiPanama Canal kwiShishini laMazwe ngaMazwe.
Njengoko kwenziwa imizamo yokujongana nemiphumo yembalela, intsebenziswano phakathi kweZiko lokuThutha laMazwe ngaMazwe, amagunya okusingqongileyo, kunye nabachaphazelekayo abafanelekileyo iya kuba yimfuneko ekuhambeleni kweli xesha linzima kwiuthutho lwamazwe ngamazwe.
Ixesha leposi: Matshi-07-2024